RtG Suffolk Cloverleaf - Daily Dispatch - Day 1 - Flipbook - Page 4
Day 2: Broads and Coast, 6 August 2025
Photos: gerardbrown.co.uk
Graham and Marina Goodwin, 1925 Bentley Supersports
Sally Linton and Edward Stansfield, 1984 Ford Capri
Sally and Mark Bramall, 1962 Austin-Healey 3000
churches, and pubs lifted straight from the pages of the
Domesday Book.
This ye olde rural idyll didn’t rule out some more modern
excitement, coming in the form of two Tests at the Ellough
Park Race Circuit. This 1,100m ribbon of top-quality tarmac
saw several of the rear-engine German cars spending almost
as much time sideways as forward. No matter what direction,
everyone had a blast, but it left Keith Graham and Susan
Hoffmann’s Jaguar needing its exhaust reattached before
they left the paddock. Charlie Neale and Andy Inskip were
on hand with the spanners, and with a few clicks of their
ratchet the crew joined the rest of the rally en-route to a
Route Check in Raveningham.
The Time Control in the Coldham Hall Tavern offered
coffee and cakes on the banks of the Broads, where a fleet
of classic yachts and sleek Broads cruisers wafted gently
along behind us.
Another Route Check at Langley Staithe made sure we
were all safely heading to the Mettingham Regularity.
Thanks to a cunning device carried over from the West
Country Cloverleaf, the section featured several deliberately
ambiguous tulip diagrams designed to keep the navigators
on their toes in a maze of byways and farm tracks.
The schedule was a generous one and, with a salty tang in
the air, the rally arrived at the Southwold Time Control in
plenty of time for a fish and chip lunch and stroll along the
pier under the watchful eye of George Orwell, the original
Big Brother.
After dealing with a Passage Control in Westleton Heath
and another Regularity through the Clay Hills, the crews
were given a chance to stretch their legs at the next Passage
Control on Aldeburgh beach. Here Owen Turner and Rachel
Vestey had set up their deckchairs in the shadow of Maggi
Hambling’s impressive Scallop sculture.
The home run took us via a Route Check in Capel St
Andrew and a final Passage Control in Rendlesham Forest.
At the night halt at Kesgrave Hall the crews enjoyed some
light refreshment and a BBQ dinner.
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