Saturday 25 April 2015

We finished but was it the end of rallying for us?

We have arrived back in Reykjavik after the most amazing rally. We have been so lucky with the weather. Most of the time driving in clear blue skies but very very cold temperatures.
Yesterday ( the last day) the organisers had to change the route because the proposed one was blocked by snow😱
This is the first time we have done this type of rally. It's very controlled driving and very intense for the navigator. We just said we were going along for the scenery, but somewhere along the line we changed tack and became a bit competitive, it then became very exciting and on the last day our nerves began to show.
We had managed to be winning our class, but with Julie falling asleep while navigating a really complex test and the driver deciding to make up his own route around the driving test cones on several occasions, things got a bit tense.
We knew the second place guys meant business after all Historic Endurance Rally Organisation is their business.
We tried to calculate how many points we had lost ( or as the professionals say cocked up) and there was a very good chance we would lose our class win and drop way down the leader board.
Last night was the final results and Gala Dinner. Morale in the Molly camp was a bit low.
Julie and I quietly slipped into the Hotel reception area and found a page with the final results. Where had we come? Were we ever going to do this rally stuff again? Were we going to talk to each other again?
Turning over the page of the HERO Icelandic Saga was worse than getting our O level results ( remember those). Had we hung on?  You bet we had !!!!! Our lead of over 400 points had been cut to 90 but that was enough. We had come 1st in class and 15th overall. Bloody marvellous, and next time :) we will have equipment that works and we don't have to borrow half of it from other competitors.

We all sat down for the gala dinner and the prize giving.
Molly Porsche our Porsche 356A had not put a foot wrong all event, she could have won the whole thing if it was not for the driver and navigator.
The first prize of the evening was given to Molly Porsche !!!!! She won the Concours de Confort et L'equipment. This is a prize given by the marshals and scrutineers for the best prepared rally car.
Bloody hell again !!! Well done Molly she deserved it.
I will put a link up to a fantastic film and photos taken by the camera crew over the event.
I can't describe how beautiful Iceland is and what fun this event has been.
The Historic Endurance Rally Organisation have done a marvellous job. Thank you.
Oh, and yes we will be doing it again :)

This is the lake where they filmed the James Bond chase over the ice field 

Rally 356A porsche
Molly enjoying the view 

Porsche 356A on Iceland rally
The tyres on the 4x4 are nearly bigger than Molly Porsche

Porsche 356A on time trial in Iceland
Wow! thats some sky.

Porsche 356A in Local paper in Iceland
Molly makes the local paper in Iceland 


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