crustypunkuk wrote:Well done on the time- 8 and a bit hours was good going! I managed just under ten and a half with a wee stop at the campsite for a fly wee seat and to change my socks after coming through the forest. I really enjoyed it, but that last stage from Balvraid back to Glenelg on Tarmac was a real killer for my feet. I was on course for under ten hours until that point where I felt as though I was walking in treacle for that last 6 miles! Still, there's always next year to better my time!
I'd certainly echo what you said about it being well organised and well thought out. There was a great cameraderie amongst entrants and it was fantastic to enjoy the support and encouragement of locals throughout the day.
A pity the organisers can't get the midges to take a holiday for the event though!
Hi crustypunkuk, glad you enjoyed it, I did. Ten and a halfs a good time, you walked like I did, but nobody who records in the six hour range, walks, they run all the sections they can. Like you I found the road section between before Ratagan and campsite the hardest, did not like climbing the stile at the toilet block either
The additional watering station and the last table at the end I grabbed a couple of sugery sweets, no I didn't take a dram, did you?
I don't know if I could have walked much faster to be honest apart from a lost two minutes going up the hill before the war memorial and returning thinking I'd gone the wrong way and went past war memorial. The WH plan of the course shows the route that way. I never found the midges to be a problem, must have been too fast for them
Glad to hear your giving it a go next year a fine target to go for, me I might just go back and see what a ten and hour walk feels like