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My first thought too. Same level of income but with less hassle of speccies on stages and parked on verges. No brainer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintexmemory
Lappi last year, after he went wide into a tree and won the rally anyways :)Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
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Got there early-ish and no problem at all at Shakedown. I thought that with it being a great opportinuty to see the 2017 cars for the first time and each having multipe runs, the logical thing was to arrive more than an hour before the safety car. Perhaps it was laggards who where not prepared, and not the organisers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sal the 2nd
I was lucky enough to get up to Myherin on Friday early and park in a layby on the A44 and walked in. A bit of an adventure crossing the bog and river but a 20 minute walk down a gravel road to an excellent viewing point with friendly marshalls. Doubt that will happen next year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintexmemory
I've got to say I massively enjoyed Rally GB this year, really loved it, certainly it was my favourite edition I've attended. Admittedly I avoided any of the traffic/parking problems by arriving very early at the two official car parks I used and walking into the other stages. Getting to do the three stages on the Saturday and a stage and be at the finish in Llandudno on Sunday were highlights.
For me Pedro Heller was this year's José Antonio Suárez, very entertaining, I saw him nearly crash a couple of times, but nowhere in the overall classification. I'm glad he took part though!Quote:
Originally Posted by Whinlatter
Were there that many Motorhomes? I saw a good number but I wouldn't have thought there were anywhere near 300! To be fair to the organisers I think they did somewhat anticipate the shakedown car park filling up, as for the first time that I can remember the nearby lay-bys were not blocked off and the verges on the B5105 looked to have been treated/had the grass cut in preparation for people to park on them. In previous years they've been roped off and the grass left long.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sal the 2nd
Indeed! The revelation or even revolution this year I found was the fairly widespread availability of 4G on EE at least. I coincidentally ended up with MrJan of this forum and other friends of him and Mintexmemory on Dyfi. From where we were I had the Rally Radio streaming for much of the morning and between Dyfi 1 & 2 we were able to watch a perfect live stream of Gartheiniog 2 on WRC+ on my phone! On Gwydyr on Sunday I had the Rally Radio going and got to watch Brenig 1 while waiting for Gwydyr to begin. After running half way back down the hill to the car after Gwydyr I was able to stream the Rally Radio in the car all the way from Betws-y-Coed to Llandudno, before watching Seb win the Championship and Elfyn win the rally on WRC+ after just parking up in the town! Brilliant stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
One day we'll look back at the days of not knowing what the hell was going on as a spectator and wonder how the heck we coped!
Also looks like Lappi from 2016 to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
You won't remember the dark days of the late 70s / early 80s before the Internet and mobile phones the only way of keeping updated was the BT event info line, updated after every stage. If you were lucky there'd be half hour evening round up on BBC. Often you didn't know who'd won the stage you had spectated until the magazines came out!Quote:
Originally Posted by the sniper
Take it you went to the 2013 spot in Gwydyr ;)
A definite positive, thanks for sharing! I can safely say it's the first time that I've been able to watch a live stage while sat out in a Welsh forest :DQuote:
Originally Posted by the sniper
My dad was saying that he used to have to phone to get updates. Said he'd spend half the day at work on the phone :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintexmemory
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4467/...72db2b3a_z.jpg9 by Richard Simpson, on Flickr
This one makes me chuckle.