The navigation was varied from tulip diagrams to circular herringbones where the start was not shown, to more simple spot heights and grid lines sections.  There were some questions that proved a little more difficult to find – for example in Dymock, the coloured doors of the Old School House mainly appeared red but looking back to The Willows, they appear blue, obviously painted between the two different Streetview scans.  This caught many people out.

Forty-five entries were received for Novices and Experts classes with ATC members Peter Winney (12th place), Andy Ransom (13th place) and Trevor Edwards (15th place) participating.
It looks like these virtual type of events, are going to be a future regular feature especially as they attract larger entries.  With the situation still unclear on how Covid will affect future event, it means that rallies can continue, although in a different format.
Richard Long (8315)

Peter Winney had also written about his experience which was printed in the March Magazine.  A precis follows:
Instructions and Q & A pages had arrived by email and I was assisted by my step-daughter on the rally.  At least one route had to be plotted to find a village before any clues could be sought.  A guide helped, written by the Vintage Sports Car Club (VSCC) which is on the ATDC website under News Archive/13th Nov 2020/Finding Your Way.  I quickly got off the mark with Section 1 which Richard had kept simple to ease us in.

On the road, one sometimes has to “plot and bash on” – that is to say the navigator plots and tells the driver only the start of the section, so as to get off the mark promptly, then plotting the next move whilst on the move.  In a virtual rally, the equivalent is for one of the team to plot the next section whilst the other searches Streetview of the previous section.  The sections do not have to be done in any specific order but unlike a road event, you may have to do them all or as you can.
Section 2 was hard for me as it was a continuous string of numbers and it took me a while before I cottoned on that it included road numbers as well as grid lines and spot heights.  Pleased to say I quickly cottoned on to what was implied by “an electrifying experience” in Section 8.  Section 6 was a circular herringbone which I skipped as it was too difficult.  This I came to regret when I tackled it after the event was over and found it was easier than Section 2 had been and I also found more clues.

The half-hour-to-go alarm clock went off but I spent too much time after that doubling up the search for remaining clues.  Emailed the answers just a few minutes after deadline and lost six points off our score but we still managed 3rd Novices and 12th overall.  Better than last time but could do better as these six points covered five places. 
Peter Winney  J813

The full write up of these can be found in the April and March magazines.  Thanks go to the organisers and all participants for this unusual rally.