“ Partnering Jock Armstrong through this testing route in a cumbersome orange Subaru, lock to lock, ditch to ditch, for 30km is an experience I’ ll never forget!”
Cameron Fair
“ This never fails to put a smile on the face of the crew, and it was always one of my personal favourites on Wales Rally GB. It is impossible to not like this stage.”
Nicky Grist
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Grizedale West
Location: Lake District Surface: Gravel
This legendary forest stage has everything. It is extremely technical but also extremely fast and is attacked in one single run. As a regular destination for RAC Rally in the 1980s and 1990s, it boasts a competition history that few others can come close to.
Located beside Coniston Water, it covers around 30 kilometres and can be run in both directions. The longest straight is only around 150 metres – so there are lots of corners to keep co-drivers busy on the notes and challenge drivers to their limits.
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“ Partnering Jock Armstrong through this testing route in a cumbersome orange Subaru, lock to lock, ditch to ditch, for 30km is an experience I’ ll never forget!”
Cameron Fair
Russ Otway / 90 right
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Dyfi / Gartheiniog
Location: Machynlleth, Wales Surface: Gravel
This two-stage combination, which runs through the Dyfi Forest, epitomises the character of the best Welsh Rally roads, combining plenty of fast-flowing sections with a selection of varied junctions and tighter sections that really challenge driver skill.
Dyfi is a long and twisty stage, winding its way back on itself several times for around 25 kilometres, as it snakes through the trees, while the shorter run through Gartheiniog, located further to the east, climbs for 10 kilometres and is equally testing.
Russ Otway / 90 right
“ This never fails to put a smile on the face of the crew, and it was always one of my personal favourites on Wales Rally GB. It is impossible to not like this stage.”
Nicky Grist
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