Our group of three was allocated to Chimney in The lakeside complex where we were welcomed and well looked after by Colin Biles. With alternate routes for different classes I was directing traffic at the fork, moving the tape according to instructions radioed from the start. Although I have been to this complex before I hadn't realised it was an old coal mine. The chimney, still visible amongst the trees, was part of the winding engine and the mounds are slag heaps.
Most of the first half of the entry failed, whichever route they took. Carl Talbot was a notable exception on the 1-6 route, going clean while most under steered into the trees. It was strange but as the afternoon went on we got more clears here, although it became more and more slippery.
Classes 7 & 8 went up Pete Harts new bank http://youtu.be/qlnGdJ5tY58 which as you can see took a lot of work to create. We only had three cleans, all in class 8 after a restart. Dean Partington, Charlie Shopland and Dean Yarranton. Unfortunately this route had to be cancelled towards the end after a couple of incidents of cars ending up in the trees but I'm sure Pete and his team will sort this for next year.
How was your Allen Trial?
Michael
