In other news, flights booked. See you all in June.

Even more so - I'm Irish

I ordered a Montane Minimus jacket, came today in the mail. It's really light, on my kitchen scale 230 grams. We'll see how it holds up, it's pretty flimsy feeling.
https://www.montane.co.uk/en/men/clothing/waterproof/minimus-jacket
Yep, I got the green :-)

Phil,

I have one for over a year now - pretty common lightweight option in the UK for fell runners and bikers. They are excellent. I've binned myself with it on and not ripped it. Breathability is pretty good too, that chest pocket opens up well as a vent.

I'll be in my blue one, so at least we won't be twins.

BMC here.

Makes me wonder if I should drop my gears! Think I've rode SS more in the last 6 months than geared.

Had my final meeting with management after they'd spoke to HR. The joys of multiple levels of ownership in a university!

I now have 32 days leave to get there from the UK - race -then get back for work.

Game on Wayne. Game. On.


Weather here is crap. Loads of flooding. Lots of trail damage. But hey, it's good training for when the weather craps out!

I appear to have accidentally asked my line manager for permission and been told no problem.

See you in Banff.

No Way!

Man it's be awesome to see you again. You want to crash at ours before or after? Take you out for some local riding.

Remember quote of day 1 going over The Devils Staircase

Dan: Holy shit, I thought grannies walked this thing!
Greg: Yeah, they are hard b****rds though.

Then you slept on a bench with only a gilet. Good times. Good times

Dan at the top of Corrirack Pass by Greg.May, on Flickr

Purchased, thanks!

Folks,

For those of you who didn't know. Applications went live on the 28th of November.

It's pretty much full for the group start from what I'm aware.

I'll post an updated list when I get one off Alan.

Nice to see Marshall is coming over to our shores

Greg

Looking like I may be an SoBo ITT about a week before the Depart. Trying to balance out work and home commitments to make it easier.

Unsure if ITT or Grand Depart yet.

this time, I won't let a new job - or my current job - stop me from being on the trail.

Using a USE Vybe with no issues with either Revelate bag or Wildcat harness. You also don't get the backwards movement that the TB gives you - screwed up my knees to no end.

Near final update.
We have only one ITT rider left on course John Fettis who is somewhere near the top of Torridon at the moment. Our other ITT rider diverted to the HT440 route, and is now backtracking.

We had some final scratches today, unfortunately including Jenny Graham.

Like you said

She's crossed and is tracking back to the river now. Really happy to see that.

OK Jenny is backtracking.

Now, a question that my wife raised last night...

"If she backtracks, takes the road, then backtracks the course to the river, THEN continues on the course, would you DQ her?"

I opted to say " Alans call. Personally, no. But it's a two day diversion"

Overnight Scratch Update:

No one.

Scratch Update:

Steve Large - Bad food last night and now vomiting. Hitting the road back to Tyndrum.

Ilan is a mystery wrapped in an enigma that may or may not be inside a sealed box.

I have no idea what he is at.

Full list of Scratched riders:

Steve Field
Phil FT
Rich and Tom Siepp
Ilan Rubenstien
Jonathan Edwards
Bryan Singleton
Josh Ibbet
Steve Heading
Bert Platzer
Mark McPhillips
Darreb Kosliki
Amanda Brooks
Tom Gibbs
Alasdair McClean
Chris Alder
Giacomo Maltman
Ed Procter
Ashraf Kame
Kristan Rivers
Dave Barter
Steve Robbins
Andrew Hutchenson
Fabien Frohlicher
Nicolas Senie
Jean-Louis Doridot