Yearly Archives: 2017


Not that we are counting or anything.                     Preparations are well under way.  And our entry has been accepted.  So we’re seeded at 46th out of 54 entries and 6th in our class (*cough* of 6 *cough) in Open 4WD.  But […]

T minus 16 days….


So, with 23 days left until the rally, I find myself with a slight issue of no service crew. Despite motorsport being thought of as a solo sport, it really isn’t. In the car, there are two of us, one playing with the knobs and levers and pretending I… I […]

Crew needed



Apologies to my avid readers.  Both of them.  🙂 This year has been quite mental. However, the rally plans are in full swing and scarily, the entry form has been sent off. So with 36 days remaining (I really wish I hadn’t calculated that) preparations are ramping up. Currently studying […]

Countdown has begun…


So much for blogging more.  It’s been just over a month and I haven’t put fingers to keyboard.  Whoops. However, it’s not been all fails.  The busy times have started.  Dual event weekend back in mid Feb with Millstream Road.  Nice piece of gravel road up near Dannevirke. Lesson learned […]

Goal fail




I had a couple of wet days over New Years so decided to actually do another section of the build. As you can see, there was a fair amount in it.                     The mostly completed box two is fairly substantial and […]

Box 2