back onto gravel. Suddenly the crowds began to appear, and my same friendly marshals struggled to control the locals, but, from my point of view treated me like a “professional photographer”, giving me a prime spot, and keeping the hordes away!
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On he final day, we went to the famous Keflos Bridge water splash. It was a spectacular place, but the crowds were huge. Again, our friendly marshals made us extremely welcome, and we both had prime positions. I started chatting with a local man, who told me that four years ago there were thousands of spectators at the splash, and after hours of waiting, they cancelled the stage as they considered it dangerous! The highlight of the stage was when one of the actual professional photographers set up a Nikon D700, with wide © RallyRev Photography 2009 © RallyRev Photography 2009
angle lens, and remote control gizmo about a foot from the water. Loeb went close, but Ogier missed it by inches, as the crowd roared their approval. Did he move it? Not at all! I came to the conclusion he did not have a wife like mine, or else an understanding insurance company, leaving several thousand pounds worth of kit lying around to be crushed or drowned! Following the end of the stage, Demos, the man I had been chatting to, took us further into the mountains to see a quaint little village where we went to church for five minutes (it was Sunday after all!), and Anne had a wee dram in a local winery! As I said, the Cypriots are extremely friendly people.
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From a rallying point of view, it seems as if Loeb has already got a grip on the
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