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2021 Tamar Trial

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Rickman Metisee of Neil Browne This year's Tamar Trial took me to some obscure parts of countryside that were probably familiar to regular competitors. The 2019 event impressed me with the varied sections, some of which were very close to home but previously unknown to me. Simon Riddell and Nigel Cowling said on that occasion that they were trying to show us more of the county.  Groover Groves and Luke Butler at the start of the Tamar Trial in their Troll. Graham Beddoe was on a marathon post-Covid road trip so my navigator and bouncer for the 2021 Tamar Trial was Adrian Booth. Many of the hills were familiar to him and I knew the sections in Lew Woods and, of course, Crackington and Angel Steps. The hydraulic jack had been a bit lazy on the  Launceston Trial  earlier in the year. The pump for this had enjoyed a quieter life raising the roof on a Fiat Punto and after some experiments with electric power steering pumps, Adrian decided something beefier was required. He fo...