On the day of my last exam Angie placed an envelope into my hand with an instruction not to open it until after the exam had finished. I figured by the feel of it that it was a card.
So the exam went very well, I was happy and went straight to the coffee dock to meet with my classmates. Just as I was about to order coffee I remembered the card, how could I forget?? So I took the envelope and went out to the lounge area beside the library in college, I took the envelope out to read my card.
Well I was right, there was a card, a well done card, but inside the card lay another envelope, a yellow envelope with the number 3 on it, Joey's famous racing number. My mind was wondering, what could it be, then I thought, yes a voucher for one of the scooter parts suppliers.. But how wrong was I...?
Inside the yellow envelope were plane tickets and hotel reservations for Tallinn in Estonia to include a trip out to the Pirita circuit where Joey lost his life. I sat there not knowing what to think, overjoyed? I sure was, but amazed too. We were flying out in a couple of days.
Joey was killed on the RUMMU tee stretch of the circuit, and at the point of that crash there is a memorial to Joey. Many race fans and adorers of Joey have visited the memorial which is kept in great condition by the locals. This trip was to be my first to Tallinn, thanks to Angie who had carefully planned it months in advance and kept it a secret until that day in college.
The following photos are taken on the circuit. The first photo is the stretch of road on the circuit approaching the point of the incident.
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