93rd Exeter Trial 2023
It's okay now but was suffered intermittent running faults from Christmas onwards Just before the 93rd Exeter Trial, my Arkley-MG (VT no. 151) stopped starting. If it stopped stopping and started, it would often stop. Sometimes it backfired like a rifle shot. At other times it would blow through the carbs. I had fuel. I had sparks. It just didn't wanna went. Until I solved the mystery, it seemed likely I would breakdown in the middle of nowhere until the electron pixies decided to come out to play again. the last thing I wanted to happen was to stage an involuntary sit in on an observed section during the trial so, after a conflab with Binky, we decided to withdraw. I think Binks had seen the weather forecast for the weekend. He didn't seem so upset. Meanwhile, I – who had not seen the weather forecast – put my name forward to marshal. HUGS in the dawn light at Crealy I marshalled frequently in the last century. Treworld, Hobb’s Choice, Warleggan, Crackington, Tipley a...