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Mid camp 6am Sunday morning

Mid camp 6am Sunday morning

Mid camp 6am Sunday morning

Chasing start, the overnight leaders of the Elite, A and B course head off

The leading Elite and B teams racing each other on the climb out of mid camp

A mixed team!

Race Director Martin Stone enjoying his porridge at mid camp

Vicki Maynard and Colin Kirkman packing up at mid camp prior before heading off on the B course

Ewan and Robbie Paterson leaving the chasing start

Ewan and Robbie Paterson ran strongly on Day 2 to move up to second place

Matthew Davis and Chris Beadle maintained their Day 1 lead to win the B course

Overnight D course leaders, Iain Walker and Tim Allen approach their fifth control

Jeremy Edwards carrying his partners’ sack – the strategy worked as they maintained second position on the B

Punching at the fifth D control on a col below Ben Challum

Kerstin Leslie and father James had a good Day 2, rising to seventh place and taking the mixed team prize

The D team of Craig Marsden and David Lydgate put the skates on to climb from 17th to 8th place

Teams tackle a long contour above the glen that leads back to the finish

A cheerful team going well

A Novice team negotiate an electric fence – site of their third control

Teams cross a washed out gully

Where to next? A team at control no. 162, a knoll

A pair arrives at control no. 162, shared by Elite and C

Approaching control 162, the fifth C control

A team approach a lochan control shared by A and B teams

That way to the finish

Heading downhill towards the event centre, where the marquee and tents can be seen below

Many teams fell on this slippery slope on the way to the last control

A pair enjoys good running down to the final control under the railway viaduct

The winning Elite mixed team finished after the prize giving

A pair show team spirit on the finish run in

Martin Stone thanks controller Andy Spenceley at the prize giving