The first daylight stage and we're catching the action on a very fast straight just up from the start. Officialdom a bit of a problem here - we've not encountered this before, but there's insistence we don't walk up the closed road. The marshals are only doing what they've been asked to do and there needs to be respect for the locals, but restricting access and not publishing this somewhere (e.g. in the programme) is something that needs to be sorted for next year. There's a fine line between local considerations and making life difficult for spectators who help to bring the financial benefits of the event to the island.
Anyway, its all very quick as the roads are pretty much dry in most places with only the occasional damp patch or mini stream crossing the road. Could catch out the unwary on slicks. Glorious sunshine but breezy.
Pye, Bardy and Harper were on it despite cold tyres with Duffy still looking a little restrained. Either way, the flock of canada geese didn't appear too impressed.
Duffy (click to enlarge)
Starlet (click to enlarge)
Geese (click to enlarge)
Sunbeam Suzuki (click to enlarge)
And the boys from Team Glenforsa (click to enlarge)
After being deafened again, Andy names the Toyota Starlet his car of the event.
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