75th Tamar Trial 2022 (in memory of Pete Cooper)
Early morning start at Proper Ansome Cafe, Launceston. the bikes have already gone and the Class 8s are assembling to start. Simon Oates' Liege is in the foreground. This was the first trail for me in ages. During a very busy summer, I hadn't competed since the 2022 Land's End. Bouncing Graham Beddoe was in the Balkans for two weeks immediate beforehand and I was away to my elderly mother's for a few days beforehand. I aimed to get all preparation complete the week before but a late route alteration came too late for me to print out the full route card and we went off piste a couple of times. Fortunately, we soon got back on track and didn't actually run over any marshals. Early morning sunshine warns the Rickman Ranger of Team Robson, Nigel and Nicola Martin-Oakley's Saab 96, Kent Crashby's Coates Orthoptera and Greg Warren in his Escort After signing on at the Proper Ansome Cafe in Launceston, we soon went of course with the first route amendment but had s...