By very popular demand (Messrs Harmer and Westgate seem especially keen, but I know Rob C and Lewis will take particular delight also), I offer the first in an occasional series of “spot the control points” race tracks. <\/p>\n
Tim T’s birthday race started and finished from the Sportsman (my watch was eight minutes late kicking in), and featured six control points, with a short option to visit just four. I eventually visited four, with a very half-hearted attempt to visit a fifth.<\/p>\n
A pint of Landlord to the best guess\/description as to what these five control points might have been (without reference to anyone present on the night, please).<\/p>\n
And for those who were present, an alternative game: a pint of Blonde to the best prose reconstruction of my thought processes as I ambled around the route last night …<\/p>\n
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The one thing I will say in my defence is that the attention to detail demonstrated in avoiding any form of trespass over the western end of the route is, I’d suggest, truly laudable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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