May 2, 200521 yr The 3rd annual CAMELOT trial was this last weekend. Your's truely is trying to rename it "The Soggy Bottom Trial" Some folks are trying to get the event moved to later in the year because we could really use the rain in the dryer months. This event is held in the tropical rain forest known as Clarksville, Tn. Section 1 started early, just before you parked your vehicle or unloaded your bike. It was a slight uphill mud bog and I saw many observers lending a hand. Surprisingly the section I checked (Son of a Ditch ll?) stayed fairly consistant through out the day. I fully expected it to get worse as the day went on but it didn't. This section had a pretty good jump between Sportsman and Advanced lines. The Expert (and Pro) line had a very difficult muddy hill with very little run up. This was a big point taker. For the most part it was either clean or five. My estimate is roughly 2.9 dumptruck loads of mud left the sections attached to various motorcycles. I couldn't make it on Sunday but I'm guessing it must have dried up and been a pretty good day.
May 2, 200521 yr Actually, Brian heard Dwight and I singing, cooking breakfast and thought Dwight looked like George Clooney. I am not sure but I think I heard something about Ned Beatty when he was looking at me I am glad that some folks liked my section 1 begin signs, for a while there I thought nobody had noticed but Jessie and Clay said they got a good chuckle out of it. I forgot to ask Hanna to take a picture of it but it was just something that struck me as humorous that morning, and I was looking for any humor that I could find. The Trials Central Banner was flying high right when you came in, so there was a bit of good advertisement there, and it looks like several woods riders are going to take up the offer to come out and try trials here at some point. More news coming later.
May 4, 200521 yr Al, it was great! I liked it Saturday, a proper English trial if you ask me. I have a book by Sammy Miller from about 1969 or so, in which he said the trials season in Britain and Ireland ran from Oct. to May. Sammy said they didn't ride in the summer because it was too dry for a proper trial. I thought it was a perfect trial. But I've been told I ain't right. I also noticed the section 1 signs and had a laugh. Cheers! dan
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