The scream, of high revving, finely tuned engines, and the squeals, of scrabbling tyre rubber, turns heads on the Val des Terres.
The boulevard at the head of Havelet Bay. Closed, to everyday traffic, for Guernsey’s Bank Holiday motor sport meet.
Cars, and bikes, roll toward the starting line. In single file. Before blasting up a steep and winding hillside lane. To set their best time, to the summit.
It is a convivial family affair. With banter aplenty.
Drivers chat, or sit in silent contemplation, awaiting their turn.
Whilst the marshals send the cars on their way. Wheeling each, precisely, onto the grid marks.
Stargazer, meanwhile, crosses the cill, once there is water. Ready to catch tomorrow’s tide. Soizic has left. Electing to motor through the Alderney Race today, in exchange for a daylight arrival in Cherbourg. For tomorrow’s tide times mean an arrival after dark. Albeit with the forecast of a fair breeze.
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