The 4^th Lulworth National Rally was held over the weekend of Friday 9 July – Sunday 11 July 2004 in the setting of Lulworth Castle, Dorset and was part of the club’s 10^th anniversary celebrations.

The Eastern Region was well represented at the Rally with members attending the events from the Friday night spit roast and ceilidh, through to the main rally day on the Sunday.

For a weekend in July the weather was less than favourable and the run down on the Saturday morning for a number of members involved several “hood” stops with the opportunity to practice getting the roof up without getting out or even stopping the car !  Fortunately there were no hood stops required on the M25. 

Local drives through the scenic Dorset countryside were available on the Saturday as well as an autotest in the castle grounds. They main rally day on Sunday started off very overcast, having rained over night, but despite the threatening looking rain clouds that seemed to pass by the rally site all day, not a drop fell.  Many of the usual rally events took place with a couple of Eastern members entering their cars in the Best Kept Five competition.  And the Region came away with silverware when Jon Selwood was awarded a trophy for his frighteningly shiny racing green Mark 2.  I think the newly installed turbo and spotless engine compartment also helped. 

Martin Curtis ©

A total of over 400 club members and their cars attended the event and as you will see from the photos colour coordinated car parking was the order off the day.

Cars & Castle.

Shiny low rider at the eastern region camp site.

View from the top to the right.

View from the top to the right.