1. Have your documents ready before you get there – these will be V5, MOT, plus Historic Rally Vehicle Identity Form / Homologation Papers (where applicable), and anything else you may consider pertinent.

2. Before leaving home ensure the obvious things are working – lights (all), horn, wipers if it’s raining! Then recheck these in the queue for noise. Carry some spare bulbs – you do not want to be fixing these and miss your lovely hotel breakfast because you’ve had to go back on Saturday morning, do you.

3. You must have a spill kit because the event has tests that take place on private land. Buy one – they’re under a tenner. This will save you having a discussion with every scrutineer at every event you go to about what constitutes a spill kit and what doesn’t.

4. Do not turn up with in-car cameras – they are banned on road events. No, you can’t have them “just for the tests”. Don’t fit them after you’ve gone through scrutineering either – the scrutineering team will be about throughout the day of the event. Yes, the Clerk of the Course or the Scrutineer can stop and re examine a vehicle, even while it is competing.