Thanks first of all to John for organising the event over the years, although I was only lucky enough to run three of the events. It seems a shame after the 18th and possibly final run that it had descended into an accusation forum of who has and has not taken which route.

We all know it is wrong to test the will and good nature of landowners by running over private land trespassing and sadly this affects the future of events like this nationwide.

As a higher placed runner though I find it a bit of a sweeping accusation that I may have avoided the final river section, which detracts from the hard miles my race partner and I put in.

Thanks again to all those who helped make it a great day.