Today, it rained again.
Not all day, but the sky was overcast all day.
There was no competition - we
drove from Yekaterinburg to Perm using a northern route which is not the
shortest but kept us on probably slightly quieter roads. There was actually 100 Km of divided highway
leaving Yekaterinburg. The standard of
the tar roads has improved slightly from yesterday. Maybe it will keep getting better as we move westward.
The thing that never
ceases to amaze me is the people who turn out to watch and wave. They are everywhere.
Today there was an
amendment which the organisers said was at the request of a town, Chusovoy, to change the
route to come through the town. We were
going to bypass it. The amended route took us to the Chusovoy stadium, where
there must have been thousands watching as we drove very slowly around the
running track and over a very high podium.
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| Another media interview for Mark |
Arriving here at Perm
was a similar reception. We had planned
to swap the rear tyres with the 2 spares to give us the best rubber we have
left for tomorrow stages to Kazan.
But the crowd was so great on arrival we decided it best to come back later.
But the crowd was so great on arrival we decided it best to come back later.
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| The Monument marking one of the points where Europe and Asia meet. |
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| Our not-quite-so-luxurious room in Perm |
Tomorrow there are 4 stages scheduled on the way to Kazan where we have a rest day and hopefully we have a new set of tyres waiting for us.
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