Monday 27th August 2007 - Day 3

Parked Up

When the alarm went off this morning it was clear it had to be wrong. We'd had just a few minutes sleep, at least it felt like we had! But, unfortunately for us, it really was time to get up and head down for breakfast and the big quiz!

Watching some of the other participants appearing really made us chuckle, obviously staying in the bar till the early hours of the morning hadn't done them any favours! After a quick glass of orange juice we made our way to the quiz room.

There were 15 questions and considering we didn't know any of the facts 12 hours ago we didn't do too badly at all getting 11 out of the 15 correct! I think the best question of the morning was what's the ratio of sheep to people in Wales? Lots of sniggering and poor jokes followed, the correct answer was...3.5 sheep for every person in Wales!

Lining Up with Spiderman and Chris for Team KillerViral

Once the quiz was complete we made our way to the car and joined the line up for the mornings drive. Today we would be in the car till around lunchtime and would be following line by line instructions rather than using a map or Sat Nav. This I didn't mind as it meant if we went wrong I could blame the instructions, however, as well as reading the instructions it was also my task to complete the 10 clues on the sheet.

Cars were once again let loose at 1 minute intervals and soon we were heading around the little lanes of Warwickshire searching for various clues and making sure we didn't miss any turnings!

I was pleased to see that the 10 clues we needed were completed pretty quickly and that all I had to do then was read out the instructions. This made the drive a lot more interesting for me and also meant I could enjoy the wind in my hair and the sun beaming down on us through the open roof :o)

Car 74 - Paul and Renee

After a short time of driving 'alone' we soon managed to catch up with the Vicars in their yellow lotus and Grez and Chris in their Mini. It felt good to be joined by a few of the other BBR'ers and as there were no clues to collect and mileage didn't count today it meant we could all stick together and have a little fun!

We hoped staying close enough to the Vicars might mean if we 'sent one up' the 'Almighty One' might think it was from them and answer it accordingly ;o) I think Andrew's prayers were answered as no matter how many chances the Lotus got to pull away it just couldn't manage to shake ickle brcX off its tail :o)

A mini adventure!

The drive was really lovely with some fantastic roads and countryside and apart from one tiny little mistake we had a great run made all the better for the chat over the walkie talkie with Grez and Chris in the Mini. Thanks to you both for making us chuckle!

As we pulled into The Heritage Motor Centre I was a little sad that this weekend was coming to an end. There had been all sorts of emotions flying around during the 3 days but now wasn't the time for a good cry!

We were one of the first to arrive at the final destination but pretty soon the other cars joined us and everyone had a good chat and admired each others cars. Thanks to Spiderman and Pete I was given a chair to sit on whilst we waited for the final few to arrive.

Unfortunately the moment I had been looking forward to was completely missed by us as I had a very slow trip to the toilet, when we arrived back the RAF boys had made their grand entrance and were parked up...I really am too slow! I am looking forward to seeing the DVD and hope it has some footage of their final big entrance!

Yup, us again!

As Andrew placed my chair to the rear of the RAF boys lotus I was a little concerned that there maybe a chance I would be 'hit' with something but feeling confident that the gentlemen wouldn't pick on a poor defenceless young lady I ignored my gut instinct and rested my legs.

However, I should have known better! No sooner had I sat down than I had to jump up and move as fast as my legs could carry me to avoid being drenched in water that was being sprayed at me from the 'guns' on the back of their car! Luckily I escaped but the camcorder got a little soaking :o( We spent a few more minutes waiting for the final car to arrive but there seemed to be no sign of it! As we began to get ourselves together to head indoors for the presentation I took the chance to grab our bottle of water and whilst the big mean RAF man wasn't looking I took aim and fired! Perfect! My water had manged to hit it's target perfectly and I was feeling a little chirpier knowing I'd got my own back ;o) (sorry boys)

Once we were indoors and seated it was time to find out who had won this years BritBallRun...you'll have to wait for our next post to find out who it was! For now I'll leave you with this...

Thanks to Team KillerViral who have managed to put together a quick video from the weekend. CLICK HERE to take a look at just some of the fun that was had over the weekend :o)