A peek of Wales (and a little London)

ShrodingersCat SG

Yes actually!

I took pictures of it.. heeheee... but didn't think anyone would be interested.

We were there when the cars finished... but the weather was really bad, and the crowds were lukewarm.

ShrodingersCat SG

Rather, we went to a few not very good fish and chips places
so it stood out... the rest of the places served very soggy everything
but possibly cos we were on a budget.. tight one.. so nothing too expensive for us~

Kuali Baba SG

Do post the pictures, please. Very Happy The weather on Friday especially was horrible (rain, strong winds and thick fog) as I was listening to the radio updates.

ShrodingersCat SG

I don't know ANYTHING abt the Rally so I took these 2 pictures. I think they were of the first few cars that came in. Can explain to me how the rally works?
We were wondering is it they just drive on regular roads or a specific route set out for them? How they beat the jam then??

And the cars! How did the cars get so damaged?

pokkagreentea SG

Thanks for sharing with us. The sceneries are mind-blowing. Very Happy
It certainly put me in a good mood. Cool

Refering to Pontcysyllte Aqueduct pic, isn't that the railway from Harry Potter films? Shocked

ShrodingersCat SG

glad u like them... its really different when .. u see them there though. the pictures don't do the place justice.

no.. most of harry potter's scenery taken in Scotland... and that particular railway definitely in Scotland. Actually I would have preferred to go to scotland instead but my parents had been there. Err cos I wanna see those Harry Potter places too *sheepish*

Kuali Baba SG

Woohoo! You caught the big ones - Henning Solberg (the orange Ford), his younger brother and 2003 World Champion Petter (the blue Subaru) and Matthew Wilson (the green-and-white Ford).

The rally consists of stages spread over 3 days. Each stage is a specified route that runs through the forest, countryside or public roads (Rally GB is run on gravel/mud). The cars are released at the start of the stage in 3 minute intervals, and the drivers aim to complete the entire rally in the shortest possible time. Between stages they follow specified routes to get to the servicing area or the next stage.

The cars get battered like that when they clip and brush against bits of the surrounding rocks or greenery. And of course the wheels also kick up whatever's in the dirt underneath. Razz

ShrodingersCat SG

so the route is only open for the rally drivers right? cos when we drove into Cardiff we saw signs that said WALES RALLY FOLLOW SIGNS TO .. etc etc..

and at the end of the route there was this 15 hours dunno what.. which sort of implies they have been driving for like 15 hours??

How long do they usually drive for at each stage??

the Bear SG

rally cars = they take a family car, soup it up and reinforce it like mad, to about over 300hp...

then they dive like lunatics through the countryside Laughing

Kuali Baba SG

Maybe those signs are for spectators as well. They don't always close the road sections between stages, I'm not sure what's the case for Rally GB.

I don't know what the sign you're talking about is for (maybe it's a countdown timer?), but Hirvonen won the rally with an overall time of 3 hours and 22 minutes. Laughing Each stage can be anything between 3 and 40km long.

Kuali Baba SG

I found you a couple of wee videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GbkBiKnO50

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAv3QvZhWII

Laughing

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