Rally Sweden 2015

BIRDIEMANGO · Postby **BIRDIEMANGO** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 6:24 pm

EVEN THE SNOWMEN, :crazy:

WERE HAVING A BEER......

BIRDIEMANGO · Postby **BIRDIEMANGO** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 1:47 am

LATVALA IN THE VW POLO....

MANY PHOTOGRAPHERS WERE USING REMOTE GO-PRO PHOTOGRAPHY,STICKING THE SACRIFICIAL CAMERA INCHES FROM THE TRACK,TO GET THAT IDEAL SHOT...

BIRDIEMANGO · Postby **BIRDIEMANGO** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 2:00 am

THE FIRST RUN OF THE 'WRC' COMPLETE,WE DECIDED TO WALK UP THE STAGE...TO CHANGE OUR VIEWPOINT A LITTLE....?

SOME KM FURTHER ON,UPHILL...

WE CAME ACROSS A LARGE CROWD,SPREAD OVER A WIDE AREA,AT THE END OF A LONG OPEN UNDULATING STRAIGHT,SITUATED SOME METRES FROM THE TRACK......

IT WOULD SEEM MOST OF THEM ALSO ARRIVED ON SOME CONTEMPORARY VEHICLES....

BIRDIEMANGO · Postby **BIRDIEMANGO** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 2:07 am

WHILST WE WAITED FOR THE 'HISTORICS' TO COME THROUGH,AN EMERGENCY BROKE OUT....

SOME OF THE SPECTATORS, WERE RUNNING OUT OF WOOD,FOR THE MANY FIRES BURNING.....AND COOKING THE KORV

A SUITABLE DEAD TREE WAS FOUND.... :yay:

LARGELY IRRELEVANT,THAT WAS SOMEDODY'S VIEWPOINT.... :dunno:

AND TWO AXE-MEN PROCEEDED......

A LARGE CHEER&APPLAUSE ENSUED FORM THE NATIVE CROWD....AS THE LOG WAS DRAGGED OVER TO THE FIRE'S AND DULY CHOPPED UP... :thumbsup:

BIRDIEMANGO · Postby **BIRDIEMANGO** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 2:12 am

WHILST WE WAITED,TIME TO MAKE A 'SNOW SEAT'....?

GOOD ENOUGH,WE HAD RUN OUT OF COFFEE HERE...SO MY SON OFFERED TO WALK THE SHORT DISTANCE TO A SMALL 'CATERING' GAZEBO,RUN BY ONE OF THE LOCAL MOTOR CLUBS.....TO GET 'DAD' A COFFEE

WE HAD BET 50 SEK,HE COULDN'T MAKE IT BACK,WITHOUT GOING FLAT ON HIS ARSE......AGAIN! :lol:

SwedeSport · Postby **SwedeSport** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 10:27 am

Looks like Vlad the Imapaler has been at it again....

Krister K · Postby **Krister K** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 3:33 pm

Nice pics!

BIRDIEMANGO · Postby **BIRDIEMANGO** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 4:32 pm

OK GUYS,HERE COME THE 'HISTORICS'......

UNKNOWN TO ME,PETTER SOLBERG WAS LEADING IN THE MK2 ESCORT...

FOLLOWED BY THE 'QUATTRO'...... :huh:

BIRDIEMANGO · Postby **BIRDIEMANGO** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 4:38 pm

THE TOP TEN,THEN CONSISTED OF A LOT OF VOLVO 242,GVING IT THE BEANS...

THEN THE '99 TURBO' :yay:

APPEARED,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_GQUnH ... e=youtu.be

:thumbsup:

BIRDIEMANGO · Postby **BIRDIEMANGO** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 4:49 pm

AND MORE...

BIRDIEMANGO · Postby **BIRDIEMANGO** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 5:10 pm

STRUGGLING WITH THE COLD CONDITIONS,THE CAMERA WAS SLOWING SOMEWHAT,WITH SHUTTER RESPONSE....

BIRDIEMANGO · Postby **BIRDIEMANGO** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 5:16 pm

ALONG WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHER..... :dunno:

BIRDIEMANGO · Postby **BIRDIEMANGO** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 5:25 pm

QUITE A FEW ON THE ENTRY LIST WERE MISSING BY NOW...INCLUDING THE 16V EMS :bawl:

AFTER SOME DELIBERATION,THE COURSE CLOSING CAR CAME THROUGH,SO WE DECIDED TO HEAD BACK TO THE CAR.......SUCH THAT,WE COULD MAKE OUR WAY OVER TO THE SERVICE HALT...SOMEWHERE NEAR 'RADA'....AROUND HALF HOUR DRIVE AWAY,OR SO WE THOUGHT? :ranting:

BY NOW,THE LOW WINTER AFTERNOON SUN HAD COME OUT TO PLAY,BEFORE BEING SMOTHERED BY CLOUD.......

THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME,WE COULD ACTUALLY SLOW DOWN A BIT,AND ENJOY THE AWESOME SCENERY,WALKING BACK DOWN THE STAGE... :thumbsup:

BIRDIEMANGO · Postby **BIRDIEMANGO** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 5:45 pm

ONLY NOW,WAS IT TRULY BEGINNING TO SINK IN,WE HAD ACTUALLY GOT HERE.....

A FRANTICALLY PLANNED EXCURSION,IN JUST A FEW WEEKS,MEANT THAT A LOT COULD HAVE GONE WRONG......?

WONDERING AIMLESSLY DOWN THE STAGE,IN PLACES...THE SLUSHY SNOW HAD IN PLACES,WORN THROUGH TO THE MUD UNDERNEATH.....

THE FIRST PHOTO HERE,IS ONE OF MANY A RALLY DRIVER'S NIGHTMARES........AN OPEN CREST,WHICH HAS DECEPTIVE TREE LINE'S BEYOND,SO YOU NEVER KNOW EXACTLY WHICH WAY THE ROAD IS GOING TO GO,ONCE YOU REACH THE PINNACLE..... :-O

CO-DRIVER'S HERE ARE THE SAVIOUR,FROM A HUGE ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN...... o_O

YOU KNOW? THE MUPPET THAT SITS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT,GET'S SWORN AT,IS A PART-TIME CRASH TEST DUMMY,AND GENERAL OFFICE WORKER IN A CRAMPED,HOT, TENSE ENVIRONMENT...? WITH OUTSTANDING MATHEMATICAL TIME SKILLS, A CARTOGRAPHY SPECIALIST.....AND WITH THE ABILITY TO HOLD IN A FULL BREAKFAST,OVER UNDULATING FOREST TRACKS,AT RIDICULOUS HOUR'S OF THE MORNING.....

I KNOW THIS,AS I HAVE SAT ON BOTH SIDE'S OF THE CAR,AND ALSO,WITH A HANDFUL OF SPANNERS, LAIN UNDERNEATH IT......

OF COURSE,MY LINGERING THOUGHT,AS WE DAWDLED ALONG.....

''WE REALLY MUST HAVE A GO,AT THIS SWEDEN RALLY LARK......''