The Yorkshire Dales - British Open Series, Round 2

There was a LOT of coffee to be drunk over the five days

The weather for the second round in The Yorkshire Dales was [mostly] horrendous and yet again I spent a lot of time in the pub!


Although the weather was pretty windy and wet at times Pete, The Meet Director called three great tasks:

Task 1 - 79.2km
Task 2 - 65.2
Task 3 - 161 km

All three tasks were achievable and many congrats especially to those who made task 3 goal - I was sorry not to be there with you :-( but Doris was glad not to have the long drive :-)

Lorenzo & Claudia
Claudia took some great photos - you can see them HERE

SE Wales British Open Series – Round 1 May 2011

We arrived home from Italy, dropped off the tent and hooked up the Caravan (in the same day) and headed for another 5 hours in the car to SE Wales ………… we really should have stayed in Italy! The weather was pants for four out of the five comp days with a strong Easterly wind blowing. Four days of windy weather equated to four days of blurry, fuzzy, wallet draining, happy smiling beer consuming hypoxia!

Thankfully, in desperation on the last day those of us who hadn’t given in and gone home drove 1½ hrs to The Malverns hoping to commit aviation. It was the right decision and Meet Head, Pete set a cracking task: 84km task with 700fpm climbs (occasionally 800fpm).

Meet Head, Pete setting the task

The Malverns - those who went home early missed a great day

In the caravan wishing we were back in Italy