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Day 2: Nerja to Granada, 24 June 2025
Photos: gerardbrown.co.uk
Paul Hughes and Hannah Jenkins, 1973 Mercedes-Benz 350 SL
Adrian and Jacqueline Brooks, 1976 Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC
put a few extra bottles of mineral water in the fridge for
us. Naturally the Sweeps were last to the table, busy with
various cooling issues as well as tending to a loose ball joint
in Matthew English and Kristy Porter’s Porsche 356.
With lunch cleared away another easily digested section of
highway was served up, taking us into the final Regularity of
the day towards El Pinar, 12km of excellent tarmac hacked
into the hills. This afternoon, under a blazing sun, we had it
all to ourselves.
Dr John Llewellyn and Rob Dance stopped the clocks at
the final timing point and a cooling descent took the rally
down towards the autopista and the night halt in Granada,
where we are billeted in the impressive Alhambra Palace for
two luxurious nights. No group dinner was planned for this
evening, leaving crews free to choose whatever took their
fancy from an extensive range of local restaurants.
Ivan Mans and Archana Roosen, 1971 Aston Martin DBR2
was high country and, at times, the crews were hard pressed
to decide which was the best vista - the mountains filling
their windscreens or the shimmering sea in their rear-view
mirrors.
After much puffing and wheezing we finally reached
1,300m and the morning Time Control in the Haza del Lino,
for a well-deserved break. The sound of 25 crackling engine
blocks almost drowned out the chorus of cicadas hidden in
the vivid green pine trees that clung to the hills along the
roadside.
Numerous olive groves and vineyards lined the next
Regularity, starting immediately after the cafe and taking
us along another loop of backroads around the village of
Sorvilan. This is a remote area and refreshments stops are
scarce so, thanks to an impressive piece of planning, the
Organisers arranged the lunchtime finish to be back at the
aforementioned Haza del Lino. Thankfully the staff had
Alan and Tina Beardshaw, 1965 Sunbeam Tiger
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