Saturday 1 May 2010

It's All About The Views

Which is better?  Fabulous scenery or a huge slice of the best lemon meringue pie you've ever tasted?  Given the filling cooked breakfast at the Rivermere this morning, all that was needed at lunchtime was a bit of a top up, so cake and tea were just the job.  John chose carrot cake (he gives it a 8/10) whereas the lemon meringue was at least at 9.5.  So back to the choice.  We chose both, cake and scenery at the cafe at Moll's Gap:

To get to the cafe, you have to drive the stage up to Moll's Gap from Killarney.  Stunning.  The road varies between bumpy and narrow to wide and fast, from twisty and tight to open and wide, and then there are the rocks.  Good grief you'd have to be very very brave to be fully committed through this stage.  An in-car video from the Clio S1600 of O'Mahony give and idea of how the road goes from tight and twisty to open and sweeping, smooth to very bumpy. Its a challenge, for sure. 


Scrutineering was held at the Fire Station (seems as good a place as any) and was split by Group N/A cars and the national / historics.  Its a slow but necessary process to ensure the cars meet the safety standards, and that they're modified within the rules.  A few interesting machines about, particularly the (take a big breath now) Toyota 1600 Twin Cam 16 valve rear wheel drive Mk 1 Ford Fiesta that's running in the junior class.  For such an unusual mix of components and configuration its beautifully engineered and put together.



Pizza for tea in the Four Star Pizza shop (what happened to the fifth star I wonder?) which was OK, but the Euro prices continue to be a surprise to us - the equivalent of £11 for a 9" pizza is a bit steep compared to UK prices.

Tim McNulty's Impreza (Car 1) at Scrutineering:


No comments:

Post a Comment

Please keep your comments relevant, interesting, but most importantly, family friendly. Thanks.