{"id":1735,"date":"2012-05-12T13:08:21","date_gmt":"2012-05-12T12:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skodarallyblog.com\/?p=1735"},"modified":"2012-05-29T16:20:24","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T15:20:24","slug":"rally-gb-2012-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skodarallyblog.fun\/?p=1735","title":{"rendered":"Rally GB 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday Rally Guide 1 was published for Wales Rally GB 2012, so the schedule is available, and sees a return to servicing in Cardiff (as per 2010), meaning a more central location (i.e. being able to stay in Cardiff all week). \u00a0It takes place on 14-16 September, a couple of months earlier than previously, so should hopefully see better weather than other years.<\/p>\n<p>However, I have a problem. \u00a0I don&#8217;t have a navigator &#8211; Paul is unfortunately unable to do the event as Baby Burley II is in the oven, and due out about a month after the event. \u00a0Last year didn&#8217;t work out and I didn&#8217;t get to do the event, so I&#8217;m posting this to see if anyone has any decent suggestions. \u00a0I&#8217;ll outline what I&#8217;m after:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Someone who has a Rally International Licence &#8211; this means you will need to have finished enough rallies to go from having your MSA Stage Rally Driver licence (6 national B finishes will do it), then done the medical and got your upgrade. \u00a0This is easy enough, but obviously costs \u00a0a few quid (depending on your doctor &#8211; mine charged me \u00a312 for my last one, Paul&#8217;s was more like \u00a3180!). \u00a0They will also need the full FIA-compliant set of safety gear (underwear, boots, suit, helmet, HANS device)<\/li>\n<li>Someone who is willing to put up half the cost of the entry; this is the only way I can afford to take part. \u00a0In 2010 I think the total was around \u00a34000, give or take. \u00a0Paying the entry fee of \u00a31745 and your own costs would be pretty much what is needed &#8211; the other costs I can take care of; it might seem like there&#8217;s nothing else to spend, but believe me once you&#8217;ve paid for accomodation, fuel, tyres and a bunch of other stuff, another \u00a32000 is spent pretty quickly.<\/li>\n<li>Someone who has the same attitude as me (and indeed Paul) to doing the event. \u00a0We have done it previously with Paul producing a single-page schedule for the week, and this has worked perfectly well &#8211; I&#8217;ve spoken to a couple of drivers who say they have had navigators who have produced &#8220;War and Peace movement schedules&#8221; &#8211; this isn&#8217;t something that&#8217;s needed, IMO, and I don&#8217;t think I would see eye-to-eye with anyone who would do that. \u00a0As we would be spending the week together for 12 hours+ per day, this is essential. \u00a0I take rallying seriously, but within the bounds of knowing my own talent\/ability, and having a laugh. \u00a0I am under no illusions that I&#8217;m going to be doing this for anything other than the (fantastic) experience &#8211; indeed having done it 4 times before I know what I&#8217;m looking to do. \u00a0Obviously I&#8217;m not going to drive round like an OAP, but it&#8217;s a balance between having a great week and frightening myself silly! \u00a0A sense of humour is vital, I think, but I guess everyone thinks they have one!<\/li>\n<li>Having a car that could be used for recce would be a big advantage &#8211; I sold my recce car in 2010, and would need to prepare another one which wouldn&#8217;t be the end of the world, but would be more time and money&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That just about covers it. \u00a0The car is nearly ready to go (which is unusual) &#8211; it needs a few more touches done to the mapping, and a small list of &#8220;niggles&#8221; addressed, but it&#8217;s in the best shape it&#8217;s ever been, and more powerful than ever before. \u00a0This is absolutely the last time I will be able to afford to do something like this, and I would like to do it, but I can&#8217;t do it without finding the right person to do it with; \u00a0I&#8217;ve been immensely fortunate to have done it four times with Paul, and despite all the struggles on a couple of the events, they have been among the most memorable things I&#8217;ve ever done. \u00a0I WANT TO DO THIS, so if anyone has any suggestions, I am all ears &#8211; use the contact form!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday Rally Guide 1 was published for Wales Rally GB 2012, so the schedule is available, and sees a return to servicing in Cardiff (as per 2010), meaning a more central location (i.e. being able to stay in Cardiff all week). \u00a0It takes place on 14-16 September, a couple of months earlier than previously, so [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-walesrallygb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skodarallyblog.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skodarallyblog.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skodarallyblog.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skodarallyblog.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skodarallyblog.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1735"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.skodarallyblog.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1742,"href":"https:\/\/www.skodarallyblog.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1735\/revisions\/1742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skodarallyblog.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skodarallyblog.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skodarallyblog.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}