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Part 17 - A HERO Debut + Drifting For Oldies

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  A Dry and Dusty Wales It is March 2022.  Historic Rallying is back with a full timetable, and with a nod to the environment, I'm pleased to say with a Net Zero Carbon agenda on the HERO events. For our upcoming HERO Challenge One, the total estimated carbon emissions for the entire event will be offset through carbon capture programmes.   The programme is called Net Hero...and they are encouraging everyone to further offset their car's day-to-day carbon emissions by contributing to the carbon offset schemes affiliated with Net Hero. Dexter, our youngest son, was persuaded to take the navigator's seat, especially as it meant being taken out of the last day of school in order to travel from Essex to Flintshire in North Wales in time for scrutineering.   The week prior, our children's "learning-to drive-car", an old Ford Focus, finally gave into old age when the seals on the steering rack failed in a big way.  After four and a half years of replacing wo...