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Like the bubbles in Champagne which were also a 'mistake' originally they attracted excentric, fun loving people and over a glass or two discussing what potential they held Monty suggested that for maximum enjoyment high speed racing on the bends in icy conditions in the dark or in ravines could be tremendously exciting and the races that took his name, The Monty Carlo high speed racing icy bend race which became known later as the Mony Carlo Rallye.
We leave early on Saturday from the Lyon's 'Corner' House en route for Valence 100k, climbing to Gap 160k for lunch before the real bends themselves....
Car
No 19 (Louise) has a problem with the passenger who is the owners cat.
She is fed up with the slow pace of this car and being a speedy dare
devil cat requests a transfer to car No 22 for a more exciting journey.
The cat also wants to drive the next stage, is this allowed? we have
paw extensions so she can reach the pedals. DAVE Car 22
Organiser's reply: Hello, nothing in the rules to stop this and as cats have nine lives this could be a good idea on the Monty Carlo icy hairpin run particularly if corner cutting techniques are used.
I'm not surprised that Louise's cat was fed up with the speed. We are struggling to keep Michael Schumacher in the team for car 6. Everytime we get going, our other passenger (Elvis) demands that we stop for burgers and coffee at McDonalds. I had hoped that this would happen less often once we got to France, but McD is all over my favourite country and we are not making good progress. Please can you organise for the French farmers to blockade all McD outlets until we are out of the country? Michael and I would be most grateful. And we might do a bit better on the next leg.
Regards,
Yvette
Car # 6
Jukka.. Team 7 .....
The ski-car is actually my
daily 2CV (with normal spike tyres at
the moment). The more slippery the better. And a lot of fun.
I have to have a look what is going on with the rally. Hopefully my
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co-driver (and the owner
of the rally 2CV) has done his best while I was asleep on the passenger seat. |
I note it is already Monday...
Organiser's Report. Pure joy in the afternoon as we squeal round tight blind un-fenced bends with vertical drops into deep ravines on icy wet and gravely surfaces. Good map reading helps a lot as, once darkness sets in there is little hope of finding the right road let alone keeping up a decent speed without cutting corners more often than not which is strictly against the rules and if you are found doing this the result is immediate disqualification.
298k later and a mug of hot ovaltine welcomes the benders into Monty Carlo Town.
