On 04 July 2015, Paddy attended the fourth edition of Charity Classics in Weinfelden. Charity Classics is a one day rally around beautiful spots in Eastern Switzerland with two regularity tests and some passage controls.
Some say Paddys work is influenced by Top Gear - and they're right. A few years ago, Top Gear declared the way from Davos up to Stelvio Pass as the world's best driving road (yeah, we all know that this is now the Transfăgărășan in Romania). Therefore Paddy chose Davos to Stelvio Pass as start of his Night Flight challenge. He starts in Davos at dusk and will be back in Winterthur at dawn - between he'll drive over fifteen mountain passes. Seriously, how hard can that be?
The first time Paddy drove his new car ‐ a Ford Capri MK III 2.3 S ‐ in a race, he emerged victorious as the winner of the Strade del Vino 2015 rally. This is his second victory in just as many years. It was an awesome experience once more. Beautiful landscapes, interesting routes and great food and drinks. Thanks to the Orga-Team of Strade del Vino for that!
First of all, Paddy welcomes a new member to his car park, an Audi S3 third generation (8VS) nicknamed Red Baron. Furthermore Paddy improved his recording equipment considerably. Ever since Paddy has started using his GoPro Hero2, he is not impressed by its audio recording capabilities. The GoPro picks up too much wind noise and this overlaps most of a cars engine sound. So Paddy bought a Polar Pro Promic GoPro Microphone Kit to improve audio recordings.
Team Paddy Murphy was driving Irish roads again. Today's drive was a masterpiece of navigation skills. Driver presents Navigator with a challenge: He should write something remarkable in a huge scale all over Ireland only using available roads. After a few hours worth of Guinness and some clever route planning, Navigator was finished with his plan. On the actual day, The team braved the Irish weather in all its forms and couldn't be stopped by road works on a major road (N52 to Delvin). See for youself on OpenStreetMap or download a KML file. The team was ambitious and for once not rubbish!
The thing about Irish roads is that you'll never know what comes next after a hill or a bend. Just close your eyes, come and rely on the luck o' the Irish.Paddy Murphy, 2012