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From Ericquest II October 9th 2008

Crew : Luc, 3sheds, Billy, Pete, El Pres & Tom, El pud & Vicky, Croxy, PTD, Big Dan, Big Nick

From Ericquest II October 9th 2008

Ombudsman/scrutineer/Questmaster : Eric

From Ericquest II October 9th 2008

Route : Various 😉 and occasionally, dubious :-0

From Ericquest II October 9th 2008

From Ericquest II October 9th 2008

Weather : Fine , chilly North Wind in the Wildboarclough Valley

Notes (courtesy of El Pud) :

• Steve F – Mostly on foot. Had he used all available time, on a pro-rata basis would have beaten at least 3 of the cycling teams!
• PtD & Phil – A good result despite spending 25% of available time stationary. Had daylight advantage. £800 quid’s worth of it.
• Pete & Luc – Punched below their weight. Catalogue of excuses.
• Croxy – Failed to capitalise on solo advantage. Machette may have been useful for obscure direct route through Macc Forest
• Big Nic & Billy – Avoided major injury to claim title of best all-male pairing.
• Palmer & Son – Disadvantaged by unsuitable bicycles. Young lad was on a bike still too big for him. Dad was on a girl’s bike.
• Kersh & Big Dan – Flakey route choice (no real surprise there). Cycled at least twice as far as all other teams for little reward pointswise.
• Mr & Mrs Pud – Suprisingly both bikes were functional to the end. Post race route choice analysis revealed scope for further optimisation.
• Eric – Flawless organisation. Watch out Fat Pat…..

From Ericquest II October 9th 2008

Notes 2 (courtesy of Salad Dodger) :

• Another classic event thanks to Eric. The real beauty of it was that there was no “obvious” route to success.
• Excellent Service, beer and vittels provided by our hosts in the Leathers Smithy. They even agreed to dim the house lights so that we could do a “geek illuminosity test” of the variety of lighting equipment on display.