As we travelled to our first destination the skies started to brighten and the sun finally started to break through the grey soup above.
Within an hour the weather had changed to blazing sunshine and bright blue skies.
Fantastic! I was travelling with Phil, one of the rally’s organisers. This way I could stay ahead of the group and grab a few shots of the cars meandering through the stunning countryside.
A great theory until one of our tyres blew out. The terrain is pretty rough in this part of the country so these things are to be expected. What we hadn’t anticipated was the spare wheel in the back being of a “biscuit” variety. For those not in the know, a biscuit is a replacement emergency wheel half the width and strength of a normal one, basically designed to get you as far as the next garage. Mercedes engineering hadn’t let us down but their strange thinking of putting this kind of spare on a 4x4 vehicle certainly had!
It was obvious now that this vehicle with its “clown” tyre wasn’t going to make the rough terrain that lay ahead. So as Phil limped it back to the local police station for safe keeping, I transferred into another vehicle. Onward, Forward!
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