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Day 5: Jaén to Córdoba, 27 June 2025
Photos: gerardbrown.co.uk
Otakar Chládek and Antonín Váchal, 1973 Mercedes-Benz 350 SL
Neil Smith and Michael McCollum, 1969 Porsche 911
time and dispensed a bottle of chilled water before sending
them on their way to the second Regularity to La Cabeza, in
the foothills of the Sierra de los Judios.
The crews worked hard this morning and had more
than earned their break at the Time Control in the cafe
of the now disused Estacion de Luque. A selection of hot
and cold refreshments were available, as well as punnets
of freshly picked cherries. This set them up nicely for the
run towards lunch via the Laguna del Salobral Regularity,
where a horizon filled with olive groves once again filled
the windscreen.
Lunch at the Time Control in the Molino la Nava was a
veritable feast, with a seemingly endless selection of tapas,
fish and cured meats on offer, followed by a very welcome
bowl of ice cream. After which a bulletin was issued. Clerk
of the Course, Mark Appleton, along with Anthony Preston,
had taken the decision to invoke the rarely used extreme
heat protocol, cancelling the final Regularity from the
Embalse del Guadalmellato. The rally was re-routed via the
highway where a cooling breeze was all but guaranteed.
However, there was still the País Lince section to deal
with, a real scorcher through a maze of farm roads and
single-lane byways, before we emerged to set a course for
the welcoming arms of the Eurostars Palace night halt in
Córdoba.
Tomorrow’s a rest day, so we’ve got two nights here.
Our stay got off to a flying start with a stirring Flamenco
performance and a standup buffet before the crews retired
to the bar or one of many nighttime establishments in this
ancient Byzantine city.
Gavin and Diana Henderson, 1959 AC Ace Bristol
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