I tried to make a point of being really grateful to all the checkpoint marshals, as conditions for them were much worse than for us competitors.

I was also surprised to discover, on completing the Medium course, that it had been cancelled. Most of the Classic competitors I spoke too were quite disappointed that they had to stop, especially my partner as she felt really strong at CP 5 and had just made the decision that she could definitely finish from there. It was surprising that we didn't start on the bad weather courses, as the weather was pretty much exactly as forecast.

Back to the event though - to get from Styhead to Kirk Fell I decided to take the traversing path on the Wasdale side of Gable and it took me an eternity. Was that simply a stupid choice or did I not pick up the proper path in the mist maybe? I wonder if I'd have been better going via Windy Gap.

Thanks once again to all the hardy marshals.