Lamm 17/18.6.06 Assynt

O.K. in 5 seconds-we drove to Inchnadamph,had a great week-end,

friendly people,superbly well organised event,saw nothing at all thro'

the mist,and got totally hammered. Oh,you want more?

Well, last bit-blatant lie of course.

Johannes,Ana,Val(B)&I &Chris ventured up to Assynt to see... well

to see not very much at all,if truth be told. Yes,just the way it goes,after a week of wonderful weather, Dame Nature threw a googly-a

fully foul frontal at us.Mist & low cloud for the week-end,brightening

up for the last few hours.

Preparations began all of a couple of days before the off with John &

Fiona kindly supplying absolute necessities such as stove & proper

Lamm rucksac, & Johannes & Ana supplying me with other light-

weight items.Could not have done it without them,thank you.

Ana & Val had excellent runs & times both days on the D course.

Strangely,can't remember their times?(Sure they will comment)

Johannes & I did the Elite E course. Ohh, been rumbled,dos'nt

exist.

We did the C course. Stats. were:

Day 1 23.6 km 1130 m 8hrs.45

Day 2 20.4 km 1080m 8hrs.42

Johannes did a superb job with the navigating-spot on to the controls,in very challenging conditions.Val & Ana did likewise.

We were wearing a dibber on the wrist to bleep the control box,

only the call of a certain bird,perhaps a snipe,was very similar so

had to resist the urge to go wandering off in search of a bird.

That's bird, not burd to yoouuse using the vernacular.Turn into

I.M. Jolly in a minute and tell you a classic joke. No,best not,never finish these ramblings.

So, this was a leisurely hill-walk with a bit of camping thrown in.

No, did'nt read the script.Well we were politely saying our cheery

hello's creating a wonderful atmosphere, and getting that back in spades,taking photos.-they will be on for you. The occasional look

back said:

"What the hell do you think this is pal-a ruddy picnic?"

Not much of the snarling,spitting brigade then.

The terrain was severe at times, i.e. traversing bolder fields that you had to slow to a crawl to negotiate the very sharp edges of the

rock. Unfortunately, Johannes cut the front of an ankle half-way

thro' the second day.This became far worse as we progressed,

particularly on the downhill sections. When it was cleaned &

dressed at the finish the cut turned out to be a massive gash to the bone! This certainly warranted a helicopter ride home. Perhaps

Westies just do'nt do helicopters. So,back in Glasgow & Ana still

was'nt finished driving-straight off to The Western. Also,Ana had

turned her ankle on the second day,turning round to reply to a

runner saying HELLO. Terrible these runners that do that.Should

be shot. Hope you both have a speedy recovery.

Chris was on the A course & we think he had an excellent race.

Many thank you's.

The organisers for a smoothly run challenging race.

John & Fiona, Johannes & Ana for supplying their kit.

Day 2 20.4km 1080m 8hrs.42

Posted by Hamilton Semple on Tue 20 Jun 2006 | 1 comment

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