Sunday 26 May 2013

Surf in the Fog

Lonesome paddle into the fog to see if there were waves on the reef. There were!
 
6 Hours in the water over the day - knackered.
 

Saturday 25 May 2013

Duns Jim Clark Weekend by Club Lotus

Took another drive over to Duns to see what was going on on the Jim Clark Memorial weekend organised by Club Lotus. The drive over down the B6355 was hairy fun in heavy rain and floods but resulted in smashed headlight.
Not that much going on at Duns and the rain was keeping some of the race cars covered but I got a couple of pics of my car with another of StephenM's creations P3 SKE.










Sunday 5 May 2013

Jim Clark Memorial Dinner


Basking in the glow of the Jim Clark weekend courtesy of Michael Hipperson's organisation. Friday I went down to Alnwick to meet Burt with his new Lotus-push-start-340r, Julie, and John (JTbush) gave them a fun lead back to Swinton staying near the coast to dodge the rain. Then on Sat drove down with Kirsty to Chirnside to have a look at the clock, meet some more old friends, make some new ones, revisit Floors (where Kirsty and I got married), and finally head back to the Wheatchief in Swinton for a great dinner.

 We were lucky to be sat next to Andrew Tulloch, the curator of the Jim Clark room and then were treated to a question and answer sesh with Jim Clark's mentor Ian Scott Watson, mechanic Cedric, and ex competitor Rob (surname escapes me) who very stylishly turned up in his ex-Army Gazelle!

Got home at midnight after a spirited drive over an old favourite, the Duns to Grantshouse road.

Thanks to Jo for picking up the reins in Michael’s absence and all else who chipped in.