Wet, Wet, Wet – oh and
muddy.
Having been forced by Brian to
change from the warmest and sunniest day of the year to the wettest and coldest
day on record, this years event did a good impersonation of a mud wrestling
contest.
The A station was located in what
started as a pretty wood near Stisted east of
The B station by Birchanger Green was bounded by two streams that ran shallow
and clean in the morning, transformed into dark raging floods after the torrents
of the day. The operator rescued by the heroism of
Good signals heard on both stations
at the start tempted 13 teams to don waterproofs and head recklessly west or
east (depending on political inclinations) into on-coming storms.
As the rain seeped in, madness
ensued, one competitor (Roy) finding the B operator’s car at 1.50, overcome, put
great effort into running and driving as far away as possible from the station
before the next transmission came up.
Luckily Peter Lisle had his family
at hand to keep him sane and guide him in and out of the B station, then
negotiate the bluebells to find the A station by 15.25, a minute ahead of
Geoff Foster (Third at 15.26) would
have been better placed, but at the last minute tried diving round Ian Butson’s legs, rather than going through them, to get to the
B station.
Despite the weather most teams
managed to slip and slide into two stations by close of
monsoon.
The waters got floodier, but could not reach Saling village hall – so everyone sailed there to de-soak
outside and sink tea inside.
Philip
G0NXH
Full
results:-
PLACE
TEAM NAME
FINISH
TIME A
TIME B
1
5
Peter Lisle
152502
152502
142908
2
7
3
3
Geoff Foster
152623
142600
152623
4
13 Andy
Collett
155543
142545
155543
5
9
Brian Bristow
155803
142550
155803
6
4
7
12 Bill
Pechey
160657
144446
160657
8
1
Chris Plummer
161920
161920
152026
9
10 Ian
Butson
162032
162032
152648
10
2
George Whenham 162358
162358
152750
11
6
Colin Merry
162546
152522
162546
12
11
13
8
Steve Stone
155641
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155641