rallye de tunisie - return to tozeur

a proper stage today in terms of length and terrain; 300km special, plus 130km liaison. a real mix of fast tracks, open plains, sandy tracks and motocross-like sand spits, made the day a lot of fun!!

nav coming along now, not perfect, but certainly better with jago and I working well as a tag team.

my morning view

sunrise

had a race with a quad in the Open class, racing neck and neck, fighting for space on the track at 130kmph, although at one point I found myself off piste and confronted with a ditch at the bottom of a small undulation, so being unable to preload I had to jump on the anchors before floating the front wheel over..... I'd like to say safely, but this ain't no time for holding back!!

although I soon past the quad again, I missed a turn and lost the advantage, however, we were unable to reel him back in any case!!

sadly jago's gps mount sheared as mine had on day one, which although repaired lost us all the places we'd gained that day. still, it was a great days ride and the liaison on the road was very relaxing; we even stopped for a play on the chotte!*

*the main road was on a leve running right across a giant dry lake bed called a chotte. the salt crystal surface looked so smooth and inviting and was only a short jump away.....too tempting even after a long day, so we headed off road, doing donuts, drifing, just playing.....kids!!