Better late than ........
Okay, okay, I know its been a good while since I last updated the blog and yes, the plan was to keep it fresher but no excuses – in the words of one of my high school teachers “I must try harder”.
A quick round up since last time:
Misano – Incredibly hot – all settings thrown out of the window due to track temps in the 50’s – a tough one!
Brno – Great circuit – another piping hot weekend (46 degC in the awning!) – good progress through weekend - Finished only a few seconds from points.
Brands Hatch – Fantastic crowd & atmosphere - Fastest lap I’ve ever done at the place in qualifying – heartbreaking on race day when I struggled with front end problems & therefore unable to match times & collect points.
As ever we’ve been clocking up the miles and my admiration of truckers continues to grow.
On the way back from Italy one of the major tunnels through the Alps had been closed and along with other road works we ended up being diverted onto the old alpine road along with a load of trucks. Now our truck is fairly small probably not much longer than 30ft. And I can tell you I had a sweat on getting it up the road of endless hairpins.
After one particularly tight corner I looked back down the hill to see what had happened to the articulated truck following us. Expecting to see it jammed, jack-knifed & generally stuck, but no…
The driver following was taking it easy. Effortlessly swinging his vehicle around to corner with one of his legs leisurely dangling out the window. What this “King of the Road” was using for the clutch? I don’t wanna know!
On another trip we were on the motorway about 4 or 5 km’s from the ferry port at Calais and this time a truck heading in the opposite direction had a man who had cut his way out of the trailer and was banging like a mad man on the roof of the cab – Now I’m no Poirot but I guess this passenger had broken into the truck expecting a one way ticket to Blighty and a better life. The problem being the truck was going the wrong direction and this poor fella had probably just spent weeks getting to Calais only to be driven back at high speed.
If none of these trucking tales sound interesting then try spending days on end travelling thousands of miles across Europe, and soon enough if a different coloured fly splats on the wind-screen it’s interesting!
We’re in Assen now & I’m looking forward to trying the new track tomorrow. As far as the Dutch food goes, I’m playing it cautious after nearly buying a Leek, Brie, and Curry sandwich?!
Into final third of the season, and it goes without saying that we’re working hard towards a strong run of results to finish the year.
Speak to you soon TT
A quick round up since last time:
Misano – Incredibly hot – all settings thrown out of the window due to track temps in the 50’s – a tough one!
Brno – Great circuit – another piping hot weekend (46 degC in the awning!) – good progress through weekend - Finished only a few seconds from points.
Brands Hatch – Fantastic crowd & atmosphere - Fastest lap I’ve ever done at the place in qualifying – heartbreaking on race day when I struggled with front end problems & therefore unable to match times & collect points.
As ever we’ve been clocking up the miles and my admiration of truckers continues to grow.
On the way back from Italy one of the major tunnels through the Alps had been closed and along with other road works we ended up being diverted onto the old alpine road along with a load of trucks. Now our truck is fairly small probably not much longer than 30ft. And I can tell you I had a sweat on getting it up the road of endless hairpins.
After one particularly tight corner I looked back down the hill to see what had happened to the articulated truck following us. Expecting to see it jammed, jack-knifed & generally stuck, but no…
The driver following was taking it easy. Effortlessly swinging his vehicle around to corner with one of his legs leisurely dangling out the window. What this “King of the Road” was using for the clutch? I don’t wanna know!
On another trip we were on the motorway about 4 or 5 km’s from the ferry port at Calais and this time a truck heading in the opposite direction had a man who had cut his way out of the trailer and was banging like a mad man on the roof of the cab – Now I’m no Poirot but I guess this passenger had broken into the truck expecting a one way ticket to Blighty and a better life. The problem being the truck was going the wrong direction and this poor fella had probably just spent weeks getting to Calais only to be driven back at high speed.
If none of these trucking tales sound interesting then try spending days on end travelling thousands of miles across Europe, and soon enough if a different coloured fly splats on the wind-screen it’s interesting!
We’re in Assen now & I’m looking forward to trying the new track tomorrow. As far as the Dutch food goes, I’m playing it cautious after nearly buying a Leek, Brie, and Curry sandwich?!
Into final third of the season, and it goes without saying that we’re working hard towards a strong run of results to finish the year.
Speak to you soon TT
posted by Tom Tunstall at 7:36 PM
1 Comments:
job lot of yorkies on it's way in the post!..........keep on truckin!
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