Grats to the podium and those who finished.
Normally I shut myself in my room with my rig and I am able to focus my single working brain cell on piloting my car. As a result of some decorating in other rooms, there are items of furniture temporarily blocking the doorway, so I cannot shut the door. This change in circumstances has been spotted by some small members of our household.
Have you ever tried racing with a cat appearing to sit on the bonnet of your car and chasing every item moving across the 42" monitor. To say the least, it is distracting, at worst it stops one seeing the apexes etc. Add to that random walks across the keyboard, turning mirrors on/off and changing the view.
Within the first 2 laps I had picked up 2 "Cut Track" warnings and several "almost spins.
The offending feline was carefully (honestly
) lifted to the floor, but decided that the game was far too much fun to abandon
and promptly returned !! The 3rd cut warning was inevitable and a pit stop ensued
.
My out lap from the pits was even more of a disaster and I picked up another cut track warning and another stop thanks to obstructed vision. A second stop and go was followed by 2 warnings inside a single lap. At this point I surrendered to the inevitable and allowed the DQ to happen.
A little gutted as although I was not on the pace of Daz and Paddler, I was holding a gap to Micha and ( when I could see the road ) felt quite comfortable. Ah well, the joys of pet ownership....
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