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Prescott – the most scenic and spectator-friendly hill climb in the country (in my opinion!!). Wonderful weather all weekend, and with the preserved steam train puffing away in the valley, you could imagine that you were back in an age when many of the 650 cars there were used every day.
Cotswold Vale Group made a very significant contribution to the success of the weekend, under the coordination of Merv Parkes and Phil Collins, in staffing the entrance on both days, and on Sunday Meg and Leslie handled the signing on of around 450 hill climbers!!!
Ian Brown gave up most of his Sunday carrying the photographer’s kit (something to do with the digital camera course??), so we should be getting to see some interesting track pictures.
And how about the New Seats in Ian’s 3A!
“Exciting” runs were laid on in a race Stag, Jigsaw Racing’s Le Mans Spitfire and our very own Simon Coldbreath’s TR4. Simon was pulled over by a marshall on one of his practice runs to be told to stop driving so fast – am I missing the point somewhere..!!
Nine cars turned up from Holland, including a very tasty Triumph Gloria (which lost electrics at the gate – CVTR service department successfully diagnosed a fuse!), and an LPG powered TR6 pulling a trailer. Said TR6 lowered parasol and proceeded up the hill, complete with trailer, putting in a very respectable time of 66secs. The hill record is around 35secs!
 
We fixed Hogan’s ignition/fuel cutout, and then his gearbox selectors got out of sync, so he had to depart on a recovery truck – bad luck, but now fixed.
The Register TR7 was a non-starter as the differential packed up……
How did the Austin Seven Special get in??
If you didn’t have a look round the Bugatti Museum, there is an extra reason for attending a Prescott Hill Climb.
Richard Durrant
...and from the cutting room floor...
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