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Day 2: Ypres to Aywaille, 15 June 2022
With the track action done and dusted for the day, the
rally made its way across the Meuse to a well deserved break
at the Time Control in Blaimont. The Route du Fromage
took us into the Fourth and last Regularity into Aywaille
via a remote Passage Control in Gendron. The roads around
here were dark, narrow, and steep. The drivers of the prewar cars were given a good upper body workout, whilst the
navigators of whatever type of car needed to keep a sharp
eye on the tripmeter and road book. A missed turning on
these roads would have been quite an inconvenience.
After a long, but satisfying, day on the road almost
everyone had made it safely into the night halt without
too much drama. David and Jo Roberts were the notable
absentees. Their illustrious little Triumph broke down
this morning and, despite the best efforts of the sweeps,
it couldn’t be repaired. As we sat down to eat though, we
heard that they were already halfway back to Barnsley to
collect another car and rejoin us as soon as they could.
The Triumph TR250 of David and Jo Roberts bowed out today
John and Nicole Whitelock, 1968 Mercedes-Benz 280 SL
Bertie and Charlotte van Houtte, 1965 Porsche 911
Jean Vincent and Marcel Peumans, 1934 Bentley Speed Six
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joining the autoroute once again the rally headed to the
Second Regularity around Bertincroix.
It had already been a busy morning, but there was still the
third Regularity from Rouveroy to deal with, before there
was any time to think about taking our foot off the gas and
relaxing. So, when the rally pulled into the Time Control in
Hantes Wihéries for lunch, the crews were definitely ready
for it. The hot buffet was exactly what was needed to set
everyone on the right track for the afternoon which was
going to be as action packed as the morning.
Three Tests and a Regularity carried the ‘press-on’ theme
of the day. Two Tests at the Circuit de Chimay and one at
the karting track in Fagnes gave the crews more than enough
opportunity to push themselves and their cars to whatever
limit they felt was appropriate. Most of them got away with
it, but Renate Hanselmann and Lukas Ospelt’s Ford shed a
wheel on its second lap and needed some attention from the
sweep crews before they could continue to the night halt.