Funnily enough my namesake started 2mins in front of me, thought John's brother Edwin (at least I think it was him) coped very well on the microphone introducing us both. I didn't see her again until the start of the climb from the Bowscale Tarn check point (no 3), she'd obviously picked the optimum route on leg 1!

My route is now on the route gadget thing. I got cold on the climb up to the Knott (lots of wind and heavy rain) so decided to drop down along Grainsgill Beck to get running again and out of the wind so I could get a bit warmer. Worked really well until I got a dunking in the Caldew!

Got 9th fastest time on the climb from the 3rd to 4th CP, Mars Bar worked a treat.

TF