Well we were really looking forward to seeing all the old cars.... for some strange reason I had got the idea that they woudl all be lined up in Pollensa for us to go and have a look at ( I think it was because there was a stage from Campanet to Pollensa and another from Pollensa To Lluc )
The website timings were confusing ( but straightforward once I eventually found out how it works ..... essentially they just drove from campanet to Pollensa to Lluc to Campanet to Pollensa to Lluc .... taking from about 8am to 2pm in total )
So the day was grey and wet..... Not a good start
We drove to Pollensa; we saw the sign saying the Lluc road was closed.... so we drove up it just to the point where it was actually closed (which is another story due to the proximity of Alvo's villa ..... I know I am just a touch obsessed ) and looked around for all the cars ( remember I thought they could all be there waiting to start off ) ......... we parked the car and went for a walk so that I could ask the policeman where the cars were parked ..... Well what with my pathetic Spanish and his tiny English we managed to establish that he thought I was a crackpot and NO the cars won’t all be parked up.... they will just drive past this spot about 1 every 10 mins for some time.... then there will be a gap and then some more will come. Well it was pouring down, there was no shelter, and we didn’t bring an umbrella.... so we drove back into Pollensa..... and wow on the way back we suddenly spotted a porch complete with crash helmet wearing drivers and rally numbers driving towards us.... and then later an old beetle ...... the race was on
So we parked at the roundabout by the furniture shops and stood and watched........... Luckily the rain had died down and the cars came passed at regular enough intervals to keep the attention........ about 30 odd, mainly porches but also an old Anglia; escorts; a ford mustang; Lotus Cortina; old mercs; beetles; a couple of Etype Jags; a lotus and some old Fiats ….. all waving to “the crowd” as they went past and some treating us to a double go around the roundabout …. and one crew who decided to go round 5 times …. what for I don’t know but it was fun.
BUT …… there were only about 8 of us watching …… there was NOTHING posted anywhere in the port or in Pollensa to give anyone a clue it was taking place ……. What a shame
That old Campanet road is fantastic especially when you know that there won't be any cars coming the opposite direction there's even a jump you can get all four wheels off the ground.
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