We were treated to the hottest day on record at our Marketing Machine round at North Weald during August with temperatures officially reaching 38.1C. This made a very nice change compared to some of the weather related problems that we have had there in the recent past. Having said that the day presented another set of problems; we had to make sure that everyone took care to avoid problems from sunstroke and dehydration. Thankfully we had prepared well and all the marshals were well looked after, with Ian Gibson passing around soft drinks on a regular basis! Andy Webber, who had taken the opportunity to earn some marshalling points rather than drive, had even organised a very nice parasol to recline under at the start line for the duration of the day. See the full report from the event elsewhere in this issue of Acorn.
By the time that you read this the Spotted Dick and Custard Stages at Longcross will have taken place. At the time of writing we have an excellent entry and it looks set to be another successful event at this great venue. More news on that next month.
Lastly, now that summer is almost over our attention turns once more to rallying. Please don’t forget that we will be starting our Scatter Rally series in conjunction with the other Weald clubs during October. Do come out and enjoy some of these low key mid-week events, they’re great fun and if you’ve never tried one then don’t let that put you off as help will be at hand from the organisers.

Colin Rodger