"not much of a Great Britain update"

[Lucy Chaplin Trumbull <elsie@calweb.com>]

Picked this up on the European (well, UK mostly) endurance
list:

> I've just spoken to a very tired Penny in Dubai and apparantly the GB team
> were a good couple of hours behind the leaders. But four of them were still
> going and therfore up for a team placing. Gill Campbell's Barwani was out
> because of bad gut sounds, Moon God seemed lame at VG1 but passed and was OK
> at 2 and 3. Oliver's Taboo was doing well. but they were all a long way back. 
> No flaming please - I'm only repeating. All the crew cars got bogged down (I
> think she said)
> 
> Nix

And Nix adds later:

> ...I don't
> know if you know but Graham Hartley (one of the GB team who is likely to
> finish closest up) lives in the flattest part of GB (East Anglia) and cannot
> train on a hill unless he competes...
> 
> Nix in central London!

I'm originally from East Anglia - and, yup, it's very flat indeed.

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