Rachel Cropley

“My rally career started shortly after meeting two lads – Longy and Ellwood – at high school shortly after moving into the same village. I’d already fallen in love with the Mod scene, having been collecting Who LPs since the age of 12 – and now I’d found some allies.

“Aged 14, my very first run was a bus ride up the road in 1985 with Elly (Paul Ellwood), but the Great Yarmouth Scooter