Here we go then, 116 teams of the best fell and hill runners in the country all congregated in Falkland!
Alison West and Fabienne Thompson getting ready to head of for the start of Leg 1
Stevie Greer all kitted up
What ho?? Is this 2 Davie brothers I see getting their Harriers vests on?
Ah Barry, always ready to pose for a picture ;-)
The Event Village
Oh look and there's Kevin too! Doesn't he suit those colours! lol
Kevin and Barry ready for Leg 1
Neil 'the shorts' Campbell ready for the of............
Real men stand about in gazebo's sheltering from the cold while the women do the work!
The 'wimen' working!
Chris in the holding pen waiting to do the changeover with Kevin and Barry.
Those are the faces of 2 runners who have just worked hard...............
............Kevin cramping up really badly.
Sandy Bennet waiting to go for leg 2.................
................taking over from Tom Bowie and Stevie
Andy Sim ready to roll...................
...............and here's Neil and Dougie finishing Leg 1
Morna Fleming, the leg 2 runner for the ladies team...................
................taking over from Fabienne and Alison
Lots of very tired Leg 1 runners.
Scott was super pleased to be here today! Can't you tell?
Gillian and Sue looking fresh as daisies!
Daddy Bradley saying 'I'm sure there's a pub just over there'! ;-)
Pete 'The Awesome' Simpson
Pete, Paul and Campbell strike a pose! lol
East Lomond in the distance
Pete Simpson and Andy Symonds were doing Leg 3 which was the orienteering leg! You'd hope Andy would be good at that!! ;-)
They were taking over from Sandy Bennett
Phil 'Aragon' Smith'well'ard and David 'Frodo' Greig getting ready to start leg 3 taking over from...................
............................. Chris Davidson
Allan Macauly and Campbell Reid trying to keep warm whilst waiting for their changeover
And here's Andy Sim now...............
...............and they are of!
Sue and Gillian awaiting their green light
and Morna sends them on their way
Scott Bradley cheering on his Leg 3 team mates
taking over from Andy and Pete
Ah yes!! Some silly cow got to the kit check point and realised that they didn't even have their dibber on!! Kevin very kindly ran back and got it! lol
Pete Humpries, Melanie Sinclair and Paul Davies waiting to go with the mini-mass start for leg 4 at 3pm
Oooooo thats us getting to go.
Pete Humphries away
Paul Davies away
Mel away....................
Phil and David finishing Leg 3
Scott Bradley finishing Leg 4, he had an absolutely flying run, finishing in 18th position overall for his leg
Allan and Campbell finishing Leg 3
Paul Davies finishing leg 4
Mel heading into the finishing straight
Ah yes - the multi-purpose glove! All all important part of a hill runners kit!