Yeah, I make it a bit more than that but Josh has certainly lost ground over the Bealach. He was about 15 mins up at one point

Nerd moment.

Phils place from last year vs Josh this year.

Good nerding

You mean not everyone does this?

Sheepisly holds up hand

Just seen the tweet comparing this year and last (gah! Greg's beaten me to it!), looks substantial but it's mainly tarmac (even if it's the Drumbeg road )

Looking at Nikk's shots, interesting that two out of the first three are on full suss bikes and the other is on a rigid (can't tell if he's SS or not)

Been doing it most of the day, but my imaging-fu is not as strong as yours...

whitestone wrote:Just seen the tweet comparing this year and last (gah! Greg's beaten me to it!),

Ahhem thats because I'm running the Twitter feed....

Ian wrote:Been doing it most of the day, but my imaging-fu is not as strong as yours...

Gotta have some skillz don't I.

GregMay wrote:Ahhem thats because I'm running the Twitter feed....

I hadn't twigged, oh wait ...

I saw you'd posted it to the STW thread as well.

I has a dual personality

Scratch Update:

Ed Procter with a calf injury - can't walk uphill :/ Off to a B&B in Lairg.

I'm currently playing "Drink your way along the HT550 route"

I am also currently off route some where in Orkney.

I'm on Skye currently - Talisker to be precise

I think it's only me and you that are up watching this?

I'm somewhere near Glasgow now...it's all going pearshaped



I figure we're doing our own sort of race training with the sleep deprivation but comfortably.

I suspect my planned ride in the morning may not be so fun though.

[quote]I figure we're doing our own sort of race training with the sleep deprivation but comfortably./quote]

Morning blue dot junkies.

No overnight change in our leaders positions - Phils record (LSH) is still safe.

Overnight Scratch Update:

Giacomo Maltman has scratched at Oykel Bridge with an old Achilles injury kicking in.

Check point 5 times look like Josh has taken 1/2 hour out of Tom

I'm enjoying the updates and commentary so keep it up guys (interesting to hear your insights into the route Ian).

u02sgb wrote:I'm enjoying the updates and commentary so keep it up guys (interesting to hear your insights into the route Ian).

Thanks. I've been posting via Twitter more than here (@wildcatgear), so head over there if you haven't already :)

Currently mobile though, so updates might be sporadic.

Scratch Update:

Tom Gibbs confirmed as a scratch, is all fine and is going to spin home nice and easy.

Rich and Tom are going down the HT440 route.

Scratch Update:

Darren Koslicki - cold, wet, not enough kit.
Amanda Brooks - GPS failure
Two riders are together and ok

Some good rides out there, tom isnt far behind josh at this stage. It could all close up in the next sections (and in tesco ullapool).

Got to stop blue dot watching for a while and go for a ride!