Quote Originally Posted by Oliblom View Post
And continuing on with the race................out of interest, who after the Swirls Car Park checkpoint ran the whole of the Forest Track to Birkside Gill and who took the Permissive Path (it vias off to the left from Forest Track after about a mile and returns you to the Forest Track with about a mile of the Forest Track to go)???
Hopefully everyone took the permissive path, as the route description says "Then follow forest trails and the permissive path to Checkpoint 6 at Birkside Gill Footbridge (327 124) – unmanned, no drinks. You must stay on the way-marked route and not use the forest road."