The weather’s looking mostly set fair for the DP women’s second crack at the Billy Bland challenge – and they’re hoping to knock a goodly chunk off the record time they set last year at 18hrs 51mins.
If all goes to plan, first off at 3am Sunday morning will be Debbie and Lynn, followed by Heather and Jude (leg 2), Nicky and Jenny (leg 3), Kirsty and Clare (leg 4), and finishing off with Helen and Pippa on leg 5. It’s possible Alice, Penny and Ruth may be popping up along the way too – we’ll try to keep you posted – and we may even have a special electronic treat for you on leg 3, so watch this space.
So powerful are the emotions this event stirs that two potential team members immediately booked flights to Scandinavia and West Africa respectively, whilst a third member hastily disowned the kids to ensure she got a run. However it turns out, mind, we boys will be claiming the bulk of the credit – it being Father’s Day tomorrow, what else could we possibly do?
Go girls (and don’t let Kirsty get the whiskey out until later on tomorrow evening).