Re: Rally Sweden 2015
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 2:02 pm
SUNDAY MORNING,WAS THE FIRST LIE-IN WE HAD ENJOYED SINCE THE START OF THE TRIP........
FROM 'ARVIKA' AT 10.30,WE HEADED SOUTH-EAST..... DOWN TO 'KARLSTAD',JUST OVER AN HOUR'S DRIVE,TO THE SERVICE AREA.....WHICH THE CREW'S HAD VACATED SOME TIME EARLIER....THEY WOULD RETURN AT 15.00 FOR THE FINISH,BUT WE HAD TO DEPART BEFORE THEN,TO TRAVEL BACK ACROSS SWEDEN AND NORWAY,READY TO FLY HOME.....
WANDERING AROUND,IT WAS PRETTY INTERESTING,TO SEE THE 'WRC' TEAMS START TO PACK EVERYTHING UP IN THE TRUCKS WITH FORKLIFTS AND MANUAL LABOUR.......
SOME OF THE TRUCKS,WERE WIDE OPEN CURTAIN-SIDE,SO WE COULD SEE THE AMOUNT,AND VARIETY OF SPARES,THE TEAMS HAD BROUGHT FOR THE EVENT.....
IT WAS BITTERLY COLD, OUT OF THE SUNSHINE......
BOTH RALLY CARS,WHICH HAD RETIRED FROM THE EVENT,AND 'RECCE' CARS WERE BUSY BEING WORKED ON,AND IT WAS A GOOD WAY TO GET TO HEART OF THE SERVICE AREA WITHOUT THE CROWDS....
ON THE HARBOUR,A COLD WIND BLEW IN....... THE ICE BROKEN BY A SOLITARY SHIP,BUT IT WAS ALREADY RE-FREEZING......EVEN IN THE SUNSHINE......
VOLKSWAGEN HAD A 'DUMMY' WRC POLO ON THE STAND.......
THROUGH THE FROST,ON THE SIDE WINDOWS.......
SEBASTIEN OGIER.....JULIEN INGRASSIA
ALLEGED COMMENTS FROM THE ABOVE, PRIOR TO THE RALLY,ABOUT THE CANCELLATION OF THE EVENT....SEEMED TO GO UNNOTICED,IN THE PRESS REPORTS THAT FOLLOWED....
HE MIGHT HAVE WON THE EVENT,BUT FOR ME....KIWI 'HAYDEN PADDON' WAS THE VICTOR HERE...
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
RUDYARD KIPLING
HE STUCK HIS NECK OUT, AT THE START OF THE EVENT.......AGAINST ALL ODD'S,AND ALL OPINION.....IN OPPOSING THE BOYCOTT OF THE FIRST STAGE.......
SO VERY CLOSE,YET SO FAR.......
IN MY HUMBLE 'EXPERIENCE',OPINION IS VERY OVERRATED........
AFTER ALL THE DRAMA LEADING UP TO THE EVENT,TEETERING ON THE EDGE OF CANCELLATION.......
'RALLY SWEDEN' SIGNED UP TO ANOTHER 3 YEAR CONTRACT,WITH THE 'FIA'.......
I HOPE WE ARE AROUND,TO SEE THE 2017 EVENT.....
M-SPORT,ARE LISTING DAMAGED PARTS AS SOUVENIERS HERE....
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Eric-Camilli- ... SwezVWxKxr
BIRDIE
FROM 'ARVIKA' AT 10.30,WE HEADED SOUTH-EAST..... DOWN TO 'KARLSTAD',JUST OVER AN HOUR'S DRIVE,TO THE SERVICE AREA.....WHICH THE CREW'S HAD VACATED SOME TIME EARLIER....THEY WOULD RETURN AT 15.00 FOR THE FINISH,BUT WE HAD TO DEPART BEFORE THEN,TO TRAVEL BACK ACROSS SWEDEN AND NORWAY,READY TO FLY HOME.....
WANDERING AROUND,IT WAS PRETTY INTERESTING,TO SEE THE 'WRC' TEAMS START TO PACK EVERYTHING UP IN THE TRUCKS WITH FORKLIFTS AND MANUAL LABOUR.......
SOME OF THE TRUCKS,WERE WIDE OPEN CURTAIN-SIDE,SO WE COULD SEE THE AMOUNT,AND VARIETY OF SPARES,THE TEAMS HAD BROUGHT FOR THE EVENT.....
IT WAS BITTERLY COLD, OUT OF THE SUNSHINE......
BOTH RALLY CARS,WHICH HAD RETIRED FROM THE EVENT,AND 'RECCE' CARS WERE BUSY BEING WORKED ON,AND IT WAS A GOOD WAY TO GET TO HEART OF THE SERVICE AREA WITHOUT THE CROWDS....
ON THE HARBOUR,A COLD WIND BLEW IN....... THE ICE BROKEN BY A SOLITARY SHIP,BUT IT WAS ALREADY RE-FREEZING......EVEN IN THE SUNSHINE......
VOLKSWAGEN HAD A 'DUMMY' WRC POLO ON THE STAND.......
THROUGH THE FROST,ON THE SIDE WINDOWS.......
SEBASTIEN OGIER.....JULIEN INGRASSIA
ALLEGED COMMENTS FROM THE ABOVE, PRIOR TO THE RALLY,ABOUT THE CANCELLATION OF THE EVENT....SEEMED TO GO UNNOTICED,IN THE PRESS REPORTS THAT FOLLOWED....
HE MIGHT HAVE WON THE EVENT,BUT FOR ME....KIWI 'HAYDEN PADDON' WAS THE VICTOR HERE...
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
RUDYARD KIPLING
HE STUCK HIS NECK OUT, AT THE START OF THE EVENT.......AGAINST ALL ODD'S,AND ALL OPINION.....IN OPPOSING THE BOYCOTT OF THE FIRST STAGE.......
SO VERY CLOSE,YET SO FAR.......
IN MY HUMBLE 'EXPERIENCE',OPINION IS VERY OVERRATED........
AFTER ALL THE DRAMA LEADING UP TO THE EVENT,TEETERING ON THE EDGE OF CANCELLATION.......
'RALLY SWEDEN' SIGNED UP TO ANOTHER 3 YEAR CONTRACT,WITH THE 'FIA'.......
I HOPE WE ARE AROUND,TO SEE THE 2017 EVENT.....
M-SPORT,ARE LISTING DAMAGED PARTS AS SOUVENIERS HERE....
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Eric-Camilli- ... SwezVWxKxr
BIRDIE