Well guys we finished, car in one piece - almost, brakes maybe squeeking, engine is asking for a rest little but in all Porky has pushed 160mph several times, she has blatted around a track and most of all she completed 3000 high speed miles across 10 countries in 5 days. Not bad for a 14 year old car. Oh and I forgot to mention the 80mph 180 degree spin on the Hungaring Grand Prix circuit.
So what can I say about today - so near but yet so frustratingly far. Our mistake was not going faster on the Autobahn the previous day to have a margin for saftey. Our solution was to go even faster today, our downfall - - -- - - - - - - -Ghent traffic. After 45 mins plus stuck in traffic my bladder sought to help. After a quick cal of nature we decided that the hard shoulder needed some Cannonball attention - and boy it got it. We got out of the traffic and back on tour, the distance was only 75 miles to Calais but it seemed a millenia. We have to apologise to Belgian and Dutch drivers for the uncharacteristic aggression, but why ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh why do drivers of small Citroen and Peugot shopping trollys insist on pulling out on cars closing on them at high speed!!!!!!!
So Team Fastnet 993 made serious time after the road works - problem was Guessy Nav at 1?? mph was not working - perhaps not helped by the shake from the Froggy Gendarme van joining the motorway just b4 the turnoff to Calais. Suffice to say we missed the turn, squandered our lead but fought back mighty hard................................. With only a short slip to the Ferry we managed to take out the Black Monaro and the TVR before a UK coach driver decided he wasn't going to let us past and made a good attempt at putting us into the Concrete barrier - thanks! Not for the first time this trip we noted the gulf in the driving ability and habbits of the Germans versus the Dutch, Belgians and English!
So what can I say about today - so near but yet so frustratingly far. Our mistake was not going faster on the Autobahn the previous day to have a margin for saftey. Our solution was to go even faster today, our downfall - - -- - - - - - - -Ghent traffic. After 45 mins plus stuck in traffic my bladder sought to help. After a quick cal of nature we decided that the hard shoulder needed some Cannonball attention - and boy it got it. We got out of the traffic and back on tour, the distance was only 75 miles to Calais but it seemed a millenia. We have to apologise to Belgian and Dutch drivers for the uncharacteristic aggression, but why ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh why do drivers of small Citroen and Peugot shopping trollys insist on pulling out on cars closing on them at high speed!!!!!!!
So Team Fastnet 993 made serious time after the road works - problem was Guessy Nav at 1?? mph was not working - perhaps not helped by the shake from the Froggy Gendarme van joining the motorway just b4 the turnoff to Calais. Suffice to say we missed the turn, squandered our lead but fought back mighty hard................................. With only a short slip to the Ferry we managed to take out the Black Monaro and the TVR before a UK coach driver decided he wasn't going to let us past and made a good attempt at putting us into the Concrete barrier - thanks! Not for the first time this trip we noted the gulf in the driving ability and habbits of the Germans versus the Dutch, Belgians and English!
In all we arrived 30 mins after our required arrival time, and a place in the top ten.
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