(A bit of a tumultuos day in the UK ultra running community, forgive me if i omit some detail of the adventures of Mark Barnes).
I had a conversation with Mark yesterday about the weather, and, with a window of opportunity in the very early hours of today, we discussed then disregarded the idea of a 0230hrs start. Sod that far too early.
At about 0230 this morning most of Mark's worldly goods were soaking wet and he was hanging on to his tarp in horrendous weather. The 0230hrs start, so readily disregarded the previous evening, became a reality. Get up, get going, get warm.
When i spoke to him around about 1800hrs today he was camped in the corner of another farmers field, sunburnt, dried out, digesting two bags of cous cous.
I believe he has done about another 43 miles and is in the proximity of Dizzard Point.
Thanks for all your effort re: the Sealskinz socks, Mark's family will hopefully purchase some for him in Newquay tomorrow, and hand them to him the same day.
Long distance anything in the UK in summer is challenging in that you need to pack and prepare for flooding and sunburn on the same day. Carting all that for 630 miles is not easy.
Song for Mark (ignore the video).
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