A peek of Wales (and a little London)
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glad u like them... its really different when .. u see them there though. the pictures don't do the place justice.Originally posted by pokkagreentea:Thanks for sharing with us. The sceneries are mind-blowing.
It certainly put me in a good mood.
Refering to Pontcysyllte Aqueduct pic, isn't that the railway from Harry Potter films?
no.. most of harry potter's scenery taken in Scotland... and that particular railway definitely in Scotland. Actually I would have preferred to go to scotland instead but my parents had been there. Err cos I wanna see those Harry Potter places too *sheepish* -
Woohoo! You caught the big ones - Henning Solberg (the orange Ford), his younger brother and 2003 World Champion Petter (the blue Subaru) and Matthew Wilson (the green-and-white Ford).
The rally consists of stages spread over 3 days. Each stage is a specified route that runs through the forest, countryside or public roads (Rally GB is run on gravel/mud). The cars are released at the start of the stage in 3 minute intervals, and the drivers aim to complete the entire rally in the shortest possible time. Between stages they follow specified routes to get to the servicing area or the next stage.
The cars get battered like that when they clip and brush against bits of the surrounding rocks or greenery. And of course the wheels also kick up whatever's in the dirt underneath.
Originally posted by ShrodingersCat:
I don't know ANYTHING abt the Rally so I took these 2 pictures. I think they were of the first few cars that came in. Can explain to me how the rally works?
We were wondering is it they just drive on regular roads or a specific route set out for them? How they beat the jam then??
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so the route is only open for the rally drivers right? cos when we drove into Cardiff we saw signs that said WALES RALLY FOLLOW SIGNS TO .. etc etc..Originally posted by Kuali Baba:Woohoo! You caught the big ones - Henning Solberg (the orange Ford), his younger brother and 2003 World Champion Petter (the blue Subaru) and Matthew Wilson (the green-and-white Ford).
The rally consists of stages spread over 3 days. Each stage is a specified route that runs through the forest, countryside or public roads (Rally GB is run on gravel/mud). The cars are released at the start of the stage in 3 minute intervals, and the drivers aim to complete the entire rally in the shortest possible time. Between stages they follow specified routes to get to the servicing area or the next stage.
The cars get battered like that when they clip and brush against bits of the surrounding rocks or greenery. And of course the wheels also kick up whatever's in the dirt underneath.
and at the end of the route there was this 15 hours dunno what.. which sort of implies they have been driving for like 15 hours??
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rally cars = they take a family car, soup it up and reinforce it like mad, to about over 300hp...
then they dive like lunatics through the countryside
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Maybe those signs are for spectators as well. They don't always close the road sections between stages, I'm not sure what's the case for Rally GB.Originally posted by ShrodingersCat:so the route is only open for the rally drivers right? cos when we drove into Cardiff we saw signs that said WALES RALLY FOLLOW SIGNS TO .. etc etc..
and at the end of the route there was this 15 hours dunno what.. which sort of implies they have been driving for like 15 hours??
How long do they usually drive for at each stage??
I don't know what the sign you're talking about is for (maybe it's a countdown timer?), but Hirvonen won the rally with an overall time of 3 hours and 22 minutes. Each stage can be anything between 3 and 40km long. -
I found you a couple of wee videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GbkBiKnO50
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAv3QvZhWII