Minding his own business, Alex Scott
from Aberfeldy was having a wee bit of a holiday, camping at Machrihanish last
week. On Wednesday he dropped into the Glenbarr shop to buy a paper and a
coffee and saw a poster for the rally – Marshals wanted. “I’ll have some of
that,” he thought, went down to Machrihanish and next thing you know he was
part of the set-up crew and would ‘buddy-up’ with a Marshal for the rally
itself. On the Friday, Bruce Edwards was giving some local folks a run in the
Darrian at a nearby facility and offered Alex a run. This is a chap who knew
nothing about rallying and rally cars till last Wednesday! Having watched other
folk trying to get into the thing and extricate themselves afterwards, it was Alex’s
turn. He sat on the sill as instructed and managed to swing one leg in but
couldn’t manage the other – so he took it off. Job done. At the end of the run
he slid on to the sill but had trouble getting his other ‘leg’ out so he took
it off and passed it out to Bruce’s crew. The wee girl next in line nearly
fainted. Anyway, Alex, sat on the sill re-attached both legs and the job was a
good ‘un. In case you think this is an insensitive wee story, Alex was laughing
his head off and everyone joined in. Gaun yersel Alex.
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