Engine Punk

Tomorrow I'll be in my old Easter stamping ground, at Blue Hills near St Agnes to watch the Land's End Trial. The weather forecast isn't brilliant but the usual reprobates will be there. Ed Holloway is marshalling this year and is in charge of the Widemouth Control. Say hallo to him when you're there. His MZ ride on the Exeter Trial was completed but without going up any of the hills. His gearing was all wrong and the weather was foul. Adrian Booth isn't in it this year either. A coolant house came off the engine of his Peugeot 205 on the Exeter, unfortunately taking some of the thermostat housing with it so he dropped out. During 2008, he's going to concentrate on classic Ford sidevalve stock car racing. I'm really going to have to get along to one of their meetings. But Rob and Dave are competing in Dave's BMW318 Sport. Here they are last year on the way to a Gold and ultimately a Triple. There'll still be loads of us watching them agai...

The boys dun good! Dave Turner and Rob Robinson-Collins cleared all the sections in Dave's BMW 318S, which means they won a Triple award. This is the first time ever for Rob my erstwhile sidecar pilot. I think Dave has a few under his belt. He certainly looked very nonchalant going up Fingle but apparently just floored it at Simms and cleared it in style! Here are some more photos. Unfortunately, I wasn't ready when Dave and Rob came by, either, because I swapping tales of derring-do and mechanical mayhem with my mates on that corner, plus a couple of knowledgeable strangers and - well - anyone who would listen, actually. And I didn't take any of the yellow Dutton, probably for the same reason (see comment on previous post below - can't believe I was first on the web with some smudges of the Trial!). First is John Adams on his Honda MT5, yes that's a 50cc sports moped that somehow survived all the learner abuse over the last 25 years. An astute choice of mach...