better in the rain

[Dave Mann]

My experience is Sevens go better the hotter it is. Returning from Scotland we had to negotiate a roundabout onto a dual carriageway with a long gradual incline. Every year the traffic meant it was a standing start and we could never getup into top in a 3 speed RN, then one year it was blistering hot and both cars got into top and stormed up the incline. Another time returning from Falmouth the Seven on another blistering day was quite happy at 45mph almost flat out leaving Truro by the time I was at Exeter I was having to back the throttle off to keep down to 50mph.