'The Gunpowder Plot’ Rally – November 8th 2013

One Tuesday evening, after a few pints in the Britannia pub at the weekly OUMF social, the question of entering a 12 car rally was raised. Ding Boston was encouraging new crews to sign up and fill what were at the time quite a few spaces on the next Dolphin Club event. The question was asked whether or not I would be interested in driving and I said ‘Yes, if someone lends me their car!’ - to which the reply was ‘What’s wrong with your van?!’ So what started as a joke in the pub about contesting a 12 car rally in my 1.9 litre, non-turbo, diesel Citroen Dispatch became a reality on the evening of Friday 8th November at the Dolphin Motor Club’s annual ‘Gunpowder Plot’ rally.

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