The Daily Dispatch Gen 24 - mid res for WEB - Flipbook - Page 5
22 to 24 March 2024
Day 2
Cambrian Mountains
23 March 2024
Photos: gerardbrown.co.uk
Michael Birch and Callum Bowyer, 1934 Talbot AV105
Keith Wickham and Sophie Kavanagh, 1937 Bentley 4.6 Sport
If yesterday was designed to serve as a gentle
introduction to endurance rallying, then today
the crews were considered qualified enough to
tackle five Regularities and two Tests in an epic
route of 173 miles which included a lap of the
Berwyn Mountains and trip to the Snowdonia
National Park.
It was a cold but clear start and, after crossing the border
into Wales, a route check in Sesswick led the cars from
the highways to the byways and funnelled them into the
Ceiriog Trail Regularity. This map-based exercise, through
the Vale of Llangollen, ran over some typically broken and
challenging ground. Crossing Offa’s Dyke, the ancient line
of demarcation between Mercia and the Welsh Marches, the
route then dropped towards the River Dee and its stone
bridge, one of the seven wonders of Wales.
Andy and Grace Johnson, 1932 Alfa Romeo 6
George and Angus Johnson, 1930 Austin 7 Ulster
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