Quote Originally Posted by Mike T View Post
Deliberately off route, or lost/disorientated? The evidence for one or the other will vary from case to case, but in the end will come down to opinion/conjecture.
Most are agreed that Judith was on a pre-planned escape route so not lost/disorientated, and John Rix apparently deliberately left the race route to seek shelter, so not lost/disorientated.

Others like Ted Pepper, Bob English and it seems Carol Matthews did inadvertently go astray.

The point remains though that many runners fail to see the potential risk of leaving the race route and don't recognise the potential safety of remaining on the route.

Inform another runner is good advice!