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Youth and Experience Take the Honours There were some surprises in store for the staff manning the finish line and waiting for the first teams to arrive ... |
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What a Difference a Night Makes By dawn it was clear the second day of competition was going to be a bright, sunny autumnal day ... |
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Brothers Lead the Elite Ifor and Alun Powell took just 7 hours 12 minutes to complete the first day elite course ... |
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A Shorter C Class The campsite for the C and Short Score classes was at the old Caldons camping field in Glen Trool ... |
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A Navigators Day The ground everywhere is totally saturated and there are large areas of felling ... |
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Into the Wilds “I’ve probably spent a total of 15 days on the hills working on the event and in all that time I saw only 3 other hill walkers.” ... |
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Damp and Murky Conditions Ahead It’s going to be relatively ‘quiet’ weather for a Galloway event ... but not necessarily dry, or easy ... |
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Mix It Up This year there is a stronger entry of mixed and female pairs in the Elite competition ... |
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Galloway – Will History Repeat Itself? The 10 year cycle is continued with the venue in the Galloway Forest Park again and the rugged ‘Highlands of the Lowlands’ await ... |
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