Eileen – Leg 1
Rally Ireland – Leg 1
Well we arrived at the start of stage 2, the first stage of the day, hoping to watch Petter through and “stage-hop” to stage 4. We got parked and headed into the stage, but we walked and walked, and almost half an hour later we arrived at the stage. So that was the end of trying to get to stage 4!! We stayed for the first 25 cars through, little did we know we would not see many of them again. We heard of Petters engine trouble and prayed that the car would hold out, we’ve waited a year to have you here!!
Heres a pic of Harold and Nora at stage 2!!
At stage 6 we were really close to the road, and the cars, and had a great time with people stopping to get their photos taken with all the flags, including myself!!
Then we moved on to stage 8 and here is a little story for Petter that he probably knows nothing about. We waited almost 2 hours for the cars to come towards us, approx 800m downhill, past us, and on towards a sharp hairpin right. Again the flags were flying proud, but there was so many people there I climbed a telegraph pole to get a good view. Loeb went past and overshot the hairpin, to the delight of the crowd, even some French people beside us were happy!! Then Mikko did exactly the same thing, as did Sordo. Before Petter came I took one of the flags up the pole with me, people were shouting to take the flag down but I refused until Petter went past. It was a great feeling seeing Petter coming downhill so fast and everybody was waiting to see if he would make it around the corner. And you did Petter, it was a great feeling and I was waving the flag and cheering like crazy (maybe you could call it pole dancing Irish style ha ha). Only Petter and Jari Matti made it around the corner without mistake. That’s why we love you Petter, and again at service you showed why its so easy for us to be proud members of the Solberg Army.
So good luck tomorrow and don’t forget to look for your message on the road before the start of stage 11!!!
haha! Great pictures and a great report, Eileen and Harold!
Hi Eileen and Harold!!!
Harold you look so happy at the pic!!! You are having a good time there!!! It seems very cold though…hahaha
Eileen good to tell that comment of petter in the hairpin…next rally Catalunya, if it rains I will stay in a good position to watch petter challenging and giving us a good show….
You know…my home rallye is a bit boring when it doesn’t rain…
Costa Brava was funnier than the new Costa Daurada…
Enjoy a lot guys!!!!
HI Harold and Eileen!!!!!!
Funny pic!!!! I hope it’s not to cold, because on TV it looks very cold and wet!! (it’s never to cold for rally:P)
I hope You are having a good time!!
petter and phil are doing great!!!
good effort guys and well done eileen for making sure petter saw you and not letting the crowed take control. Great pics and it looks like your having a great time!!
Matt
Great report, Eileen. I hope you and Harold are having a fantastic time!
Eileen, We were watching wrc on Eurosport couldn’t see you up the pole but I knew you were there!! Great reports and some fantastic photos.Have fun