On the Road Again!

The run from the overnight stop at Pete's was a doddle. Sadly the M1 is as boring today as it was last time I slogged up towards Derby! We arrived over two hours before the start of the rally. Before the checkpoint had been set up. Andy arrived about an hour after us and we chatted whilst he noshed through a Burger King speciality. Then everything started to go tits up. My Quest locked up and couldn't find the satellites. Then it simply gave up. Luckily we had maps and both Pete and Andy had the route in their Quest and Zumo 550 respectively. Once on the way I began to feel a little uncomfortable and my head began to hurt and my neck was a bit stiff. By the first checkpoint after the start at Leicester I was beginning to feel unwell and I took a couple of paracetamol tablets. Then we were off and gradually I found my eyesight a bit "tunneled" and this indicated a migraine on its way. I finally dropped so far back the others pulled into a lay...

The paperwork arrived for the National Rally last week and as usual I have left the route planning to Andy Pratt. He has far more patience than I do. I'll have to make sure the batteries in the camera are okay, as I'll become the photographer again! Last time I took 2 pics! The other member of the team is Peter Bolsover. I guess we'll all be riding BMW's this year! Andy has planned the route for the Special Gold Award and that means 22 checkpoints including start at Kegworth and the end at Bletchley. His route for the Garmin didn't work on my Quest and so with his waypoints I have started a new route that does seem to work. I guess we'll see how Peter's Quest and mine decide to do the journey! Whenever I've shared routes before, we have had slight differences between Garmin units! And so to the weekend.

The entry card arrived when I was in Spain; entry number 314. Now we let it lie until the checkpoints are announced.

After deciding not to do the WNR this year after all, but to do the National Rally, I set about getting myself organised. Firstly to enter, and this year they have added an online booking form using PayPal to accept the entry fee. So far so good. Now we have to get the team together; Andy, Pete and me. http://www.nationalroadrally.co.uk/2008/index.htm

Still born! Instead we'll do the full National Rally.