Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Mon May 24, 2021 12:39 pm
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Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Mon May 24, 2021 12:48 pm
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Mon May 24, 2021 12:57 pm
I assumed Alan had access to TL.
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Mon May 24, 2021 12:59 pm
Andrea/Trep has just pinged. Looks like she had breakfast at Inchbae or Contin.
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Mon May 24, 2021 1:04 pm
She's been having problems with brake rub. Don't know if it's sorted or not (fingers crossed). She overnighted at Contin, where she was hoping to get some breakfast, and also stopped at Inchbae.
Every opportunity to fuel. Gifthorse day.
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Mon May 24, 2021 1:15 pm
Cool. That'll get her to the OBH for another refuelling stop.
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Mon May 24, 2021 2:09 pm
Good to see Andrew Hutcheson doing well. I rode with him a bit on the 2014 edition and he finished 2nd ahead of me. As far as I know he hasn't been back since he scratched in 2015 (if I remember correctly with back problems).
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Mon May 24, 2021 2:16 pm
Upto the shins... You make the river crossings sound mild on the HT550 as compared to some of the other ITTswhitestone wrote: ↑Mon May 24, 2021 12:26 pm BB200/300 Shaf. Not many trees in Fisherfield.
There’s a shot on geograph.org from An Teallach looking down on the crossing where you can see a couple of underwater spits of river debris well out into the Loch. That’s the shallowest point. In 2017 I went straight across where the TL trace meets the river and the deepest point was halfway up my shins but mostly it was just over my shoes.
Edit- have to say that there’s a big gap between the leading four and the next group. Without checking (on a phone with a cracked screen) it looks like 8 or 9 hours
) it looks like 8 or 9 hours
maybe there is hope for me (1 day... God Willing) yet.Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Mon May 24, 2021 2:19 pm
It's weather dependent. Jenny Graham spent a whole day at the Fisherfield crossing, waiting for the water levels to drop.
There are also numerous other river crossings that are at least as problematic.
There are also numerous other river crossings that are at least as problematic.
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Mon May 24, 2021 2:22 pm
Think that was the year when I saw a photo of someone mid Fisherfield crossing with the water at shoulder heightScotRoutes wrote: ↑Mon May 24, 2021 2:19 pm It's weather dependent. Jenny Graham spent a whole day at the Fisherfield crossing, waiting for the water levels to drop.
There are also numerous other river crossings that are at least as problematic.
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Mon May 24, 2021 2:36 pm
Lars' trackers has gone pop!
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Mon May 24, 2021 3:04 pm
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Mon May 24, 2021 3:14 pm
josh ibbets has not pinged for about 3 hours
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Mon May 24, 2021 3:17 pm
Looks like it's back on track now. It had a bit of a breakdown earlier if you check his history: reported him up in the hills above the road to Oykel Bridge then next one he was back in the sea near Clachtoll.
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Mon May 24, 2021 3:18 pm
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Mon May 24, 2021 3:41 pm
Josh's tracker has woken up again - the 3 in the chase group are very close together!
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Mon May 24, 2021 3:47 pm
Dawn heading home by the looks of things 
And Mike Sheldrake off towards the Wee Mad Road of Inverpolly rather than Ledmore.
And Mike Sheldrake off towards the Wee Mad Road of Inverpolly rather than Ledmore.
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Mon May 24, 2021 4:07 pm
I hope Shell is alright, I love watching his rides
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Mon May 24, 2021 4:11 pm
Must have been short of stature or in the wrong spot.water at shoulder height
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Mon May 24, 2021 4:36 pm
Apparently Mike Sheldrake is currently running SS, and is off to Scourie bike shop to try to fix his derailleur.
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Mon May 24, 2021 4:42 pm
If Al scratched , he did it himself.
And yes, I have access to the back end of Trackleaders.
And yes, I have access to the back end of Trackleaders.
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Mon May 24, 2021 4:47 pm
(Though looking at where Scourie is, and the direction Mike's headed, that info doesn't seem quite right. He's definitely SS though)
Trepwatch: She pinged just S of the OBH about half an hour ago, and I just got the following text:
Trepwatch: She pinged just S of the OBH about half an hour ago, and I just got the following text:
SOUP.
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Mon May 24, 2021 4:53 pm
Scratch Update
- Alan Goldsmith (he posted it on Instagram - how Millennial of him)
- Dawn Anderson
- Alan Goldsmith (he posted it on Instagram - how Millennial of him)
- Dawn Anderson
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Mon May 24, 2021 6:26 pm
Right back home so a bit of nerdishness 
Assuming Liam's riding at about the same pace as Neil Beltchenko did, not unreasonable, then it looks like the current way through Fisherfield is about 2-3hrs longer (for them) than the 2017 route. Neil took 9.5hrs for Inverlael to Kinlochewe, Liam took 12hrs but had a 30min break at Poolewe. Apart from one small variation the route back to Tyndrum is the same. Liam's only 90mins down on Neil's time at his current location.
Looking at where Rich Rothwell is now, Liam was there 11hrs ago, that's a big gap.
Assuming Liam's riding at about the same pace as Neil Beltchenko did, not unreasonable, then it looks like the current way through Fisherfield is about 2-3hrs longer (for them) than the 2017 route. Neil took 9.5hrs for Inverlael to Kinlochewe, Liam took 12hrs but had a 30min break at Poolewe. Apart from one small variation the route back to Tyndrum is the same. Liam's only 90mins down on Neil's time at his current location.
Looking at where Rich Rothwell is now, Liam was there 11hrs ago, that's a big gap.
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Mon May 24, 2021 6:36 pm
Dammit I think I need to get an Instagram account if that's where all the cool kids are hanging out. Also need to log in to Twitter which only gets used for following this race. What other social media do I need? Any HT550 content on tik tok?