Photo: John Perriam
| Motorsport for the poor | Trialling
The first London to Edinburgh trial took place
in 1904 when 46 hardy souls embarked on
the cross country challenge to the Scottish
capital and back again navigating the country’s
primitive road network, rural back-lanes and
dirt tracks. It captured the public’s imagination
to such a degree that it was repeated the
following year and continues to the present
day, making it one of the longest established
motorsport events in the World. Next came
the the London to Lands End Trial, and in 1910
the first London to Exeter Trial took place,
where a certain Harry Morgan entered his
62 | MotorPunk September 2013
“It has been said that
Morgan is to classic
trials what Ferrari is to
Formula 1”