CruisinUK on tour…
World Rally Championship 2002
Wales - Saturday 16th November 2002

After some good blagging work by Big G he had managed to secure two VIP passes to the second day of the final stage of the World Rally Championship 2002 in South Wales. This also included being put up in the second biggest hotel in Wales and being fed and watered through out…all this free of charge courtesy of Peugeot UK.

So with a long drive ahead of us on the Friday an early skive out of work was required and after sorting out the car and packing we were finally on our way to Wales at 16:30. Heading down the M60, M62, M6, M5 and then the M4 we finally closed in on our hotel at 22:30, via a half a mile detour due to crap sign posts…but that gave us a chance to grab some beer. On arrival to the Hotel, Stradey Park, in Llanelli we signed in and headed for the room…well after G had stopped giggling like a little girl.

We did consider a trip to the bar but due to being pre-warned that we would have to sell our souls to the bar staff for a pint we decided against it and went to our room to start on the Mini Hula-Hoops and cans.

Next thing I know its 05:10 and G's alarm is going off. Within 10 seconds he is up and in the shower…so I thought sod it and stayed in bed. Then he is out and running out into the corridor for a smoke…so at this point, with it being 05:30 and our Peugeot rep due to pick us up at 05:45 I thought it best to get in the shower. With the time fast approaching pick up time G started to get all excited and just as the kettle boiled for him to make us a brew he ran off to make sure that the car didn't go with out us…I was of course late as per usual.

I trudged out to the reception at 06:00 to find out that the rep was lost and couldn't find the hotel…so we sat down and waited. But to pass the time the kind people at the hotel made us packed lunches.

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