Small but perfectly formed. Much like my self. I’d entered a few months back, and tried to entice other Carnethy’s to join me, but with no success. Well more fool you – it was a beautiful day and a cracking race. It is a four hour Score event, so basically a nice morning in the hills trying to find as many controls as you can. I’d entered with a view to getting some navigation training in at an easy pace. The clear skies and still air meant that some of the controls were visible from a km away. Indeed the hardest navigation was back through Grasmere on a busy Sunday afternoon. Some of the controls would have been very challenging in the cloud, but there wasn’t any. Instead estimating distances and time (good old Naismith!) was the order of the day. The bet on taking in one last control paid off and I squeaked in just inside the four hours with 240 points. Tom Gomersall got over 400. Show off. I was 10th MV40 and 34th overall from 200, quite pleased with that. There’s another one in August. Thoroughly recommended.
Joel