Ross and District Motor Sports Club recently ran its Kyrle Classic Car Trial for the 34th time.
The trial covered a route of around 60 miles in the Wye Valley and Forest of Dean and 16 sections or hills were set out on private and Forestry Commission land.
The trial is a round of the national Classic Trials championship and a good entry of 52 cars was received.
Drivers came from all over England from as far away as Yorkshire, Kent and Cornwall.
It has been reported that this March was the driest one on record and this caused great difficulty for the organisers trying to find hills that would stop most of the cars.
However, clerk of the course Derek Tyler used his trialing skills to set out a course on which the overall winner eventually dropped just four marks, the highest score of the day being 148 marks.
The overall winner was Nick Farmer from Bishops Lydiard, driving a home-prepared Cannon Alfa special.
Nick was passengered by Alan Selwood.
As conditions were so dry, some very steep hills were included which tended to favour cars with plenty of power.
The best performance by a Ross club member went to Vic Lockley driving his big engined Volkswagen Beetle; this was Vic's first Kyrle Trial in this powerful car.
To run an event such as the Kyrle Trial requires lots of marshals and joint chief marshals Geoff Howell and Glenn Morgan had done a magnificent job in getting more than 80 people to sign on as marshals.
On a beautiful warm sunny day all the competitors, marshals and spectators enjoyed the trial, and the Wye Valley and Forest of Dean.