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Mendip Winter Championship Rd10 – 09/03/2025
A bit of sun boosted the entries nicely today. But even with 21 2wd buggies, the racing was really quite tight and competitive all day. Without much morning dew, the B7 was the obvious choice. Practice told me I had a responsive, pointy car, that was only a few minor adjustments from ideal.

Round 1, Let myself do
https://agrcr.uk/clubs/mendip/mendip-winter-championship-rd10-09-03-2025/
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Mendip Summer 2024 Championship Results
You go 50 years without winning a Championship, and then you win 2 on the same day. Yeah, a bit by default, but a win is a win :)

And quite pleased with 6th out of 65 in the 2wd...
https://agrcr.uk/clubs/mendip/mendip-summer-2024-championship-results/
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Today (7th Sept) marks 191 years since the death of Hannah More.
Playwright. Abolitionist. Educational philanthropist.
She died in Clifton but lived for many years in Wrington and set up schools in many Mendip villages.

For more on Hannah and her sister Patty, see Unsung Women in Somerset.

#hannahmore #abolition #Somerset #womeninsomerset #Bristol #Mendip #histodon

Mendip Summer Championship RD1 – 07/04/2024
A busy day today. Running the meeting as well as competing is always a little tricky.

A damp start meant I didn't have tyres ready for the 1st heat. 10 rather slow laps with no grip at the back. Time to glue up some Ballistics.

Qualifying - Round 1

Race 2 - 2wd Buggy

DriverAlistair
https://agrcr.uk/uncategorized/mendip-summer-championship-rd1-07-04-2024/
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Student discovers 200-million-year-old flying #reptile in Somerset
https://phys.org/news/2024-01-student-million-year-flying-reptile.html

Latest #Triassic terrestrial microvertebrate assemblages from caves on the #Mendip palaeoisland, S.W. England https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016787823000998

"#Kuehneosaurs looked like #lizards, but were more closely related to the ancestors of #crocodilians and #dinosaurs. There were two species with wings made from a layer of skin stretched over their elongated side ribs, which allowed them to swoop from tree to tree."

ICAO: 403415
Flt: GOSTC
First seen: 2023/10/22 10:46:04
Min Alt: 650 ft MSL
Min Dist: 7.9 mi

#planefence #adsb #mendip
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New Super #Nature Reserve to be created in the #Mendip Hills (not far from me here in #Bristol) - this is really good news I think!

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/mendip-hills-to-be-declared-a-super-national-nature-reserve