31 Oct: Galloway Hills report

Armstrong Galloway Hills Rally, Sunday 27 October … ARR Craib Scottish Rally Championship, Round 8 (of 8) … There we were, all standing about the in the wind and rain waiting for the winners of the 2013 Armstrong Galloway Hills Rally. The TV crew and presenters were primed, the photographers […] Read more »

30 Oct: Rally GB National entry lists

Rally Wales GB … The Nationals … With Scottish interest in this year’s Rally Wales GB confined to Stuart Loudon sitting beside Robert Barrable, Kirsty Riddick out with Jonny Greer, and Tony Jardine driving Miss Amy in the ‘International’ event, quite a few of our lot are heading down to […] Read more »

29 Oct: Kingdom Stages entry list

The Kingdom Stages Rally, Saturday 2 November 2013 … Crail Airfield … Old hands will ken fine where Crail is, right in the far eastern point of the Kingdom of Fife. Whether you’re heading north or south on the M90 in Fife head eastwards or due south from Dundee through […] Read more »

22 Oct: Galloway Entry List

Armstrong Galloway Hills Rally, Sunday 27th October … ARR Craib Scottish Rally Championship – Final Round … No-one will ever know how much time and effort has been put into this year’s Armstrong Galloway Hills Rally which takes place on Sunday. That’s because no-one kept a count of the hours […] Read more »

21 Oct: Galloway Hills preview

Championship set for ‘Hills’ finale … Five-time winner and event sponsor Jock Armstrong, and five-time Scottish champion David Bogie, will be fighting for overall honours on Sunday’s 40th Armstrong Galloway Hills Rally. For the first time, the Castle Douglas-based event will count as the final round of the ARR Craib […] Read more »

17 Oct: Part 4 – Mull Rally

Part 4, Tunnocks Mull Rally 2013 Saturday 12 October, 21:45 Hrs It’s all getting a bit fraught out there tonight. It’s getting cold and damp, that means slippery and uncertain. First to find that out was Peter Taylor. He spun the Focus on the slippery tarmac and gave away a […] Read more »

17 Oct: Part 3 – Mull Rally

Part 3, Tunnocks Mull Rally 2013 Friday 11 October, 20:45 Hrs First times are in. No surprises, Calum Duffy is flying. 7m 57s for the 2013 Tunnocks Mull opener. John MacCrone is second, first time out in the Fiesta with 8m 08s. Peter Taylor going well on 8m 11, but […] Read more »

17 Oct: Part 2 – Mull Rally

Part 2, Tunnocks Mull Rally 2013 Friday 11 October, 09:00 Hrs There’s a bus party of locusts masquerading as pensioners staying at my hotel. It’s best to keep out of their way. They bag the best seats in the lounge and clog up the bar, but breakfast is the scariest […] Read more »

17 Oct: Part 1 – Mull Rally

Murmurs on Mull … The Full Story, as it happened … Part 1, Tunnocks Mull Rally 2013 Tuesday 8 October, 17.00 Hrs Right. I’m going to give this Facebook thingy a shottie. A lot of folk (mostly younger types) have stated their preference for FB as a source of info […] Read more »

16 Oct: ABR Roofing Kames preview

ABR Roofing Kames Junior Rally, Sunday 20th October 2013 This Sunday sees the penultimate round of the Junior 1000 Rally Championship at Kames and it will be particularly interesting because two of the Juniors have actually now graduated (they’ll be shaving next!) and will be competing in bigger cars. We […] Read more »