Today was the Adonis Rally, run through Paphos Forest in Cyprus.  I love it up there, the peace and tranquility is amazing at any time of the year.  Today was different.  The mountainsides reverberated with the roar of fast cars.

5 November and it’s the last day of the IRC Cyprus Rally 2011.  There are six special stages in the Cyprus countryside – once again under a big blue sky on a bright sunny day. 

My second objective for the last day?  Special Stage 9, Gialia 2.

4 November and it’s the first real day of the IRC Cyprus Rally 2011.  There are four special stages in the Cyprus countryside – under a big blue sky on a bright sunny day. 

My second objective?  Special Stage 4, Koilinia 2.

Last weekend it was the Paphos International Rally.  I love motor rallying, so this was just too good to miss.

From a photography perspective, I gave the ceremonial start and finish a miss, but the action in Paphos Forest was an altogether different matter.

I'd gone up to Paphos Forest near Panagia to take pictures of the 2009 Troodos Rally. 

With things like that you never know how easy its going to be to find a position, so I'd given myself plenty of time. 

Which in turn meant I found myself sitting in the sunshine among the trees waiting for the cars to arrive.