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Day 1: Ypres to Ypres, Flanders loop, 14 June 2022
Licence to Thrill, Phil and Laurette Macwhirter, 1982 Citroën 2CV
Daniel and Barbara Wiedemann, 1970 Mercedes-Benz 280 SL
Mick and Grace de Haas clock-in Enrico Paggi and Federica Mascetti
Clint and Dawn Smith, 1925 Bentley 3/4½
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Phillip and Patricia Monks, 1961 Jaguar Mk 2
and right through a maze of singletrack roads. Hard on
the heels came the fifth Regularity outside of the village
of Zoutenaaie before we pulled into the tranquility of the
Time Control in the Oude Abdij in the village of Lo-Reninge.
Light refreshments were once again the order of the day
setting the rally up nicely for the final timed section of the
day, the sixth Regularity in Hazewind. This section featured
a little tree cover, stretches of kasseien and a run along one
of the many canals which drain the Flanders region. Some
neat route planning left the crews with slightly less than
twenty easy kilometres to go before they rolled into the
centre of Ypres and clocked in at the Main Time Control
(MTC).
The day finished with attendance at the daily Last Post
Ceremony under the Menin Gate, before the crews went
their separate ways to enjoy whatever dinner they fancied
in one of the many fine eating establishments.