Peter took part in both the Mechanic's and Allen Trial's. Here is his report:-

MECHANICS TRIAL

Mike Young passengered for me in the Stroud and District MC’s Mechanics Trial.   Two big chaps is quite cosy in a Dellow.

I only realised on Thursday that this was a Saturday trial and not a Sunday event, so I very nearly arrived 24 hours late.

No grip in wet mud was a problem so we finished in the bottom half of the field in what was a most enjoyable trial organized very slickly.   Shame that the entry was not larger but that helped to reduce delays to the minimum.   They must have plenty of suitable bye-roads around Stroud; I was impressed that we only used one or two hills that were used in the Cotswold Clouds.

As Ted Holloway has reported we all stopped at 11am for 2 minutes silence for Armistice Day.



Mike Young puts a huge effort into bouncing Peter's Dellow up Greenway lane in this picture by Dave Cook. Click here for more of Dave's pictures

ALLEN TRIAL

Two weeks later Jim and I entered the Bristol MC’s Allen Trial.   Same story, too little grip in the mud despite a pair of new tyres, but I did get off a tricky restart at Guys Hill that Dudley Sterry did not manage, which made up a bit for my mediocre result.

At the start of the Uplands sections there were large deep puddles where many cars had to bale water out from inside when they stopped and there were a few misfiring engines as well.

Ubley Woods was a bit of a fiasco from my point of view, no grip, no steering, lots of points.   Pete Hart had to do a bit of sorting out and the two hills in the muddy steeply sloping field were divided amongst the classes, keeping the delays down to the minimum.

Dave Wall did very well in his “brand new” blue Dellow Mk 1 on 18” rear wheels; he was 4^th in class 8, beating experts like Dudley Sterry and Ian Davis in the process.

I need to do some modifications before the Exeter to try to improve the grip in the mud.

Falcon members participating were Simon Groves (Escort) 4^th in class 3, Keith Oakes (Dutton) 7^th in class 7, and in class 8 Ian Davis 7^th, Geoff Hodge (RDT) 11^th, Peter Mountain (Dellow) 14th, John Parsons (Buggy) 15^th and Mike Pearson (Dellow Rep) 16^th.



Peter and Jim Mountain ease the Dellow up Bug Uplands in this picture by Dave Cook. Click here for more of Dave's pictures

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