Eileen’s report

Rally Ireland – Leg 2

Well one word sums up todays rallying – WET!!!

Today we only managed to see two stages. We planned on seeing three, but when we came out of the first stage we had been blocked in by another car. We waited for half an hour to get out, and that only happened because some lads mananged to push a car out of the way, via the ditch!!! On the first stage Petter was absolutely flying, and it was great to see him going so well.

We then tried to meet Petter on the road section but there was so much traffic we didnt manage this either!! So tired, wet and miserable we headed back to the Sloughan Glen stage. We then spent over an hour getting some special flags ready for Petters birthday and this cheered us up a lot. When we arrived at the stage we set up the flags and had to take a special picture with Nora, as you will see later today!! At this stage the cars came down through a tight twisty section, and passed us being only 3 or 4 feet away. Thats the stuff that rallying is made of, and getting splashed with water, muck and oil made it all the more worthwhile.

We then went back to service, and hopefully we will make it back there for 1st service and a special birthday surprise for Petter in the morning!! So watch this space….