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2018 Camel Classic

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At the start, our Arkley-MG and Troll of Terry and Bob Hart look very clean I missed out on my fix of motorsport this year and, determined put that right, I have bought the Arkley-MG Midget that Ray Goodright campaigned for many years. More about that little car later as a Vintage Thing. I have entered the Exeter Trial and the long-distance classic trials are really my favourite. However, it seemed a good idea to enter a local one-day trial beforehand to get used to the car, especially if I could persuade Adrian Booth to be my passenger. The event we plumped for was the Camel Classic, run by the Camel Vale Motor Club, on 2 nd December 2018. This is run under ACTC rules and eligible for MCC members. The class structure is the same so we were running in Class 7. The format is not like an MCC trial, despite some of the hills being familiar to us. The sections are marked out with numbered poles starting with 12 at the bottom and 1 at the top. Getting the furthest up the ...