We stood Steady as the stars in the woods So happy-hearted And the warmth rang true inside these bones As the old pine fell we sang Just to bless the morning. (Ben Howard – Old Pine) The old pine had been growing in Greystoke Forest for over twenty years. It stood sturdy and haughty a…
Poles apart.
It seems the latest advance in tent design is Air tents. Instead of steel or fibreglass poles, these tents have inflatable beams which are filled via a pump; the beams become rigid and keep the tent stable and upright, much like a standard tent pole but easier. Apparently an inflatable tent can be pitched in…
At the Border
Sat 21st March saw the KRU team making the long journey northwards to compete in the forests straddling the English/Scottish border on the Hawick and Border Car club, SG Petch Border Counties Rally. KRU had benefitted from a respray along the sills, new electrical points for Gary’s shiny new tripmeter and to comply with the…
The Swift Signs Christmas Stages Rally – Sunday 28th December 2014 at Croft Circuit.
It was cold, very cold. The snow and sleet from the previous days had frozen solid on everything it had touched as the lowest overnight temperatures in Yorkshire in 2014 took hold. Unfortunately the KRU team just happened to have a 0500 start. Slipping and sliding away from KRU HQ in the freezing…
Premier Rally – Sun 23rd November 2014
After a difficult (and early) start to the day we had a great run to finish 27th overall and 4th in class on the Premier Rally in Sherwood Pines forest. The rain lashed down all the way down the A1 and conditions were awful when we arrived; sticky, ankle deep mud everywhere and a continuous…
The First Stages
The Kru Team are assembled and Kru’s safely tucked up, ready and raring to go. Tomorrow, Kru and the team will give their first official stages a go.
First impressions.
Starting KRU – now there’s a thing … It wants to go, so badly, it wants to fire into life, it tries hard. But it just can’t get up the final spark, the last push into full revolutions. That frustrating sound all car owners recognise, the spirit is willing but it just won’t start. To…
In The Beginning…
New owners! It might not have been head-over-heels, love-at-first-sight but on a typically grey and rainy Friday evening in February, Driver Jon, Nav Gary and Dave (Self-Appointed) Team Principal took a road trip (in a regular VW Polo) to Widnes. Jon had discovered the Skoda Felicia online days before and so, after a few phone…