Bye bye wally....Snett was great!

Snetterton was a scorcher, and so was the racing. I came home from the racing, absolutley high as you can get after some great battles on track and some good points finishes. I enjoyed every minute of it. Faster times than the last visit, thanks to a slightly improved bike and help from Jeremy Hill with setup resulted in a whole second faster.An excellent weekend!

Next up is Brands Hatch for our last championship meeting of the year. There is a non championship meeting at Lydden Hill sometime in October, but I doubt that we will go. I don't much like the place, the paddock is a nightmare for camping as 99% of it is on a very steep hill.The circuit is a fun little track but is very bumpy in places. I think I will save my money for bike development.

I have been very busy this past week and have had little time to write, but I will endevour to get a decent report from Snetterton done before I leave for Brands on Thursday evening.Friday is test day and I fully intend to take part. I hope for good weather and I hope to get the bike set up sorted during testing. I aim for a good 2 seconds faster than the last time at Brands and I see no reason why not. The last visit I was plagued with running troubles and never really got in the groove.

Snetterton saw the loss of my wally bib, the bright orange vest worn by a novice rider has to be worn for the first 10 races. Out of the 2 races per day, only one finish is required and allowed for a signature on the novice licence. So from every weekend only 2 signatures are allowed.Also, the finishes have to be at at least 3 different circuits. As it turns out, I could have got rid of it at the end of the last visit to Snetterton but I had got the rules of all this wrong in my head.... nevermind... so it's a big goodbye to my novice licence and bib, hello clubman's licence... WOOHOO!

Right.. I have now got to go and sort out my freshly stripped sump plug thread... again!....bugger!