Part 9: The best laid schemes o' mice an' rally fans
After this dreadful year I think we can all reflect on the statement I opened 2020 with: ‘life has a funny habit of getting in the way of your plans...’ though maybe I’ll remove the word ‘funny’ after this year. Rally Quest, like pretty much everything, has been turned upside-down by old Daddy Covid. March 2020 My Track Cruise appetiser in February left me ravenous for more motorsport bites. I was keen to kick on with the rest of my Rally Quest plans for the year. I’m a lucky boy – several members of my family (and avid Rally Quest readers I assume) generously chipped in to buy me the V8 Muscle Car experience I’d planned for. Wherever did they get the idea? Now, cast your mind back to the beginning of the year (approximately 36 years ago). Something was looming on what seemed like the distant horizon. Daddy Covid had first paid a visit to New Zealand in late February. It was only a few cases and seemingly spreading slowly by my birthday in mid-March. I was on the verge of bookin...