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Day 1: Northern Lakes, 25 March 2022
Photos: gerardbrown.co.uk
Christian and Matthew Brash, 1933 Aston Martin Le Mans
Andrew and Adam Scowcroft, 1936 Chevrolet Fangio Roadster
George and Yasmeen Cooper, 1958 Jaguar Mk 1
Mike and Andrew Velasco, 1972 Lancia Fulvia 1600HF
to the situation the Organisers found themselves in on the
eve of the rally.
In Mark Appleton’s house, as a case in point, the
appearance of a second thin red line on a lateral flow test,
saw Fred receive a hurried battlefield promotion to acting
Clerk of the Course alongside Martyn Taylor whilst Mark
himself was forced into isolation in his sick bay / command
bunker which, as both the route designer and would be
Clerk of the Course was a bitter pill for him to swallow.
Similarly, Gill and John Cotton also found themselves
somewhat indisposed courtesy of the virus and also had to
sit out this, the first event of the year.
For those with negative tests though, light lunch
followed and then, as 12.45 rolled around, the timecards
were stamped and Fred sent the cars down the driveway
with a brisk wave of his Union Jack.
Wordsworth’s cottage, Thirlmere and Helvellyn marked
the northwards route to the days first Regularity, a gently
rolling section through St Johns in the Vale and then onto a
Passage Control at the foot of the impressive Honister Pass.
The steep and narrow climb which followed surely tested
the clutches of many of the cars but, the views from the top
were most definitely worth the effort and the long descent
towards the valley floor gave everything, bar the brakes, a
chance to cool down.
Running alongside Buttermere and Crummock Water,
the Riviera theme once again played through our minds as
the we skirted alongside the two mirror flat lakes under
vast blue skies and with the ‘golden hosts of daffodils’
trumpeting their approval as we passed them. This
was open top, open road, motoring at its very best and
throughout this road section it was really good to see two
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