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Dean Partington won the Allen Trial with the only Clean Sheet. It was a DP Wasp one-two as Dean’s sister car was 2nd in the hands of Mike Chatwin. Mike only failed the muddy Ubley Woods Three which claimed most of the experienced drivers and potent cars.
As well as the Field Trial sections at Ubley Woods Big Uplands was also on form, ensuring that the all the classes were decided on the hills and not on Special Test Times.
It is testament to the reputation of The Allen Trial, and its organisers that it attracted 63 entries at a time when entries are significantly lower. Not just in Classic Trialling but in all forms of Motorsport. The Allen was known for being run exclusively on classic lanes. In recent years some of these have been lost and this year five of the twelve sections were at private venues.
Fine Weather
The weather was ideal, wet overnight, with a bright sunny day for the event itself. The opening section at Tog Hill, only a few hundred yards from the start, didn’t cause any problems. Not so at Bitton Lane where the restart claimed the scalps of all four of the Suzuki X90’s in class five. There were only a couple of other failures, but these included the Escort of eventual Class Three winner Dick Bolt, who would need all the horsepower of this mega machine to blast through the mud on the later sections to claw back this loss.
Big Uplands on Form
Classes 1 to 6 had their visit to Big Uplands in the morning, while 7 & 8 went straight to Guys Hill. This arrangement is to save time for the the long reverse after the inevitable long list of failures towards the top. This year didn’t disappoint and big names like David Haizelden and Dick Bolt weren’t in the select half dozen who cleaned Big Uplands. Special mention to Peter Jones who came so near in his Suzuki X90. Also too Steve Potter and John Wilton went clear in their marvellous Trojans. Class six was to be decided here as Dean Vowden got out in his Type 3 Notchback while Claire Rippon stopped at the five.
Incident at Guys
Over at Guys Hill the organisers had to help the police and local farmer to sort out a road traffic accident on the exit road. Fortunately all was well when the cars came along. There were a few who might have preferred the section was cancelled as the tree roots were on form, making life particularly difficult for the re-starters in 6, 7 & 8.
More Roots at Travers
The route headed west of Chew Valley lake for the historic Travers section where 6, 7 and 8 had another battle with a tree rooty restart, which eliminated all but Dean and Claire for Class six honours and failed many in Class Seven.
Muddy Ubley
The Ubley Woods complex lay just up the track, where three sections and a special test were laid out on the top of the hill with magnificent views of the Bristol Channel in the fine weather. The observed sections were very muddy and only Dean Partington retained his clean sheet. Simon Woodall was the only other driver to clean the three Ubley’s but had failed at Guys Hill earlier in the day. Simon was to drop further from contention when he failed the restart at Burledge. He wasn’t the only one and the section is returning to competitiveness after many years following its resurfacing.
Pete Hart and his team had put a lot of work into the Lakeside sections since last year. Unfortunately everything didn’t go too plan, with Mullholland Bank having to be cancelled after PR problems. Then Chimney had to be abandoned for 7 & 8 for safety reasons after a couple of incidents with rear engined cars becoming too light on the front end. Fortunately this didn’t affect the overall result as Dean Partington had gone clean before the closure.
Magnificent John Walker
Seven and Eight had their attempt at Big Uplands on the way to the events finale at John Walker which was as magnificent as ever. Well perhaps not so magnificent for Nick Farmer who dropped six after a puncture resulting in a tyre come off the rim.
Another Classic Allen
So ended another classic Allen Trial. Charlie Kifton was delighted to win Class 1, a rare defeat for Dave Haizelden in this class. Sam Holmes won an event long battle with Hans Viertel and Ryan Tonkin emerging class four winner with his performance on the Ubley sections. In Class 7 Mal Allen won the battle of three Marlins followed by Kevin Barnes in his newly rebuilt supercharged Liege.
Class
1
Charles Knifton (Peugeot 205)
11
2
Adrian Dommett (Wolseley Hornet)
7
3
Dick Bolt (Ford Escort)
15
4
Sam Holmes (VW Beetle)
11
5
Keith Sanders (Reliant Scimitar SS)
17
6
Dean Vowden (VW Type 3 Notchback)
24
7
Mal Allen (Marlin)
10
8
Dean Partington (DP Wasp)
0
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Victory so nearly went to Steve Potter in his Trojan
With insurmountable restarts for Classes Seven and Eight on the Ubley Woods sections it was Classes 1,2 and 3 that battled for the overall win. At one stage it looked like Steve Potter may have taken overall honours in his Trojan but that slipped away just before the lunch halt. In the end it was Nick Cleal who took the win after being faster than Bill Bennett on the Special Tests.
It was very cold, with a touch of snow on the ground, as competitors joined the queue for scruitineering. It stretched a long way down the narrow street. Not sure the locals will have enjoyed all those idling engines outside their windows when they were expecting a Sunday morning lie in! The first few sections still had a bit of ice and the rather gentle Tog Hill stopped a couple of the Front Wheel Drive cars. Alan Holly was one of these in a rather low Ford Ka, prepared for endurance rallying rather than trials. Despite the front of his car scraping the ground everywhere he carried on to finish the event. Lets hope he enjoyed himself enough to stick with the sport.
Bitton Lane was not Front Engine Rear Wheel Drive Friendly
For classes three to eight Bitton Lane is all about a restart on polished stones, sited on a left hand bend. This was definitely not class five friendly as none of the four competitors could get their cars away. It was clearly a front engine, rear wheel drive issue as 40% of Class three failed as well, including Aaron Haizelden in his Mexico liveried escort which is surely too nice to trial?
Only Trojans Clean Big Uplands
Big Uplands had an experienced team of marshals from Stroud and DMC. Classes 7 and 8 bypassed the section in the morning and would return for their attempt late in the afternoon. There were some big holes mid way up the section and these were a problem for some of the lower slung cars, including many of the Escorts. The big problem came after the ninety left corner, the momentum lost rounding this was sufficient for most to come to a halt, apart from two cars that is, Steve Potter and John Wilton in their Trojans. The ground clearance certainly helped but hats off to the skill of both drivers to coax their wonderful machines to the summit of this difficult section. A mention to the best of the rest who got to the two. Bill Bennett (MG J2), Dick Bolt (Ford Escort), Reg Salway (BMW), Brian Alexander (Suzuki X90) and Matt Facey (1976 Beetle). Also reaching the two were four competitors in Class One, Nick Cleal, Dave Haizelden, James Shallcross and Charles Knifton.
Retirements at Guys Hill
The historic Guys Hill was next. There are no corners but its polished stones and tree roots are more than enough to trap the unwary, especially with a restart for class six and higher. This was another hill that proved problematic for classes three and five although Keith Sanders (Reliant Scimitar SS1) made amends for an eight on Big Uplands to go clean. In Class 4 Michael Leete left the start with wheels spinning and paid the price, stopping at the five. The other Class 4 competitors all went clear although Colin Perryman was to go no further, retiring with unknown problems, as did Matt Facey in Class 6. The restart for the higher classes saw many of their clean sheets disappear as the old hill did its work.
Past Chew Valley Lake and bypassing Burledge the route went onto the A368 and up Cleeve Hill to Travers. The section wasn’t too much of a problem if you didn’t have to restart, but it was a different matter for those that did. Ian Davis, in his nicely rebuilt VW Buggy, lost his clean sheet here.
Steve Potter leads the Trial in his Trojan before loosing it on Ubley Woods 3
The three Ubley Woods sections were just up the track and these were to determine the result of the trial. The Yellows and Reds had to restart on Ubley Woods 1 and only Tris White (Troll) and Nick Farmer (Cannon Alfa) managed to go clear. Then, like everyone else, Tris failed the Class Eight only restart on Ubley Woods 2. This left Steve Potter in his Trojan the lead of the trial with the only clean sheet. Sadly he was to loose this on Ubley Woods 3 where he dropped three marks. It was possible to get up in a Trojan though, as John Wilton proved when it was his turn.
So, as competitors made their way back to Chew Valley Lake for the rest halt, the leaders were all on two. They were Nick Cleal and James Shallcross in their Peugeot 205’s, the omni-present Dave Haizelden in his familiar Golf, Bill Bennett (MG J2) and Dick Bolt (Escort).
Nick Cleal and Bill Bennett tie for the lead. Nick wins on Special Test Times
These five were reduced to three when neither James nor Dick could get away from the slippery restart on Burledge. Then at the first of the two sections in the Lakeside Complex Dave Haizelden didn’t get all the way out of the bomb hole and lost one mark. That left Nick Cleal and Bill Bennett in the lead on two marks and the situation remained that way till the end, victory going to Nick on Special Test Times.
Whilst this was going on the Yellows and Reds went to Big Uplands for their attempt, with Class Eight having a restart. Most of the leading contenders went clear but after Ubley Woods this didn’t impact on the final results.
Another successful Allen Trial
The trial had its traditional finish at John Walker, a wonderful blast through the mud in the gathering dusk to conclude another excellent Allen Trial. Pete and Carlie Hart, Mark Tooth and the team are to be congratulated on preserving the traditions of the Allen Trial even though they have lost many “real lanes” over the years. In particular moving the Lakeside sections to their present location has been a great improvement and are a welcome addition.
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It was a close run thing. Dean dropped all of his three marks in the Lakeside complex with his Toyota MR2 based DP Wasp. Dave Foreshew was the only driver to clean these three sections in his Ford Dingo special, but hadn’t got away from the Guys Hill restart earlier in the event so had to settle for second. Simon Woodall was third in his familiar VW Buggy.
David Bache on his way to the muddy pool on the first Lakeside section.
Pete Hart and his team ordered good trialling weather for The Allen Trial. Nice and damp but with the rain holding off until the drive home.
There were problems after the introductory Tog Hill, when a police motorcyclist closed the A439 in the village of Wick after half the entry had passed because a wide load was on its way out of Bristol. This delayed proceedings for quite a while and some competitors retraced their steps to make an off-routecard diversion to Bitton Lane. In the end everyone regained the original route, but the running order was mixed up for the rest of the trial.
There were two challenges at Bitton Lane. The restart and getting to it! From the start it looked smooth enough but after the 90 left there were deep ruts on a 90 right and this stopped a lot of cars with limited ground clearance. The restart was in the usual place, a left hand bend surfaced with polished stones. This caught out a surprising number of people, including Mike Hobbs in his Class Six Beetle and Mike Workman, Bill Foreshew and David Bache in Class Eight.
Uplands was next, approached along the normal flooded track, although the water was not as deep as a few years ago. The Yellows and Reds cruised up the resurfaced Little Uplands on a non-competitive transit. They were to have their go at Big Uplands later, the morning was for the minnows in Blue and White who were able to make their assault without having to restart. It was tough enough though, the ruts were fearsome. All the diff draggers in class three bottomed out, leaving the glory to class two who all went clean, even the low powered Austin Sevens!
Guys Hill was next, not to much of a problem for those who didn’t have to restart but the steps and tree roots awaited those that did. Few of the re-starters could get away. Dave Foreshew was one of them and dropped six, which transpired to be the only marks he would loose on the trial. If he had gone clean here Dave would have won the event! Andrew Rippon retired his VW Baja with a broken transmission, concluding that a powerful engine and grippy Matador tyres don’t mix! Michael and Colin Weeks retired their MG Midget here as well. Mainly PCT drivers they had entered The Allen to prepare for The Exeter.
Travers was another traditional Allen Trial hill with a restart for the Yellows and Reds, situated on a nasty rocky area. The non re-starters should have been able to carry enough momentum through the rocks for it to be a trouble free section. However, it wasn’t so easy for some, and three of the Austin Seven’s failed, only Emma Wall going clean in her ex Peter Trelving car. Colin Perryman (BMW 2002) and Michael Leete (VW Beetle) also failed and both should have known better! The Yellows and Reds had quite a challenging restart amongst the rocks. Mike Hobbs made up for his failure on Bitton Lane by being the only class six Beetle to get away. A Marlin was definitely the wrong car here, only Jonathan Ellwood succeeding while all the non-Marlins were successful. Most of the leading runners in class eight were OK, apart from Dave Wall, in his smart Dellow Mk1, which dropped him out of contention.
At the top of Travers competitors turned left into a muddy field for the two Ubley Woods sections and the first special test. The sections were similar, both very muddy, starting on the flat and turning 90 right up a greasy bank. Tyre pressures were free and going as low as possible was definitely the order of the day. Although decidedly out of character with the body of the trial these two sections placed a premium on driving skill and throttle control and while there were a lot of failures the leading contenders in all the classes cleared them both. The trial lost Steve Johnson here after suffering half shaft failure on his Triumph Special.
There was a rest halt beside the reservoir at Chew Valley, with hot meals available in the visitor areas cafeteria for those wanting them. Burledge was just up the road, not the same challenge now the ruts have been filled in, nerveless Simon Groves and Michael Leete both failed the restart under the eagle eye of John and June Blakeley who were marshalling here.
It was back to the mud for three sections at Lakeside. The first was a strange affair, a gentle run up a tree lined muddy bank before dipping into a watery pool with a very sharp right-hander around the trees, taking care to avoid a hidden tree stump, which a kindly Mark Hobbs was pointing out.
Up until now there had been some clean sheets but Dave Haizelden (Golf GTi), Nick Cleal (Peugeot 205), Tristan White (Class 7 Hillman Imp), Dean Partington (DP Wasp), Charlie Shopland (Shopland) and Ian Davis (VW Buggy) all lost them here, failing to get around the right hander in Mark Hobbs pool and dropping either one or two. This left only Adrian Dommett clean in his supercharged Wolseley Hornet. The other two Lakeside sections were PCT style up a muddy bank. Adrian surmounted the first one but failed to get around the bend at the bottom on the second, dropping nine and falling back to fourth overall behind Dean Partington, Dave Foreshew and Simon Woodall.
And that’s how it remained at the finish. The Yellows and Reds had their attempt at Big Uplands and the wonderful John Walker section rounding off the event in fine style but not impacting the leading positions.
Best Overall
Dean Partington (DP Wasp)
3
Class Winners
1
David Haizelden (VW Golf GTi)
10
2
Adrian Dommett (Wolesley Hornet)
9
3
Andrew Martin (Ford Escort)
12
4
Giles Greenslade (VW Beetle)
14
5
Peter Jones (Suzuki X90)
44
6
Adrian Marfell (VW Beetle)
16
7
Tristan White (Imp)
10
8
David Foreshew (Ford Dingo)
6
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Adrian was one of six drivers with a clean sheet, pipping Andrew Martin by a second on the special tests to take overall victory. Andrew looks pretty unassailable in the Wheelspin. In the Crackington Dave Haizelden’s win puts him in front of Simon Groves who could only mange fourth in class after dropping eight on Big Uplands.
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Myke Pocock and Chris Veevers in Baldrick on Birch Hill
The Allen was to be my 2nd ACTC trial and my 4th in total having failed on this years Edinburgh due to mechanical failure due to poor car preparation. No use trying to blame it on anyone else as it was my fault. The plan was to have one last trial in 2004 then possibly the Kyrle next year before my friendly surgeon exercises her, I hope, not inconsiderable talents on my knackered left ankle. Due to the Edinburgh problems Baldricks new semi-independent rear end and accompanying new found ground clearance had not been blooded in serious competition so I was looking forward to a change in the handling characteristics and boy did I get it!
Er’ indoors declined my invite to occupy the left hand seat so a secret weapon in the guise of Chris Veevers was drafted in to offer knowledge and bounce. Whilst Chris had not actually competed on the Allen he and Martin Willis had spectated and video’d in 1999 as part of their research prior to the first Northern Trial. He was therefore able to offer valuable advice from that and previous competitive outings in his old Skoda and more recent Beetle. I also found Michael Leets reports on his site from previous Allens gave valuable information on some sections making tyre pressure choice a little easier. That and the comments freely given by other competitors at the section starts make it such a delight to compete.
With a one way mileage of near on 300 we had decided to travel on the Saturday, B&B overnight, compete and then travel home on the Sunday. Collecting the trailer from Chris’ and loading Baldrick gave little indication of the trauma to follow later in the day. Setting of at a little past mid-day and simply travelling through Carlisle to the M6 gave a little indication that all was not well in the handling department but it was on to the motorway and increase speed only to discover that at anything over 50 the trailer started to snake slightly. Chris then announced that I had loaded the trailer up with the car facing forward and consequently the engine was at the back. Not exactly conducive to good handling! We stopped at the next junction to re-organise. Was this going to solve the problem? Setting off back on to the motorway showed little improvement. My God, this journey at 50 was going to take some time. After a few more fishtails I was getting increasingly worried then the BIG ONE. Going down hill and a little over 50 everything happened. It must have looked spectacular as the cars in the middle and outside lane anchored up and put their hazards on. Was that just to look at the entertainment or were they worried as well? I suspect the latter. We immediately turned around, set off back home where the trailer was substituted for our club A frame then got back on to the road, some 3 hours later than planned. We decided that the combined car and trailer weight was simply too much by far for my tow vehicle. A lesson learned with, fortunately no drastic outcome.
Due to our delay we arrived in the area beyond 9pm and failed twice to find somewhere to get a meal. Ironically we finally managed to get fed and watered at The Cross House, the trial start venue and 2 minutes drive from our B&B.
Following signing on the following morning and a pretty comprehensive scrutineer we had time to chin wag and drool over some of the assembled machinery. Chris was particularly interested in the Beetle spare wheel carriers on display as his failed on the Ilkley Trial and a new one is planned. It looks like one manufactured from large section tube as fitted to Giles Greenslades new Class 6 Beetle will fit the bill.
Eleven minutes past ten saw car 72 set off for Section 1, Tog Hill where, with 18psi in the tyres, we had an easy run to the top to shake things down well for the rest of the day. There then followed a 10-mile road section to the next section. This involved passing some earlier competitors cars well covered in mud prompting an in car discussion on just what lay in store at Birch Hill. On arrival we were greeted by a queue of at least 15 cars waiting to cross the field to the start of the section. In threes they set off, some having trouble even with the ruts on the access track to the section. The return of a Marlin and Dellow down the track certainly put in question our ability to clean the section. Anyway, after a good half hour we set off and had a brief wait at the section start with time to drop the tyres to 12 before our chance. From my research I knew to keep momentum going to the right hand deviation into the field and that there was a patch of clay to negotiate. Some understatement that!!! What a cracker. We were faced with a field covered with deep tyre tracks in thick mud from previous cars and my thought was no way were we to get though THAT. However Baldrick had other ideas and we kept going, and going,……. and going but I was convinced that as it got a bit steeper we would bog down. Not a bit of it and with Chris’ instructions shouted in my ear to “Keep going Myke, we haven’t finished the section yet”, we cleared the brow of the hill and negotiated the mud lagoon in the corner of the field before the road, declining the route book request ‘to stop there and remove mud’. I don’t think so. We now had the answer to why all those cars were mud covered.
A further 7 miles or so saw us tackle Bitton Lane which eludes my memory apart from our note that it was stony and muddy with a tyre pressure of 12 this time and we made the restart OK and cleaned it. It was then on to Guys Hill which I knew slightly having seen it on the video. No restart for us Class 4’s on this one and 12 psi once again but we ran out of puff at the 3 marker after generating a good quantity of tyre smoke. Perhaps we should have kept the tyres a bit harder but it probably wouldn’t have made any difference as it was pure power that we lacked.
A further short run to the two Special Tests where 1 went OK and 2 is best forgotten about with an over run on the CC line. Now, I had decided that a quick time was not necessarily required as I wouldn’t be in line for class honours but a fail was definitely not on the agenda. However, when push comes to shove and the red mist comes down you go for it don’t you? What a difference 6 points made in the results. If my leg had been long enough I would have kicked my own backside.
The next Section was Travers Hill which we noted as a rough section with much banging from the underside and, following a clean and run out at the top of the section I detected a familiar noise from the front end. My Edinburgh this year had started and finished after the first section due to a failure of the two lower shocker mounting bolts on each side at the front end. This was due to me raising the front end by swapping the wishbones side to side and failing to re-weld the mounting nuts. This time it appears that one new weld has failed but the bolt was still captive so apart from a slight rattle battle could continue. Nevertheless I double checked the bolt at the following lunch halt but all was in good and useable nick.
After feeding and watering ourselves it was a short run to another of my top hills of the trial, Burledge. Again we had something of a wait here, cars being allowed up in threes to the start which gave us time for another chin wag, some research on how to drive the section and what pressures where advisable. There was also a rather tasty Lotus 6 parked at the bottom that got my attention. It was here that Harvey Walters came hurtling back down to the holding area and parked it on the verge with gearbox selector problems. Once again we dropped pressures to 12 and we knew that there was a ridge across the section shortly after the start needing a bit of care but after that it turned slightly right, increasing in steepness, getting narrower and narrower and the ruts deepening towards the top. Once again a terrific hill but I don’t think we could have got any better than our 4, simply running out of grunt, but how the hell does Adrian M clean that hill with 1300cc?
It was now getting towards dusk as we headed to Nanny Hurns where we passed a sad looking Class 8 parked up by the roadside having lost its offside rear wheel. Once again I had something of an idea of what to expect, or thought I did. as Chris had also videod this hill. I liked this one too but thought there was no way we would get around the bend. Baldrick, however, had other ideas and with something like a wall of death technique, the banking keeping us on line, we shot round the bend with me expecting the section to go on and on. Not so as it ended just a little further on.
By the time we got to Little Uplands headlights were needed and we had to negotiate what looked like seriously deep puddles in the lights on the track to the section start. After a short wait all I can recall were some serious bumps on this one, looking far worse than they were I suppose as the headlights cast large shadows. The last hill of the day, John Walker was also known to Chris and I know he had been looking forward to this all day. Following a brief stop in the holding control, time to drop pressures to 10 I think, we were at the start. The marshal reported that the water in the beck was not to deep so remembering Chris’ instructions to take care through the beck we set of, once clear of the water giving it some stick as instructed. After the slight deviation about half way up it seemed to get rougher and rougher, at one stage the whole of the front end lifting off and crashing down. Terrific!!! With about ¾ of the section complete we were just about celebrating our success when I suddenly lost traction. Suspecting that the gearbox had jumped out of gear I pushed the clutch peddle down and the gear-stick forward with no apparent result. Drop the clutch again and boot the throttle, but slightly suspecting that we had stopped for a brief moment, we slowly but slowly crept to the top of the section and parked on the road. Inspection revealed that we had rolled a near side rear tyre off the rim, at the time I thought due to probably having the pressures too low. The well of the wheel was polished down to bare metal with no hint of paint with the friction and spinning of the tyre Had we made it though? On Chris instructions I ran back to the marshal who, with a comment that was music to my ears, announced that “I will give you that one”. Subsequent investigations a few days later revealed the failure had been due to two adjacent cuts in the outer side wall of the tyre of about 1 and 11/2 inches caused presumably by a sharp rock.
A quick change of wheel, a short drive back to the Cross House, sign off at about 6pm then back to the tow car to set off home. We finally got home at about 12.30 after a cracking days sport. Baldrick had run a treat with the new semi-independent rear end and raised ground clearance performing as hoped for. All there is to do is fit a new tyre, weld the shocker mounting and apply a little delicate momentum to a club hammer to knock some dents out of a couple of wheels.
My thanks to Chris Veevers for acting as passenger and mobile expert and to Bristol Motor Club for a very enjoyable and well run event. Finishers certificates individualised with competitors names was a nice touch as was the short article from the organisers that accompanied the results that arrived by post a few days later.The problem is, of course, as I begin to experience all these cracking competitions I want to do them again every year. Cost and mileage will prevent that one though so it is nice to see that Ilkley Motor Club are to become members of the ACTC and to hope that their trial will become a regular fixture in the North of the country.. Wouldn’t it be nice for us northern competitors to see more new trials in this neck of the woods. Who will be next to organise one? A Scottish club perhaps?
Myke Pocock with Chris Veevers and Baldrick.
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Class Eight winner Ian Davis reports on his Allen Trial
Ian Davis climbing Birch Hill in his VW Buggy. Ian won class eight despite arriving at the finish with a broken diff.
I haven’t done the Allen for five or six years and was surprised at how much we enjoyed a trial with only 9 sections, where the first class 8 car finished 14th overall! We drove down from Oxford on the day but as things transpired this was not such a good idea.
I had never seen Birch Hill before, it was enjoyable at the time but how much clay is there stuck to the car now? Not as much as to Paul’s Troll by all accounts, but still plenty.
We were travelling with Brian Partridge, Adrian Marfell and Tony Young and watched Tony fail to trickle off the Guy’s restart. We wondered how we would get on, as I can’t remember ever getting off it. We already knew Paul Bartleman was the only one to get away, so the pressure was on for us to pull something out of the bag. We just managed it, with much bouncing, a quick change to second gear and lots of tyre smoke! In the end the two of us were the only Class 8’s to get off the restart and there was only one from classes 6 & 7, Gary Browning in the Type 4 engined Beetle.
On to the special tests which were well laid out. Long enough to be worth doing, but not just a question of most power wins. The second one, which went through a lake of smelly water, was great fun in an open car as you can imagine! We managed Travers OK and went on to the lunch stop where we watched Camel organiser Hans Viertal and Pete Barr effecting some running repairs to Pete’s 1300 Beetle which wasn’t going too well as its brand new twin carbs were out of synch.
Burledge was the first hill after the break. Brain Partridge had retired with a broken diff by now, it must have happened on Travers as the diff test was immediately before. No one had got up Burledge so a chance to pull ahead of Paul who had grounded out (running at the front). Tony Young was first car to get up followed by Adrian who stormed up in his 1300 and then us in the Buggy, again with the use of second gear after the restart. We watched a valiant effort from Dave Shaylor in the 1300 Beetle, but he stopped just yards from the top. As did one of the Trojans which apparently got pushed out the top, what a great effort!
Harvey Walters jammed the Escort’s gears trying to change up near the top of the section. The solution? Chisel through the floor of the car, take the top of the gearbox off, un-jam the gears and complete the event….obvious really when you think about it
A very slippery Nanny Hurns and on to Little Uplands. Conflicting reports from the start marshals as to whether anyone had got off the Class 8 restart. In the event no-one did although we tried long and hard before finally having to give best to a cunningly placed restart line. Dave Foreshaw unfortunately stopped on the Class 7 restart line which looked somewhat easier. At the top of Little Uplands we were pretty down, having failed the restart, as we knew Adrian Marfell in front of us was still clear and we were trying for a top 10 finish for the Wheelspin points. Bizarrely Adrian wanted to finish outside the top 10 but win his class as he wanted Crackington points not Wheelspin points.
We went up John Walker too fast, smashed the car on the ground (I don’t remember it being so rocky), punctured a tyre and experienced very strange steering on the road on the way back to the finish. Half a mile away the diff broke and we coasted down to the pub to sign off. The real trial for us then began, getting home courtesy of the RAC…but I’ll save that story for another day. I must remember to tow the car to events more often in the future!
Also seen on the day was the latest of the Jones family from Bristol in a lovely old Lotus. He hill climbs and sprints it but tells me he’s going to maybe start trialling a Cannon next year. His elder brother Matthew was a leading contender in the early 90’s in the Dingo now owned by Pete Fear. Dad has also competed – in a blown Dellow I think but more recently in a VW special.
That’s it, must stop now and finish replacing the gearbox in time for the Camel this Sunday.
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David Haizelden was won The Allen Trial with one of six clean sheets. Victory going to the Green Golf on special test times. Take nothing away from David though, as getting a FWD Golf on 13 inch wheels to the summit of Burledge is a fantastic achievement and he earned a well deserved victory.
Pete Hart, Mark Tooth and their team had a full entry, and ideal trialling weather, for The Allen which maintained its well established format. All the sections, with perhaps the exception of Nanny Hurns, being run on real old roads, with no Mickey Mouse stuff marked out with tape.
Togg Hill was a nice easy starter before venturing back across the M4 to Birch Hill. This starts on a nice stony surface before venturing into deep, glutinous, mud as the track goes uphill alongside a field. The problem is that there is quite a camber, dragging the cars against the side of the bank where the ruts are deepest. The early numbers were at a definite disadvantage, as were class eight who had a restart. It was necessary to build up a fair head of steam to get through the mud and Duncan Welch was one who didn’t have the speed to get through.
Ground clearance was a big factor as well as speed, and none of the sports cars in class 5, or Stuart Cairneys Imp made it though to the summit. Stuart had the misfortune to get a puncture and got wedged against the bank, necessitating a Land Rover tow as did Andrew Brown later on. The most spectacular climbs came in class two. Adrian Dommett and Bill Bennett just stormed up, but climb of the day was Jeremy Flann, whose passenger bounced the little Austin Seven up at about half a snails pace!
Bitton Lane was all about the usual slippery restart, for all, accept classes one and two, on a corner surfaced with polished stones. Dave Nash and Neil Bray couldn’t get The MGeetle away but at least this time it was down to them rather than the bad advice they had received from Michael Leete on Birch Hill! Andrew Brown was another to fail here as was Morgan man Rob Wells having his first outing in a Troll.
The infamous Guys Hill was next, with separate restarts for yellows and reds, and a straight run through for the others. Only three re-starters got away and went on for a clean. Gary Browning managed it in class six, which saw Giles Greenslade debuting his Nigel Allen built 1835 Beetle and discovering how much harder it is than class four! Duncan Welch was the first class eight to attempt the hill and used a little too much right foot. Paul Bartleman saw this and successfully trickled his Troll off the line for a clean climb. The only other car to succeed was Ian Davis in his VW Buggy, with the aid of a lot of bouncing, a change to second gear and a fair amount of tyre smoke. Clive Booth did well to coax his 1300 cc Dellow Replica off the line for a five which would put him a point ahead of fellow Falcon Mike Pearson at the end of the day.
Travers was another hill all about the restart for the higher classes where positioning was everything. Clive managed to get it just right to put him ahead of Mike Pearson who failed, although that position was to be reversed on the following Burledge which was very tricky this year. The ruts were deeper and the mud more slippery!
Paul Bartleman was the first car and had to act as a snowplough for those following. He’d got the Troll away from the restart OK but the mound between the two ruts was too much and he stopped at the three.
Burledge was another hill that favoured the late numbers because of the snowplough factor, but frankly anyone coming out of the top was a real hero, so a special well done to David Haizelden in his Golf. Also Adrian Marfell who was the only Beetle to get to the summit.
Nanny Hurns was its usual tricky self and Dave Nash was delighted to clean the section in The MGeetle, as was PCT expert Colin Weeks in his more conventional MG. Little Uplands put paid to Ian Davis’ hopes of overall victory as the Class Eights had an impossible restart and none of them got away from the line. John Walker was drew the trial to its traditional conclusion, in the dark for later numbers. It didn’t have any effect on the overall results, although Colin Weeks had the misfortune to fail.
At the finish six competitors had clean sheets, all of them in classes one to four, including both the BMW’s of Colin Perryman and Nick Farmer. So it was down to special test times. David Haizelden was fastest and was declared overall victor. Well deserved for getting a FWD car to the summit of the fearsome Burledge.
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The rain god shone on Bristol Motor Club and there was a fair amount of the wet stuff descending from the sky to make the sections on the fringe of the Mendip Hills nice and muddy.
The Start
Competitors gather at the Start
There had to be a last minute change of venue when The White Hart Inn pulled the plug at the last moment and the start was moved to The Cross House Inn in organisers Pete and Carlie Harts home village of Doynton. The pub was right in the centre of the village with a super atmosphere and a nice car park un-spoiled by all those nasty trailers which were relegated to a muddy field several miles away.
The Route
This years Allen incorporated the usual favourite hills, including Birch Hill that was added last year. Perhaps the only despoilment is that it’s no longer possible to use Elwell, that lovely long section the other side of Winford. The route did go a slightly different way though, with the usual opener, Tog Hill, coming towards the end of the trial this year.
Bitton Lane
This was the usual section, entered by the side of a house on the A431 in the village of Bitton, the challenge being a restart on polished stones positioned on a left hand bend for all but classes one and two. It wasn’t as slippery as usual so tyre pressure limits were in force and only four competitors didn’t get away. Unfortunately these included both Simon Robson and Peter Mountain, competing in his newly restored Dellow Mk1 for only the second time.
So, the Allen wasn’t being very kind to Falcon Motor Club members driving open yellow cars! John Looker in his Yellow Beetle and Colin Biles in his Midget were the other competitors who didn’t get away. Classes four and five could now breathe a sigh of relief, as they had no more re-starts for the rest of the day.
Guys Hill
Dudley Sterry pondering on his technique while Barry Clarke enjoys the view aheadRussell Clarke trying in vain to get his Triumph Special away from the Class Eight re-start.
Next on the agenda came one of the Allen terror’s, Guys Hill with its deceptively slippery surface with separate restarts on slippery stones and tree roots for the yellows and reds. It wasn’t a doodle for the non restarting blues and whites though as the hill is much steeper than it looks and quite a few didn’t build enough momentum to carry them over the slippery tree roots on the upper reaches. Unfortunately these included Stuart Cairney, taking part in his first trial since the Exeter and shaking down a new transmission in his Imp. Stuart had a bit of drama just before the trial when he found fuel spraying out of his fuel lines all of which had completely perished during the Imp’s lay-off, sparking the question about the effects of un-leaded fuel on rubber.
The yellows and reds had different re-starts and these were to have a big effect on the results as only three yellows, Roger Bricknell (Vincent), Andrew Martin (Dutton Melos), Mal Allen (Marlin) and one red, Paul Bartleman (Troll) got away to clean the section. Pete Hart was there to see Paul’s climb and his impressive trickle away from the restart.
Sandy Lane Special Test
This was run downhill this year, approached by the local councils newly surfaced entrance road. Despite being the only class eight to clean Guys Hill Paul Bartleman was taking no chances and set the fastest time amongst the specials but it was beaten by a flying Andrew Martin in class seven which put him into the overall lead of the event.
Travers Hill
There was a diff test just before the section with Patrick Osborne’s uncle in charge. On this occasion competitors had a different face at the start as Jim Travers (after whose father Ted the hill is named) was marshalling on a bike trial elsewhere. The restart for yellows and reds was in its usual place on a rocky step and positioning was crucial for both front and rear wheels. John Parsons was well aware of the difficulty and went high on the bank to the left in an attempt to avoid both step and gradient. It was to no avail as the car slipped sideways as soon as he let the clutch out and he was stationary in the middle of the track with spinning wheels just like so many others. Simon Robson made up for his indiscretion on Sandy Lane, picked a good place and restarted successfully but neither Peter Mountain nor Clive Booth could get away. Clive was trying some new Continentals, which were proving very successful in mud, and disaster as soon as a rock came into view.
Travers Special Test
Patrick Osborne splashing his way through the water.
This started downhill, through a puddle to line B before a reverse to stop astride line C. This was a disaster for Andrew Martin who got a fail, which was to cost him the chance of overall victory. Patrick Osborne and Michael Leete both fumbled their changes to reverse gear. Earlier Patrick had problems on Travers when the coil lead came adrift just after the section ends board.
Chew Valley Lake Rest Halt
This couldn’t really be called a lunch halt as it came very early in the event, perhaps “Brunch Halt” would be more appropriate! Never less it was a welcome opportunity to have a social chat with other competitors and helps the organisers by regrouping and controlling the flow to the following sections.
Burledge
Giles Greenslade speeding to the summitPhillip Mitchell in one of the two BMW’s to clean the section.
Another of The Allen’s major challenges was on form this year, with Nigel and Ian Moss in charge. It starts with a rocky surface on a gentle gradient with a big bump over a sunken pipe a few yards up the track just before a right hand bend. This slows things down, even for those who don’t have to re-start. Once round the bend the real challenge of Burledge comes into sight. It’s a rutted sunken lane, very muddy with the ruts getting deeper towards the top. The yellows and reds have a restart just as the ruts begin, the blues and whites have a straight blast, in as much as the dreaded bump over the pipe allows!
As you will gather ground clearance is all-important at Burledge and it was very unfriendly to the Midgets and Morgan in class five, all of whom bottomed out early on. The Escorts were in similar trouble, David Heale getting furthest with a two. A BMW was the class three car to have here and both David Turner and Phillip Mitchell sped to the top on their larger diameter wheels with blowers whining. With Jim Scott and Colin Perryman marshalling the hill Stuart Cairney wanted to do well and got to the two after slip sliding away from the rocky start. Michael Leete and Dave Sergeant nearly got out the top for a one as did Patrick Osbourne. Dave could have cleaned the section if the throttle cable hadn’t became detached, but the class one honours were definitely Giles Greenslade’s as he stormed out of the section at enormous speed.
A fair sprinkling of class eights were clean but Tony Rothin didn’t get away from the restart and Stuart Harrold, Clive Booth and Peter Mountain all bottomed out. The class sevens all struggled a bit but Roger Bricknell made good use of the Vincents 15 inch wheels for a clean and Andrew Martin came out of the top as well, kicking himself for his indiscretion on the Travers special test. Clerk-of-the-Course Pete Hart looked in on the section just in time to see both Dave Haizelden and Paul Allaway clean Burledge as both proved yet again that they are little short of trialling supermen.
Nanny Hurns
Run as a section rather than a special test this year Nanny Hurns gives lie to the Allen sections all being run on real roads. The organisers can be forgiven though as this strange little section is part of the character of the modern Allen Trial. For those of you that have never seen Nanny Hurns it’s an artificial deviation off a track. First there’s a more or less level sharp left hand bend, then a very steep bump where there is a great danger of bottoming out at the top before the downhill finish. The main problems came for the big engined Beetles who had the usual under-steer problem on the left hander and the low slung sports cars who bottomed out on the crest of the bump. So a special well done to the persistent Brian Osborn for his first ever Nanny Hurns clean in his MGB.
Mill Lane
This is the long section, going under the railway bridge just after the start. The big disappointment was that there was no big puddle this year, to drown out the electrics, and the entire entry cleaned the hill.
Little Uplands
It was Little Uplands again this year as the track to its big cousin was blocked with construction machinery! The section was its usual self with a tricky restart in the rocks for the yellows and reds. Most of the non-restarters made successful climbs but both Dave Sargeant and Patrick Osborne lost momentum amongst the rocks and stopped. The restart was certainly a tough proposition though and by far the majority who had to attempt it failed.
Birch Hill
There was a long road run off over 20 miles east across the M4 to Birch Hill with John Sargeant in charge. The hill was similar to last year, a relatively straightforward run up a stony track then a right left into a field and the challenge of a huge patch of clay. The lower classes were allowed a straight blast but yellows and reds had a restart just before the glutinous stuff under the eyes of MGeetle builder Dave Nash. None of the cars in classes four, five and six got through but Giles Greenslade got far enough to give him the class four win and the lead in the Crackington league of the ACTC championship.
After cleaning Burledge both Dave Haizelden and Paul Allaway showed they are human by failing at the three but it was possible in a class one car as both Michael Collins and Nick Farmer proved and this was to give Michael Collins the class win. In class three both of the BMW’s failed to blast through the mire but both David Heale and Harvey Waters were successful in their Escorts reversing the fortunes of Burledge.
The status quo in 7 and 8 was preserved with the leaders all going clear and John Parsons and Clive Booth were happy to be successful under Dave Nashe’s gaze but Peter Mountain wasn’t so lucky.
Tog Hill
It was back across the M4 and back to Doynton for Tog Hill, tackled in the dark for the later numbers, but presenting no problems and everyone was clear.
John Walker
The Allens usual finale was on form as usual. The first cars arrived a bit early at just gone 2.30 and were asked to hang around at the summit in order not to get back to the pub while the lunch-time crowd were still enjoying their meal! The water level in the stream was pretty low so there wasn’t the usual problem of drowning out the ignition and everyone apart from Brian Osborn and David Mallin went clear.
The Finish
Back at Doynton Paul Bartleman was found to be the overall winner with a clean sheet, beating Roger Bricknell on special test times. Things could behave been very different if Andrew Martin hadn’t failed the 2nd special test as he was fastest on the first one and went clean on the observed sections.
So concluded another successful Allen Trial. The wet weather and skill of Pete Hart and his team resulted in a competitive trial over some non-damaging sections as it was mud rather than rocks rubbing the underside of the cars that ran out of ground clearance.
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Julian Dommett won the Allen for a record third time. It was a close thing though, as there were four clean sheets. Julian won by a second on special test times, beating Giles Greenslade, Bill Bennett and Philip Mitchell. David Foreshew was the best class eight but everyone in this class dropped marks somewhere as a result of their extra restarts.
Michale Leete smiling for the camera, as in the background competitors can be seen tackling the new section at Birch HillNeil Bray changing his drive shaft after Nanny HurnsStuart Harrold and Chris Phillips grounding out on BurledgeAnyone for Class Nine! Stuart Ridge out for a gentle Sunday drive on Burledge.
Pete Hart and his team kept The Allen to its established format, with all the hills, with the exception of Nanny Hurns, run on well-established tracks. There were changes though. There was a new hill and the route was a little different as the start had to be moved a few miles up the road this year.
Last years winner, Adrian Marfell, led the field away from The White Hart in Cold Ashton in near ideal trialling conditions. The weather was overcast, but dry, after some very heavy rain the previous two days, and even on the morning itself, to spice things up. This was a good thing as The Allen’s sections are not particularly difficult in the dry.
The route from the start passed the top of Tog Hill, the normal first hill, on the way to Bitton Lane, which was the first competitive section this time. The Blues and Whites had a clean run at the hill. Yellows and Reds had the usual restart on the left hand bend but this didn’t present much of a problem and only Arthur Jones in his Liege failed to get away.
The trial followed its usual route through Keynsham to Uplands where “Little Uplands” was on the agenda this year while it’s “big” cousin was given a rest. This was the end of Stephen Potters trial when his magnificent Trojan cried enough. This was a shame but Trojan fans still had John Wilton’s similar machine to watch. Like all except the reds the Trojan crew had a clear run through, so they could build a bit of momentum over the rough rocky bit in the middle. Class eight weren’t let off so easy and this is where they had their restart, which was to prove pretty challenging. Last year’s winner Adrian Marfell failed to get away properly and he wasn’t the only one. Stuart Harrold (Troll), Anthony Young (VW Special) didn’t get away either. The three class eight Falcon’s all failed to re-start. Although John Parsons actually got going he slipped back quite a few inches in the process and was given a fail.
Next came the infamous Guy’s Hill, where everyone has to reverse and come back down after the land-mark right-of-way judgement of a few years ago. Guy’s Hill is dead straight and doesn’t have a tremendous gradient. It’s the surface that makes the section difficult, with a combination of polished stones and tree roots. Blue and White were allowed a clean run and those who built up sufficient momentum got to the summit OK. There were a few that didn’t though. In class One Paul Allaway stopped at the one and Adrian Tucker-Peake couldn’t get past the six. All the class three’s got up except Stuart Deacon (Escort) and Murray Montgomery-Smith (Morris Minor), both of whom retired not long afterwards. The section didn’t present much of a problem to class four although Michael Leete didn’t drive it very well and stopped at the two.
Life was different for the Yellows and Reds who had to restart half way up and tackle the upper reaches without the benefit of momentum. Most either failed for a six or stuttered a few yards to gain a five. It was cleanable though and Mike Hobbs stormed to the top in his Big Beetle, followed by Julian Dommett in his side valve Dellow Mk 1. A few of the class eights were successful including Adrian Marfell, Carl Talbot and Falcon’s Mike Pearson.
Everyone had to restart on Sandy Lane and this was all about stopping in the right place. Surprisingly it was the class seven’s who seemed to have the most difficulty and ACTC Rights of Way Officer and “Wheelspin” webmaster Andrew Brown was one of the failures. After a wonderfully muddy, rutted track and a series of tiny lanes came Strode, which is also all about the restart for all except the blues. This one didn’t present many problems and it was followed more or less immediately by a special test involving going across and then back through a puddle of muddy water!
The route continued it’s traditional way to Travers where again the yellows and reds had to re-start, although this was a little higher up the section than usual. Without a restart it wasn’t too difficult, provided you didn’t have a puncture of course! Unfortunately Neil Bray did and had to change the wheel on the section in order to clear the way for those following. The restart area was quite rocky. John Parsons stopped quite high up and got away but Mike Pearson chose to come to a halt lower down and got his wheels stuck in a dip.
There were a dozen clean sheets at the Chew Valley reservoir rest halt, but that was to change just up the road at Burledge. This is a real classic trials hill. The lower reaches are in a tree-lined gully, rocky but pretty smooth. After a 45 degree right hander the section goes straight as an arrow up a rutted track with a restart for yellows and reds and less and less ground clearance a you get near the top. Tyre pressures are critical, especially for the restarters. As Chief Official Nigel Moss said, “you need 6 psi to get off the re-start then fifty psi to maximise ground clearance at the top!
The guys with the big wheels did well here; although the section was to see the end of Dudley Sterry. In Class One David Haizelden and Michael Collins were to loose their only marks of the day in their VW Golf’s. Phillip Mitchell stormed up in his David Turner prepared blower BMW and so did Giles Greenslade and Dick Glossop in Class Four. It was a tough section for the restarters although it clearly suited the big Beetles as four of them got up. In class seven wheel size was everything and all the Marlins failed but Julian Dommett (Dellow) and Arthur Jones (Liege) were clean.
Quite a few of the class eights stopped, either failing to get away from the restart or running out of ground clearance just before the summit. Mike Pearson couldn’t get away but Clive Booth in his similar Reg Taylor/Geoff Jackson built Dellow Replica got off the re-start only to fail at the two. Poor John Parsons got out the top of the section but was judged to have failed the restart.
Seven competitors lost their clean sheets on Burledge and the remaining five approached Nanny Hurns with all to play for. The special test was separate to the section this year. Julian Dommett set another fast time and this put him in the lead of the trial. The section was its usual self, short, muddy and slippery but cleanable with skill. It’s necessary to get the speed just right. To slow and you won’t get over the bank, to fast and you under-steer into the trees. All of the leaders slid over the bank OK and the entire field cleaned the following Tog Hill after Stony Hill had to be cancelled due to an influx of New Age Travellers. Neil Bray had to change a drive shaft on the way when a rat-tat-tat from the rear indicated that one of the CV’s were on its way out.
It was north up the A46 now, over the M4 in the gathering gloom to a new section called Birch Hill, presided over by John Sargeant. The hill was quite long. The first bit had a gentle gradient but was quite badly rutted, catching out Mike Hobbs in his Big Beetle. It entered a tunnel of trees, rounded a gentle right hander then wiggled through a muddy quagmire with a restart for Reds right on the edge where the grip went away. The weather was to play its part here as the heavens opened up to make things more interesting. Getting through the mud was all about burning your way through with sheer power or building speed and using pure momentum if you didn’t have to re-start. Jeremy Flann (Austin Seven) lost his clean sheet here so it was down to four as then field wound it’s way to John Walker which was to be the final hill of the day.
The section was it’s usual magnificent self, by no means a “stopper” but a pure pleasure to drive. It can catch out the unwary though, as Clive Booth found out when he flooded out in the ford. So there were four clean sheets in the end, with overall victory going to Julian Dommett on Special Test times. It was a well-fought trial and the result could have been different. Clee winner Michael Collins had faster times than Julian but got a three on Burledge. What a year if a Class One driver had won two ACTC events! And spare a thought for Adrian Marfell who also did better on the Special Tests but couldn’t restart on the dinosaurs eggs at Little Uplands! But well done to Julian Dommett who on the day was the best driver in a well-prepared car. And thank you to Pete & Carlie Hart, Mark Tooth and all the team for another excellent and well judged Allen Trial.
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