Much quicker than expected, here's a big album of pictures from the Roger Albert Clark historic rally at the end of November:
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These were taken at one Sunday afternoon stage in Dyfnant and two stages on Monday in Crychan on overcast, grimy days in the Welsh forests. Both afternoon stages ran late, into the gloom, though it wasn't quite as dark as these pictures suggest!
These are proper rally pictures: gnarled-up gravel, filthy cars, lights on, going sideways. The second Crychan stage was the last of the whole event and I was close to the finish, so the cars were cheered home after a pretty epic few days. One broke down and was fixed by the co-driver before being push-started by spectators. I was closer to the track than usual and got regularly showered with gravel, collecting a couple of bruises as souvenirs of a great day.
This album is quite repetitive! Of the 140-odd starters, around 100 were Escorts! And I wasn't able to move around much on the stages so it's mostly one shot coming towards me and one going away, x3 stages.
My drive home in the gloom included a 30-minute drive on a single-track across a military range in fog so thick I couldn't see more than 10m. I feel like I've properly earned my rally spectator badge with this trip and I hope you enjoy the pictures!