Nice to see a few people yesterday. Bit frustrating being a spectator as I really used to like this race. Sliding on your backside down the bluebell slope into the river is fairly unique!

Oh well, at least half my genes were running round one of the junior courses! The mini macc ladd looks a much better prospect than I ever was. He came second in the U10 class. Funny thing is we invited a friend of his to come from our village, and he came first!

Not sure why people were confused about the finish, the timekeepers were taking times across the entry to the funnel which is normal. Maybe the girls swapped places in the tunnel as the numbers were then taken further down it as usual - all in a few yards though as it was a short tunnel. In one race someone just stopped before the tunnel? The traditional finish for the senior race is to touch the wall and I think the organisers wanted to keep it in the same spirit.

It didn't help having some of the junior races with mixed classes U12/14 running at the same time on the same course, but with a number set for each class meant there were duplicate numbers in each race!

PS - Joe - I had a couple of piccies of you finishing, but they weren't very pretty! Best left where they are...