And we are off to Killarney! admin, May 2, 2024May 2, 2024 Well, more correctly, most of the gang are off to Killarney. We are going to get in the way and watch rally cars stretch their legs on tarmac. As it’s tarmac, it’s not our favourite service (not muddy and slippy enough, not enough gravel). In other scandal , Bitsy is still sulking in the corner as Cork Forest Rally is AGES AWAY (ya, we heard that before!). As for any other news, I knocked across this in a garage clear out. A Rally Ireland Officials jacket from the only rounds of the WRC held on the island. Ah, pity we’ll never see it’s like again… Rallies
Some Disassembly Underway…. July 15, 2023September 26, 2023 Preparations for Cork Forest Rally are underway in the Red Mist shed. As I have the technical knowledge of an empty coke can, all I got was some words I didn’t understand. I heard something about a “missing 17” (whatever that means), “faded stickers” and “scrapyard”…. I believe this was… Read More
Its official. I can’t fit into a Fiesta….. April 5, 2025April 5, 2025 “Preparations” (and I use that word in the loosest possible fashion) are underway in the shed as the Moonraker is coming up fast. In a slight change, it’s not Bitzy that’s leading the Red Mist charge, it’s the Fiesta! Bitzy is still sulking in the corner as “someone” still hasn’t… Read More
Bitzy in bits (again!) May 19, 2024May 19, 2024 Bitzy is in bits again due to someone decreeing that the lower coolant hose needed to be cleaned so half the car came apart to get to it. Yep, the so-in-so of a webmaster (who only does a half arsed job of cleaning) decided that the lower coolant hose needed… Read More