Tuesday 11th
April, 2017
Some rally people are starting to arrive now and we are
catching up with people we know from previous rallies and meeting new ones.
It is still raining, so we drove to a coin laundry. Nearly
everything in Japanese but managed to get the gist of both the washer and the
dryer. Washing powder is automatic as is the temperature of the water so not
too difficult to operate.
In the meantime Phil read (or looked at the pictures) in many
of the available comic books (Manga – Japanese comics) from a huge stack in the
laundry.
Washed and dried we headed for a tiny island off the coast of
Fukuoka to do a “measured distance” to make sure our Halda was accurate
according to the organisers’ recorded distance right around the island of
9.33kms. The Halda was pretty accurate although the GPS was out by .20km. It would
have been a nice drive if the weather wasn’t so bad.
On the bridge crossing the causeway the car suffered fuel
starvation and came to an abrupt halt. It was one way traffic due to bridge
works so we pushed the car through the plastic moulded bowing men (barrier) and
discovered that water moisture had caused one of the fuses to have a bad
connection. The wind was howling and it was raining. Not a good place to break
down with something more serious and our problem was soon fixed and we drove off the
bridge.
Back to the hotel to see that the rally organisers had
arrived and were setting up in the foyer. We were provided with our roadbooks,
maps, a waterproof rainjacket, a cap and light shirts.
Dinner was Japanese and some sake was brought out for Phil
& Matt to make a selection.
Chef bringing out the sake selection
Gerry, Phil and Matt
Phil & Matt happy with their sake selection
One of the fish courses being steamed over a burner
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