What’s On?
-
Cambrian Rally 2021
So here we are finally back to the North Wales forests for what seems like an age. The sights, sounds and even smells of rally cars are back to the local area with the postponed Cambrian Rally. Starting from Llandudno town centre on the 30th of October the event is the 66th running of the event and the penultimate round of the BRC season.
With the last Cambrian being all the way back in February 2020 and being one of the last forest events that was run due to the Covid-19 lockdown. Since then hundreds of cars have been sitting in garages just gathering dust instead of sliding round in dense forest fighting over tenths of seconds.
Organised by the North Wales Car Club and using forests stages with famous names such as Gwydir, Alwen and Penmachno the rally looks lined up to be a classic especially with the new ‘Twin Lakes’ stage where the crews will have to tackle this new all tarmac 3.10-mile stage using gravel tyres as the rally’s curtain closer. This means that the crews will not be able to just take it easy on the last stage to secure that all important win.
Talking of the all-important win the Cambrian Rally will once again be the host to the penultimate round of the 2021 British Rally Championship. 5 rounds have already given way to what has been an exciting season which has close battles all season long. Osian Price leads heading into the Cambrian with 96 points from local boy Matt Edwards who is 16 points behind. With a win earning the driver a cool 25 points and with Edwards not using his joker round yet the championship is still all to play for.
(Osian Price – Neil Howard Stages 2021)
The rally hype all kicks off on the Friday before the event starts with the pre-event scrutineering. This essential part of pre-rally checks is a great way to get up and close to the cars and drivers of this year’s Cambrian as after this they will be flying past trees on a muddy forest track (So get your autograph book ready!) stating at 2.00pm in the Multi story car park in the Victoria Centre, Llandudno.
(Scrutineering Taking place 2012)
Then it all kicks off on the Saturday with the first stage being a blast into the 5.93-mile Gwydir stage above the sleepy town of Llanrwst. From there they head to the tricky Penmachno stage where during the 2019 Wales Rally GB Jari-Matti Latvala found himself between two trees after rolling.
Lastly, they head into the beautiful Alwen stage. Located next to Llyn Alwen this stage can be a photographer dream with the right light and car.
They then head back to the service park to make essential repairs and tyre changes. Another loop of the three stages brings the afternoon together.
Then the last and most exciting stage is Twin Lakes a brand-new stage for the Cambrian that has only been used for Road Rallies in the past. This all Tarmac stages is done with gravel tyres from the previous loop which mean less grip and if it is raining this will make this stage quite exciting in places.
(All new tarmac stage)
Spectator information can be found at the Cambrian Rally’s website at: www.cambrianrally.co.uk
We hope to see you out there on the stages and please stay safe and obey the marshals instructions!
Article and photographs courtesy of Robert Whelan.
Featured Story
We look in detail about an event or issue in the Conwy area
TVConwy’s Recipe For A Conwy Christmas
Christmas Eve in Conwy has become a tradition for many years now. It started off as a small gathering in the square with everyone meandering over to the castle car park chatting excitedly to each other to wait for Santa and the fireworks and in recent years it has grown to become a HUGE event, with visitors coming from all over the world to join us locals in a very special tradition. TVConwy has been a part of this since we started back in 2014 and have come up with what we think is a pretty good idea of a recipe for a true Conwy Christmas.
Sadly, due to the Covid pandemic all events of this kind have had to be cancelled and Conwy Town Council have had to adapt their usual arrangements with Santa.
Although we, like so many others, are so sad that we can’t be celebrating this special evening with everybody, we wanted to share our recipe with you all.
Let’s hope that next year we’ll be back there again, dancing with Darren and singing our hearts out for Santa.
Have a very merry and safe Christmas from us all here at TVConwy.
Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda!
Get Involved
TVConwy would love to hear from you!
TELL US YOUR STORY
Let us know about the issues that affect you in Conwy and we could feature them on the website.
Please let us know of any community events you have planned and we can help bring awareness to them.
UPLOAD YOUR VIDEOS
Have an interesting video that you’ve shot of a local event? Why not send them to us at TVConwy and we could feature them on the website.
VOLUNTEER WITH US
We offer work experience opportunities for local people wanting to increase their skills and learn about all the aspects of working in the media.
So why don’t you get involved and be part of the TVConwy team!
Contact TVConwy
There are a number of ways to get in touch
Or fill out the contact form below