{"id":13543,"date":"2026-03-19T08:39:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T15:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/?p=13543"},"modified":"2026-03-19T08:39:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T15:39:28","slug":"thursday-march-19th-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/2026\/03\/19\/thursday-march-19th-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday March 19th\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-16.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13545\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Answer to the last quiz &#8211;  John Shirt on Fersit 1989 &#8211; I was at that event &#8211; but did not stay the whole week as my daughter wanted to head South. &#8211; as reported earlier, that was the year Jordi introduced the new Beta Zero prototype to the Scottish moors &#8211; the moors won!!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harlow was first in but did not get the section which was a toughie &#8211; In 1992 Harry McKay insisted that we make the long (very long) uphill climb to that section, but I twisted my knee badly jumping over a creek (which later needed an operation!!!)  &#8211; That was a very painful day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quiz today &#8211; Guess who?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Duke-in-a-Trial.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Duke-in-a-Trial.jpg 360w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Duke-in-a-Trial-180x300.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>==============================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier we mentioned the need to have a long loop to spread out the riders and avoid this type of congestion!!  This still happens at the Scottish when riders get a &#8220;Delay&#8221; card so they are not penalized for being late on time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Conjestion.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Conjestion.jpg 590w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Conjestion-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>==========================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we have posted on the front of our Webpage &#8211; We ride what we sell and have been doing this for a very long time &#8211; We understand Trials and there are no hidden extras when you buy from us. &#8211; Think about that!! Looking forward to a great season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4221.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4221.jpg 600w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4221-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>===========================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is Emma Bristow practicing for the Scottish &#8211; reminds me of a comment made by Gunnar Lindstrom from Sweden, when he came to the Moose Mountain Race one year for Husqvarna  &#8221; If we had known we needed a submarine- we would have brought one&#8221;  &#8211; That&#8217;s right &#8211; he got washed downstream and DNF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"948\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Emma-going-upstream.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Emma-going-upstream.jpg 948w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Emma-going-upstream-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Emma-going-upstream-768x437.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 948px) 100vw, 948px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>===========================================<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answer to the last quiz &#8211; John Shirt on Fersit 1989 &#8211; I was at that event &#8211; but did not stay the whole week as my daughter wanted to head South. &#8211; as reported earlier, that was the year Jordi introduced the new Beta Zero prototype to the Scottish moors &#8211; the moors won!!!!&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/2026\/03\/19\/thursday-march-19th-26\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Thursday March 19th\/26<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13543"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13543"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13557,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13543\/revisions\/13557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outlawtrials.com\/davesblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}