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What a great day



Started off damp, and this was my first time driving up Prescott Hill, clearly some work needed to get my time down.





Then after some practice the hill dried out and I did it



That's more like it, Monty romped up the hill in under one minute, not bad for my first day ever driving Prescott carying a heavy passenger, the luggage rack, and the spare wheel

Super happy with that

Off the line on a solo run.....

https://youtube.com/shorts/gUo4uDXvOXo?si=faWaRvhK8X2DcAaJ

And now two up for the sub 60 second run.....

https://youtube.com/shorts/5cIbIam1Woo?si=fjEoMEI-2fq1E5v_

Ah, so that's who was in the +4
There were some nice cars in attendance today (that Aston Martin for one!).
Glad you had a good day

Good to see Monty getting out and stretching his legs, that's a good time for a first day out in a road-car! ... be careful of hillclimbing it can be addictive ... Prescott is a great track ... definitely one I'm having withdrawal symptoms from 🙁

Were you on Hill-Control duties today Graham?

K

Well done. I have never been there but I love videos of Prescott and under one minute seems to be a great result. Monty certainly has a nice sound, much more interesting than the Porsche following your second video.

I love these Videos I found, you need to go again and do a full video of your drive up the mountain.

Frontline LE50 -
Frontline Abingdon -
Morgan +4 Supersports -
Morgan 2019 -
8 hours of vintage cars -

I was Keith
All were well behaved - only a scattering of gravel from Ettores - twice by the same car

Montegue what a great result for your first exercise drive.

I can't wait to read how things and times go on....

Join me onboard as we attack the hill, this was my third run, I'm getting faster here at 1 minute 2 seconds



My final run later in the day sees me going sub 60 seconds.



And that's with a 17.5 stone passenger onboard (big Dave Jefferies), the luggage rack fitted and the spare wheel still on the back too, I'm also sure with more practice I'll become more skilled and knowledgeable.

Add it all up and there's definitely plenty of scope to improve my current best time, however, for my first attempt I have to say Monty cetainly did me proud

Recommend you do the Drivers's School - that will give you the correct lines and easily shave more than a second off your times, at the same pace used in that video.

Glad you had fun. I always enjoy that hill

Exactly Graham, see my edited comments above, I was also carying a serious weight penalty

I think with a bit more practice, no passenger, rack and spare wheel, I can shave at least two seconds of my best time