Author Archives: James Ewing

What a couple of days! A long Thursday and into the night was very tough, hard navigation and variable conditions. The snow never came but intermittent ice kept everyone on their toes. Fridays sting in the tail was a hard … Continue reading →

Another dryish day with ice on the high passes. It’s been busy with 6 regs and one big test but hugely enjoyable. Snow is predicted for tomorrow night, 10cms and still falling,?yhat should make it interesting! Not many photos today;

A mostly ice free day today. Good regularity times, in the top 12! and a fun complicated test. We had lunch at the Škoda factory museum and there were a lot of cool cars I’d never seen before. Photos below

Another great day on the road. Great roads and interesting conditions; fog, ice, and some dry bits too. A respectable performance with only one minor navigation error made the day fun. Here are some photos;

Great to be back in the Volvo, its like my second winter home! A good first two regularities dropping only 5 seconds until it got icy; dropped a couple of minutes… Two tests today, it’s best to be accurate than … Continue reading →

We arrived from Zurich last night in the trusty Volvo after an eight hour drive and were treated to a great night out with an old friend of Herman’s who is now resident here. Great food and bars if you … Continue reading →

Here we go again.. sunny Torquay is our starting point and we Finish on Sunday in Chester. The evening prologue that determines the seeding for tomorrow starts in a couple of hours and all the maps are plotted and I’m … Continue reading →

The final day promised rain but it held off until the afternoon. The first tests on the Great Orm were fast but had some stupid reversing manoeuvres, I thought these were removed from historic rallies years ago to save transmission … Continue reading →

A great day rallying! Today was navigators day. Seven well thought out regularities and only two tests. Our performance on the regularities was excellent. 26 timing points and over a dozen zero scores. I’m very pleased. The tests were fun, … Continue reading →

The first days weather was typically Welsh, Grey and damp. However the tests were fun and slippery and today’s regularities not over difficult but made challenging with quite a few oncoming cars interfering with our progress. Were are outclassed on … Continue reading →