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Day 2: Fota Island - Gougane Barra - Kenmare, 13 May 2025
gravel tracks and corkscrew turns, with exceptional views
towards the night halt and the wild Atlantic.
There was one final Test at the Kenmare Mart to tackle
before taking our foot off the gas and, soon enough, the
Sheen Falls Lodge greeted us. After a few well-earned,
and well-chilled, adult beverages, the crews scrubbed
themselves up and sat down to dinner in The Stables
Brasserie alongside two very special guests. Billy Coleman
and his wife, Carmel.
Theo Hunt and James Galliver, 1933 Frazer Nash TT Replica
Dick and Harry Baines, 1933 Alvis Speed 20
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rally for an equally active afternoon, beginning with a 12mile map-based Regularity on Mount Prospect and around
Lough Allua, on the lesser-known byways of West Cork.
The reward? A visit to a Time Control at the Top of Coom
and the highest pub in Ireland, which had laid on some fine
coffee and cakes. Next up, the Foilgreana Midas Windfarm
Regularity, starting only a few hundred metres from the
end of the car park. This impressive piece of countryside
alongside the massive wind turbines, gave us some steep
Steve and Jenny Verrall, 1939 Frazer Nash-BMW 327/80
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