Wednesday, 6 June 2012

Rest and Be Thankful, you're not kidding...

June 6.  The Rest and Be Thankful speed hill climb.


I'd often heard about this and if you're of a particular age you'll know that a certain Mr. J Stewart cut his teeth on this in 1961.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rest_and_Be_Thankful_Speed_Hill_Climb

It's 1,425 yards and rises 400 feet; the AC Cobra Mk IV CRS is not the car of choice for this as its ground clearance is only 3.5 inches - still, its silencers act as quite effective skid plates.

My objective was to beat the time of the Mercedes...(set in 1906)...and you can see how we fared here, but listen closely to the navigator's advice and helpful comments...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdZ8y4cSExM


The hill climb itself is fun, but getting there over the unmade gravel road was a nightmare; it was a close run thing with the Mercedes but we made it! (with 20 seconds in hand)



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