Googling things like ‘Fast, Sideways and Mental 3', my passion for rallying is no midlife crisis... it's sheer, unbridled fun
If you told me five years ago that I'd be spending a sunny June afternoon in Donegal, crouched precariously on a boggy hillside, watching rally cars zoom past at extraordinary speeds — well, I simply wouldn't have believed you.
Yet, last weekend, there I was at the famous Knockalla stage of the Donegal International Rally, with my son beside me — he's also a rally fan — and loving every moment.
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