RogueRunners '23 - Day 10

 

The last day, we set out from out mid way hotel on minor roads, not good driving roads, but I'd had a plan in mind.

But first - some time ago I fitted titanium skid plates to the rear trailing arms as they are not far from the road surface & today I was glad I did, the edge of the tarmac moved away from the verge & a rear wheel dropped off the edge. There was a graunching noise & I steered back. On arrival at the next stop Brian said "there was quite a shower of sparks under you car at one point", when I looked at the video - WOW, yes, a shower of sparks eight feet behind the car!

After an hour or so we rolled into a "viewpoint layby" (really just a muddy bit at the side of the road) to see "On Freedom's Wings", a 1:1 scale sculpture of an Avro Lancaster that operated & crashed locally. It's made of mild steel & has lots of holes in it, but it's still 10 times the weight of an actual Lancaster. The site wasn't open, but it was visible in the distance from the layby.

Then we kind of split up, with three going on to the coffee stop & the other two heading home.

So after some more not too interesting driving we reached the final waypoint, the very good Moor Farm farm shop & café near Peterborough. we had coffee & cake, then Brian departed, but as he was doing so a young waitress was clearing our table & said "Oh wow - whose are those cars?" "umm - ours" we said, it turned out she was a big F1 & interesting cars in general fan, so it was with some effort that I managed to drag my girlfriend away from this kindred spirit.

So that was RR26 all done & dusted. The weather could've been kinder, but it wasn't too bad, the driving was excellent & the company as ever made it an absolute joy!

Day 10 video

PLANNING FOR RR27 HAS BEGUN!