Why oh Wye?

Yesterday was a tale of Woe-in-Wye.

I’m not having a real good time lately, am I? It seems bad karma has been stored for a while to be unleashed upon me just days before we start this rally… I don’t know if that’s a sign that I really shouldn’t be doing it, or just making the whole thing more exciting and more of a challenge - after all, it’s not an adventure until your plans go wrong

Anyway, yesterday started off fairly well - I went to Race Spec in Tewkesbury to pick up some bits for the KTM, and also to get some body armour (better to be safe as possible when being pitched over the handle bars…). Got all my bits, and then realised I was only 60 miles from Hay-on-Wye, so got Greg to text me the address of the council offices whilst I made my way there.

Unfortunately, I got stuck behind Miss Daisy driving a truck, so didn’t arrive till 5.00, by which time the Council offices were closed. Still, I took a few hours looking around the place that will be our “official” start next year… it’s a small quiet town, and something like Humphrey will certainly not go unnoticed.

As I got in the car to start my journey home, I noticed something wasn’t quite right - when I got back out, the front passenger side tyre was hanging off the rim… not sure if the tyre had been slashed or it was an unfortunate bit of glass or something, anyway… luckily I found me spare is a full size tyre and not one of those (waste of) space savers. 2 local boys helped me change the tyre, pints were consumed, and then I was on my way again.

Not a good day - hopefully tomorrow will be better!

I’m off to the Horizons Unlimited meeting tomorrow, so will be speaking to many people, trying out all of the comms and gadgets we’ll be taking on the rally, and generally giving all of my kit a pre rally test.