Mileage update after Day 5

Todays mileage : 120 miles
Total mileage : 1030 miles

And after the sunset........

Given a wide expanse of open space, a good smooth surface and an audience, most self respecting se7eners find it extremely difficult to resist partaking in a bit of donuting...........as I had the rev limiter with me there was no way I was going to be allowed to have a go but at least I managed to capture a quick clip of the action. Enjoy.

The group shot

When se7ens gather in numbers it is essential to get a group shot, I think this is going to be one of the best.

Our fellow tourers

Johnty 'JJ' Lyons and his wife Liz Lyons in their Caterham 7 40th Anniversary Edition with 1900K

Our fellow tourers

Andrew 'Vinnie' Barriskell and his wife Paula in their Caterham 7 VX

Sunset at White Sands National Park

This evening a group of us decided to head out to White Sands National Park for sunset. Those who had gone during the day said it was spectacular but we were advised that it would be cooler in the evening. It was fantastic, white gypsum sand dunes as far as the eye could see and a stunning sunset

Our fellow tourers

Tom Jones and his wife Mary Jo from California in their Caterham 7 with duratec power

Welcome to Ruidoso

The local chamber of commerce welcomed the tour to Ruidoso with some information packs and this rather groovy announcement on their roadside sign. Everywhere has these signs........before the end of the tour we should have a game of countdown with them.

A rest day in Ruidoso

Today is a rest day, well for most of us, there seems to be quite a lot of fettling in the carpark. Frank Martin had an eventful day yesterday when he struck a huge spanner in the middle of the road. Believed to have fallen off an oil field workers pickup it did a fine job of trashing a k series sump. So stranded in the middle of nowhere what was the solution? From reports some of our American touring friends were somewhat astonished when a fellow UK tourer whipped a spare sump pan out of his boot. Unbelieveably they had also rolled to a halt opposite on of the few buildings out there and a quick rumagae around found a pair of vehicle ramps to improve access. A few gallons of oil from another tourer and they were back on the road. Sadly the sump pan bung was loose and eventually fell out, disposing of the oil and causing the engine to seize. By this point most would have given up, not tour se7en, the guys as we speak are installing the spare k series engine into Franks car.