Skoda Rally Blog

So, I’m sat in the living room on a sunny Friday evening. And this weekend is the first ‘real’ step for me towards competing in Wales Rally GB this year. Paul has taken (and passed) his BARS test, and has his licence now. Sunday is his first drive in a rally – we are taking part in the Abingdon Car-nival rally, which is a single-venue all tarmac event, with about 90 miles of stages. I’ve been driving the car this week, and it’s running well – probably as well as it ever has been, and I’m hoping that the car will behave itself all weekend – firstly because I’ve still not fixed the trailer so we’re going to drive to the event (and hopefully back as well), and secondly because time is a little tight now, in terms of finishing 6 events in time for Paul to get his licence upgraded. There are just under 6 months left before WRGB – that is an average of 1 event a month, obviously. But we’re hopefully going to be doing Caerwent next weekend (a little difficult, time-wise as I am working until late on the Saturday night, so I’ll be a bit tired), and then on July 2nd there is Essex Charity Stages, which is a long haul, but should be good fun.

But first there’s Abingdon. This isn’t an event I’ve done before, and I’ve not done an SV since the 3 counties in March 2005, so hopefully it’ll all go smoothly!