RTG AlMex Daily Dispatch - FINAL - Flipbook - Page 16
27 August to
26 September 2023
Day 8
Dawson Creek to Prince George (532km)
4 September 2023
photos: gerardbrown.co.uk
Nick and Serita Sleep, 1964 Mercedes-Benz 230 SL
despite heavy overnight rain damping down the
wildfires, there was still a lot of smog hanging
around as we rolled out of the car park under a
blue (ish) sky, with the mercury sat at a chilly 4°C.
It was also one of the first days we’d had occasion to thank
the 48-hour car comprising dick Appleton and paul Heal.
In their Sisyphean battle with the flames, the authorities
had deemed the long Time Control section today out-ofbounds, so our two scouts put together something else to
keep us amused and it didn’t disappoint.
Before we pulled away from the pomeroy though, we
heard Andrew McAlpine’s range rover obstinately refusing
to start again. He’s waiting for a new rotor arm and is
resigned to having “trouble getting the old girl going” until
it arrives.
There was thick, almost freezing, fog along the highway
for more than 50km - a real peasouper. The first regularity,
peace river, ran along the Sanataa road where, almost
miraculously, the fog lifted allowing us to enjoy the
dust free gravel, lined by spectacular autumnal trees.
Unfortunately a traffic accident involving a local bus meant
the main road out of the regularity was blocked giving us
a short delay before we made our way to the Time Control
at the riverside restaurant in Chetwynd for a quick coffee.
Then it was another run down the highway to the lunch
Time Control at Tse’Khene food and fuel. The second
regularity at Tof pric rolled round before we neatly dropped
into prince George and the night halt.
Richard Turner and Nigel Lee, 1938 Ford Model 62 V8
The reluctant starter gets on track: 1982 Land Rover Range Rover of
Andrew and Henry McAlpine
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