Border XC, Norham 6 February 2011

The best bits of my trip to Norham on Sunday were the drives down the A68/697 and back up the A1.   Each journey took about 90 minutes and, while there was some water on the roads, there was little or no mud.   The Norham course was very different, we plunged into a fast running burn 8 times, i.e. lots of water,  and for the rest of the 4 or 5 miles we struggled through deep and glutinous mud.   What was worse was that about 6 of us were misdirected with about half a mile to go, so despite all the effort, we finished in the last 6.   Mike Pearson was our star in 103rd place, I came 107th and last.