Taxi booked for 6.45am and arrived at Barracks 7'ish as planned. Battery flat on RV again but thanks to auxiliary start, we're soon on our way - presume things will get back to normal when we've done a few miles.
Ellie's not a brilliant passenger at the best but , stick her in this monster of a vehicle, in the front offside seat without a steering wheel in front of her and see how she twitches!!! lol.
Arrived safely at the Burrell Collection at the park and set up in main car park. Apart from the rain, everything was otherwise OK!
In the absence of any local dignitary, the Project Director requested that Mrs Birch be the official starter. Ellie seemed quite at home with her air horn and Andy and his co-runner were soon on their way.
Ellie & Andy sharing a joke!!
Off again!!
The weather alternated between, wet, very wet and dry - then suddenly the sun came out and everything looked much better.
Ellie accompanied Andy on 4 or 5 laps of the park no doubt using the opportunity to catch up on all of the gossip.
Andy did one of his sprint finishes today, catching us all by surprise with Nikki doing her best to single handedly manage the finishing tape!
Andy crosses the line in 7hrs 1min and another marathon is over
Then it was time for my lovely wife to return to her hotel in Glasgow whilst we completed our decamp and set sail for Stirling. Roadworks, weather and traffic made it a journey to remember!
Navigated safely to Stirling Castle where the sun shone on us once again, whilst Andy, accompanied by Barry & Jim, went directly to the Army Recovery Capability Centre in Glasgow where Andy had agreed to speak to servicemen from the Army, Navy & Airforce. They arrived a little later in Stirling where an RV dinner was served!!
So another night in the RV for Barry & me whilst Andy, Jim & Nikki sampled the delights of Stirling Youth Hostel. Andy also suffered a 2 hour treatment from Sophie as well!
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