RtG The Daily Dispatch - Carrera Andalucia - day 00 - Flipbook - Page 2
Pre start & Scrutineering: 22 June 2025
Photos: gerardbrown.co.uk
Steve and Jenny Verrall, 1939 Frazer Nash-BMW 327/80
Thankfully, there weren’t any major problems to deal
with but, just in case anyone was getting a bit hot under
the collar, today’s birthday boy, Ean Lewin, generously
supplied a tray of ice-cold drinks to cool the ever-warming
spanner men toiling in the hot car park.
With the cars sorted there was time for some lunch in
one of the many nearby cafés and restaurants before the
rally assembled for the drivers’ briefing. Fred Gallagher
and Mark Appleton welcomed everyone to the event
and introduced the Rally the Globe team before Dr John
Llewellyn took over the lectern, and gave us some useful
pointers on coping with extreme heat.
After this, most of the crews melted away to their rooms
for a well-deserved late afternoon siesta, save for those
who took advantage of the coaching session offered by
Gill Cotton. Here advice, reassurance and clarification on
the finer points of navigation and timing were dispensed
before everyone reassembled on the neatly manicured
terrace for drinks and
an excellent dinner of
salmon and beef.
As is so often the
case, Chris Mills and
Dick Appleton missed
this culinary excellence
and pre-start excitement
thanks to their duties in
the 48-hour car, noting
down and making sense
of whatever changes
to the Road Book are
required to keep the
rest of us rolling down
the road.
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