Hi,

This is a bit last minute but does anyone have a tracker I can use from next Thursday for about a week...?

Thanks,

Ollie

Hey great effort guys! Glad you've got another finish Ray and that the tyre didn't hold you back for long! Sounds like at least it happened in a convenient spot? Looking forward to the write up!

Is Ray the "???" on the 220 spotWalla. Looks like the leaders in the 350 are chasing him down! :) I think Tom Phillips finished the 220 yesterday evening - great stuff!

If it wasn't for the fact that I'm jealous not to be there I could think that I'm enjoying watching others riding this more that riding it myself! Great going by everyone. I think the 3 leaders on the 350 have just got to the bit that probably broke me mentally last year so hoping that they're feeli...

Good luck to all headed up to Peebles - I'm another one who's made my excuses already so will be dot watching instead :cry: Enjoy the dry and dusty trails (also very frustrated to be missing them!) and happy riding! Ollie P.S. Obviously drink lots given the weather but seeing as two (out of three) o...

Thanks Ollie, I remember wondering when you where going to post the last bit. Yep, been meaning to write it for a while now! Sorry for the delay. Yes, there will be a 2018 group start, first Saturday of July, registration from 1st March. If you don't fancy doing the full 350 then I'm contemplating ...

Time has eroded my memory of what happened next but I thought I should finally finish my tale so here's what I can recall of my final hours. Day 4 I slept fitfully for a few hours, frequently waking up short of breath and to the sound of drizzle before finally deciding that it wasn't exactly restful...

Day 3 A comfy bed and long breakfast led to a later than planned start but the rain had stopped by the time I finally dragged myself out of the hostel so I could enjoy dry shoes for a little longer! The climb up on to the Cheviots was easy fire road for the most part before disappearing along a bogg...

DAY 2 Having spent most of the previous evening trying to rehydrate I spent most of the night at the mercy of my undersized bladder... Having woken the other guests in the bothy up twice (once when arriving and a couple of hours later) it seemed only fair to pack my bags and hit the trail when I got...

Good to hear the details of your suffering too! I've no idea how you made it to the pass before Overphawhope in the daylight though - good effort! It goes to show just how messed up my memory is that I would have sworn the Common Law "friendliness" was on the second or third day - it did c...

Lush lochside trails

Distracting sunshine!

Looking back towards Birkscairn hill...?

I can only figure out how to upload one image per post so apologies for the spam that's about to follow...

Already much of this seems a blur and looking at the photos I took doesn't seem to help much either, I've no idea where some of them were or why I thought it deserved a photo... Anyway, I'll do my best to recount what I can remember in case it helps any who follow in our footsteps (and there were ma...

Cheers guys - I can't really blame the weather though, I think I just wasn't fit enough to finish in the time I had available... There were plenty of mistakes along the way which, combined with the weather, probably didn't help but probably my biggest mistake was failing to appreciate just how rough...

So I'm back in the land of the living... So much to say I'm not sure where to start, as Ray's already mentioned the only "similar" event I'd done was the BB200 back in 2012 so it was with a fair degree of trepidation that I made it to the start line but even for most of the 4 days I spent ...

Really sorry to hear that Ray - it does indeed suck I hope you're on the mend soon.

Thanks for the shop/cafe opening hours. It looks like there's also a cafe in Ingram (about 25km after Wooler), open 10-16:30. Might also be worth noting that the shop in Town Yetholm looks like it shuts at 16:00 on Sunday (although if I make it that far at all by Sunday I'll be happy!)

Hi Karl, Bridget, Ray, Somehow I seem to have got myself committed to making it to the start line... I'll be driving up on the Friday afternoon but the earliest we'll make it is 7, probably more like 9 to be honest but we'll join you if we get there in time as it would be good to talk to folk other ...