Alan certainly knows his stuff and is a patient teacher. He sat in the back of our family car whilst Richard and I took it in turns to be driver and navigator. Alan has a pre-set route around the Chilterns and we practised reading OS maps, using Tulip diagrams and race timing. It was hard - exhausting even. Although we didn't make too many mistakes the level of concentration was considerable and I for one was shattered the next day. We would also have gone off route on our first lap if Alan hadn't corrected us. His cardinal rule is "Route first, Timing second" - on the basis that you can't win if you are not on the route.
I'm not sure how much of this will stick. Alan gave us a sample page from the 2013 Flying Scotsman timing sheets and looking at it now it's still gobbledegook.
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