One of the first guys to arrive at the track said that the temperature was exactly 0.00 degrees when he looked at his car’s temperature gauge. By the time (about 8am) that I went out to the tack with all the admin stuff and milk and so forth for the cappuccinos, it wasn’t so cold at any more. By ten, almost everyone was already stripped down to T shirts only. I then took Henry’s heat gauge, or whatever you call that thingy,  and found that the temp has risen to 26.5 degrees..! What I am trying to say, is: It was a beautiful day!!

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Customary to this time of the year in South Africa, the day started out quite chilly. Well, it never actually turned into a warm day, but it was really tolerable for the largest part of the day.

To have 39 entries on a special day like Father’s Day tells us that the dads amongst us clearly made their RC passion known to their family members. Apart from those we knew that had to work and those who were hibernating, we were pretty much satisfied with the attendance.  

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Mmmmm, when the cat is away, the mouse will play… Just joking.  Henry, the track owner and Big Boss of the club had to work at his day job and André Steenekamp, our usual assistant and I had to run the show on our own.  I can safely say that we did a good job.  No hiccups were encountered and everything went smoothly.

A bite in the air reminded us that winter was indeed with us. The temperature could not have been more than 5 degrees above freezing point. But as usual, by 10 o ‘clock bare arms were seen, as soon as the guys started to get busy.  

As always, a good vibe was palpable amongst the drivers, despite the cold weather in the early hours of the morning.

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