Cornwall & Devon Land Rover Club. The Club Mag spring 2014 | Page 13
After SWLRC member Chris Georgiou came down and did his first Time Trail
ever, and his first event with Cornwall & Devon, I caught up with him on facebook
after the event for a chat with him to find out how he got on
Aaron: How did you find your first time trail?
Chris: Well as a first time trail I loved it, the sections were ace, and they all had
differences in a good way.
A: How did you find Cornwall and Devon ran it?
C: As for the running of the time trail I think they were very organized and ran a
tight ship when it came to getting people on the line. As for the people in the club
they were very welcoming and not afraid to come and have a conversation with
me. I recognized some faces from other events round the area, and made some
new friends to. I will defiantly be coming down to do more when they are as close.
A: What attracted you to come down and enter?
C: Well as it was going to be my first timed event and I missed the Christmas one
at our club I thought why not. The fact it was free helped.
A: How was the event going until you had to retire?
C: In my eyes the event was going really well until it started to rain and the wind
picked up, that made it a bit chilly and also got quite cold, but apart from that it
was ace.
A: And what was the cause of the retirement?
C: Well with the new shocks I had put on my truck for doing timed events I didn’t
allow for enough upwards travel on the shocks. So when I hit a large lump that
sent me into the air it broke an eyes off the top of one of the shocks. It wasn’t a
big problem, just meant I couldn’t finish the day. But all in all I wasn’t disappointed
with how the truck performed; it went well and I was happy with it as I had been
having some issues with the engine before this event. Thanks again for a
fantastic day and I will be coming back to do more in the future.
Thanks Chris, we look forward to seeing you at more of our time trail events over
the coming year.
Next Time Trail:
Newnham Park
22/03/2014
C.O.C Trevor Castle & Phil Heys