"Visiting Hell on two Wheels" – this was the headline of the article in Hamburg daily newspaper Hamburger Abendblatt. A quarter page with a big photo – I was impressed, not to say pleased. And, yeah, it was hell, at least concerning the temperatures we’ve suffered. For the first time I was seriously considering what the more “sweaty” guys used to do during the races – putting a sweat-absorbing napkin on top of my head and under the helmet. But as these things were not for offer in the Romanian hillsides and I couldn’t be asked to try the more likely local fashion of some sanitary sheepskin I decided to just let it pour …

Short press note published in Hamburg on August 21, 2006: “Tina Meier (34) and here Scottish team mate, Liz Millett, managed to come in sixth of all amateur teams taking part on the Romanian Enduro Rally “Red Bull Romaniacs”.