Off-road Rally reunion in Sicily.

It started with a visit from my old friend (or should I say rival ! ) Mark Attard. Mark was not exactly on a driving holiday in Sicily. He was travelling south to Malta, having purchased an “Ipod” from Britain and decided to drop into Pippa’s Paddock for a visit, which I very much enjoyed and appreciated. For the uninitiated an Ipod is a super mini caravan, a real gem which even parks itself !! But, that’s another story.

Mark and I had raced each other way back in the 80s and 90s in off-road Camel Rallies in Malta. Truth is, Mark and his companions are much better off-roaders than I ever was but luck had it that the first ever Major Off-road rally in Malta was not at all rough but very fast, which favoured my skills, and I happened to win it purely because of that.

Still, Mark said “Why not organise a big Reunion of the “old guys” at Pippa’s Paddock in Sicily”.

“Sure” I said, “Why not?”

And he did it… Mark doesn’t just talk and in just a few weeks 33 guys and dolls and 14 cars were queeing at 5am for the ferry between the two islands. Here is a video clip of what we were up to for the next 4 days….

Enjoy –