Thursday 4th May 2017
Hakodate to Lake Toya (188 kms)
The last day of the rally with four regularities before arriving at the finish line at Lake Toya.
The roads here on Hokkaido are narrower and not as well maintained as those on Honshu. The landscape is very different with large farms, a lot of cattle and horses and wonderful views of snow capped mountain ranges.
We did well on the first three regularities but lost time on the last due to the navigator reading an interim distance rather than the cummulative one. We were hoping we could hang on to first place in class and in the top ten overall.
Drove up the hill to the hotel and through the Finish Arch to receive finishing badges and glasses of champagne. After dropping luggage at hotel and parking the car we took the cable car down to an Italian restaurant at the bottom of the hill.
A French themed dinner and prize giving was at 7.30pm and everyone dressed for the occasion. We were first in our class (mid-sized engines) and received two silver trays. We also received a smaller silver tray for our fast time on the Niigata Circuit.
Hakodate to Lake Toya (188 kms)
The last day of the rally with four regularities before arriving at the finish line at Lake Toya.
The roads here on Hokkaido are narrower and not as well maintained as those on Honshu. The landscape is very different with large farms, a lot of cattle and horses and wonderful views of snow capped mountain ranges.
We did well on the first three regularities but lost time on the last due to the navigator reading an interim distance rather than the cummulative one. We were hoping we could hang on to first place in class and in the top ten overall.
Drove up the hill to the hotel and through the Finish Arch to receive finishing badges and glasses of champagne. After dropping luggage at hotel and parking the car we took the cable car down to an Italian restaurant at the bottom of the hill.
A French themed dinner and prize giving was at 7.30pm and everyone dressed for the occasion. We were first in our class (mid-sized engines) and received two silver trays. We also received a smaller silver tray for our fast time on the Niigata Circuit.
We farewelled those who were leaving early tomorrow morning (4.30am!).
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