Did the road book for the Cambrian Rally on the 4th (there are about eight 1150GS and four 950 KTM’s amongst the entry to date). The day was very misty with a light drizzle at times which made some of the muddier tracks like ice on the Tourances. I only came off 3 times, losing the front and going down to the left each time (my left arm is still very weak from my accident), and got stuck once (see picture – it’s in the middle of a 14 mile special stage timed to 1/100 sec). The route is doable on the Tourances as long as your careful but TKC80’s would be much more fun. One section is along about 2.5 miles of very green lane with a steep grassy/stony hill at one end, you go down it on the way out and up it on the way home!
I tried posing at the West End Café on the way back to the Castle Hotel in Llandovery and did see a nice shiny 1200GS go by but was too knackered to stay long, a nice hot bath and a pint (or two) was waiting in the Castle.
On Sunday a couple of club members used the road book I had compiles on Saturday to do the route in a Discovery, we got that stuck big time once and then, on the way home, had to have four goes at the hill I mentioned above but the Discovery did the whole course.
I tried posing at the West End Café on the way back to the Castle Hotel in Llandovery and did see a nice shiny 1200GS go by but was too knackered to stay long, a nice hot bath and a pint (or two) was waiting in the Castle.
On Sunday a couple of club members used the road book I had compiles on Saturday to do the route in a Discovery, we got that stuck big time once and then, on the way home, had to have four goes at the hill I mentioned above but the Discovery did the whole course.
