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2011 Land's End Trial

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Somewhere in a car park near you, a motorsport happening could be starting. Unfortunately, that spectacular Wasp outfit isn't going to get very far. Shame. So instead of actually competing in this event I had to settle for being a spectator. It wasn't quite the same but I still enjoyed myself. I went up to to Plusha Services to see the Cornish starters off. and it made a pleasant change to see the machinery without being lampered in mud. Pete's looking quietly confident here. I see he's fitted a longer swing arm to the outfit he shares with Shani, the redoubtable Cox-Triumph Among the bikes were Pete and Shani Adams who are campaigning the ex-Team Robert Triumph sidecar outfit (VT No.16 ) that Rob and I used to play with, the one which caused us to become airborne and morph into Ginger and Binky. Pete and Shani were hoping to get further than a mile down the road this year because last year they suddenly struck valve problems. They set off alright but I d...