The first thing to be said about Lydden is that it is a very spectator friendly circuit as you can see about 95% of the track from just about anywhere. There were two races each day for each class of bike to compete in with a wide variety of machines being put through their paces.
CCMCC members Neil Bartle & Zoe Reynolds (BSA A10 650 outfit), competing in event 8 - Frenni Transport LTD Championship for sidecar outfits(unlimited cc to 1958) had a frustrating weekend again as they were plagued with an annoying missfire much the same as the previous round at Pembrey. Between race time was filled with trying various carb settings (many thanks to Kevin Stuart - No 18 BSA A10 solo - for lending them a smaller main jet) and ignition timing settings. With all of these troubles to contend with, Neil & Zoe finished all of their races without coming last in any of them while clocking faster lap times with each passing lap.
Someone who did have a very good weekend was No 200 Roger Mitchell, competing in event 3 - Aston Road Garage Championship for solos 251 - 350cc to 1962 and event 2 - Gibson Exhaust Championship for solos up to 250cc to 1962. In the 350 event, Roger finished each of his four races in 5th place but when you consider that he was riding a BSA B40 and was up against BSA Gold Stars, Manx Nortons and Velocette Vipers he did bloody well.
In the 250 event riding a very quick BSA C15 Roger claimed two well deserved wins on Saturday and two 2nds on Sunday, these went with a 2nd place earned at Pembrey.
A friendly, very familiar face competing in event 7B - Moss Engineering Championship for solo specials over 500cc to 1972  on Saturday was No 185, 750cc Seeley Weslake mounted Robert Knox from Trimley in Suffolk. Those of us who used to frequent Revetts in Ipswich will remember Robert from his time spent behind the spares counter. He now runs T8 Triumph Spares (01394 279929 or E-mail: sales@t8ts.co.uk or visit www.t8ts.co.uk), so if you need any Triumph bits give him a call.

There should now follow a selection of pics from Lydden.  - Perry.