Deeside Way - 30 July 2011
Report by June Anderson, photos David Ross and June Anderson
 Saturday
30 July saw 26 crews set out from Fourmile House, Aberdeen for a Tour
through the magnificent Deeside countryside. The route took in
some little used roads which even some of the locals said they had not
been on for years. Dragging everyone away from the coffee and
bacon rolls at Fourmile was the first challenge, but once they were on
the road, the navigators were kept busy looking out for the route
checks for the first part of the Navigator’s Challenge.
The
tests at Alford lived up to their usual level of competitiveness , with
the three classes being keenly contested. Class 1 (small cars)
saw novices Christopher and Elliott Pass emerge victorious in their MG
Midget, just pipping David Ross and George Kennedy’s immaculate
Mini Cooper S by 1 second. Class 2 (medium cars) was won by
Andrew and Steven Jamieson in their Vauxhall Viva who were a clear 4
seconds ahead of the next in this class. Graeme and Sandra
Henderson were popular, if somewhat surprised, winners of Class
3. His Austin Healey, which is well known to Deeside competitors,
set the fastest time of the day, with a very tidy drive round the cones.
 The
afternoon section challenged the Navigator’s to complete their
own Tulip Roadbook, by drawing in the Tulip Diagrams to correspond to
the written instructions as they went along. This caused great
excitement and quite a lot of hilarity, but overall the standard was
very good. (Note to CCHMSC committee – there are now lots
of people out there who could organise a Tour.)
As usual
it was down to the tie break question to decide the winner. They
had to complete the following phrase in no more than 10 words
‘The best thing about High Tea is
………’ It was a tough task with some
crackers such as ‘ …… the Driver is
paying’; … you can have your cake and eat it’;
‘…. eating it’. The winner was another Deeside
novice Jenny McKay who was first time out in the Lancia Fulvia of
Duncan Massie with ‘ …… it’s food at the
right time – High Time’.
 The
High Tea at the Fife Arms Hotel, Braemar was excellent with all the
plates cleared in record time and the afternoon was rounded off with a
very good natured prize-giving featuring, in addition to those already
mentioned, the Concours Award presented to Donald and Margaret
Campbell’s superb 1955 Sunbeam Talbot.
The Spirit
of the Event was awarded to the very unfortunate Ian and Hilary Smith
whose Imp caught fire and had to be left in a garage, while they gamely
climbed into the back of their daughter, Tracy’s Riley Elf to
finish the event. Tracy and Sharon, her navigator, should
have got an award too!!! The final award was the
Competitor’s Choice of their favourite car in the event.
There was a wide spread of votes reflecting the range of tastes in
Classics, but the clear winner was the immaculate white 1961 Auto Union
DKW of David and Jean Simon.
The weather was glorious, the
competition hard fought and the company was excellent. What more
do you want from a day out in the beautiful Scottish countryside.
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