Time/Position: 33.10
John Morris's 80th birthday, so he'd organised something suitably memorable to mark the occasion - a headtorch 'blind relay' from the Raven Inn to the top of Moel Gyw and back. Tokens were handed out randomly in the first field, meaning you didn't know who your partner was until the end. I think my partner was Tim Hargreaves and I think we may have been joint first or second, but none of this was entirely clear, which seemed appropriate! We did win a Hulson's pork pie and some cash, which we immediately gave back (the cash not the pie). The route took the usual KJC race route until the bwlch, after which it headed north to take an obscure 'path' through the heather to the top of Gyw: this is where we began to catch up with the tail end of the first group, leading to chaotic scenes on the 5 inch wide micropath. I thoroughly enjoyed the descent back to the pub, around 11 or 12 minutes from the summit direct via the turnip field. It always feels as though you are travelling ridiculously fast when racing by headtorch, an illusion of course. A very nice evening.
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