by Brian J » Mon Oct 20, 2014 10:23 am
Another very enjoyable Naylor weekend. We’ve now got it down to a fine art. Arrive in time to put the tents up before going to Nether Wasdale for the Screes Race. Do the race, back to the pub for hot pot and then back for tea and cake in the campsite supplied by our support vehicle (Phil’s campervan), shower, change, off to the dinner in the Santon Bridge Hotel, fine meal and ale and then we are ready for the presentation of tankards to this year’s successful contenders. Steve Watts and Geoff Pett received their tankards. Geoff was a year late because he could not be there last year, and this year Mandy sent her apologies direct to the hierarchy fearful that one of the Tuckerettes might be in an over-helpful mood and deny her the pleasure of receiving it from the hands of Joss next year. She got the most applause of the night when Joss announced that she could not attend because she was competing in the British rowing team in the US.
The Race? Well the victorious M60 team of last year could not live up to the pre-race expectations. Dave W retired with a pulled calf before we got to the open fell (yes, he was the one who had done a warm-up). Digby and Steve were way out ahead of the other Macc runners. Julie G was second woman home, and I don’t know what they put in the old dear’s flew jab that I had in the morning but I managed to have a good old tussle with Martin who got past me near the end on the flat. He was in turn overtaken by Chris Cripps just before the end. As for Tucker, I think that the excitement of riding shotgun when collecting Phil’s new racing car the day before proved too much for him. I hope the FRA Relays were as much fun.