33rd Edition of “De Nachtrit”

This weekend saw the already 33rd edition of our “Nachtrit”. And contrary to last year's edition we were back at our usual start/finish venue, the Rolduc Monastery. Sadly I didn’t have time to service ‘t Kreng in time for the final reconnaissance. So the car of choice for this task was my Defender. 

But not before that car did need some attention too, with the gear lever (lots of play), horn (loose contact) and central locking system (faulty door lock switch) playing up. As a result of using the Defender this time, no TR7 pictures taken during the final control run. But it was fun driving the Defender over some challenging roads nevertheless! Only a few pictures of some of the cars at the start at Rolduc.

It was good to welcome a UK entry again!

Thanks Michael and Andy for coming over.

Sadly the entries for this year’s edition (with 22 teams) where down to the absolute minimum for us to organise the event. The fact that two teams tried to enter a few hours before the start of the event sums up current attitudes quiet nicely in my opinion. People clearly haven’t much of a clue what’s involved in organising such an event!

The only consolation being that a few of the regular entrants had other obligations this evening. And those who did take part were treated to a varied and challenging 237 kilometre long route!