Caz the Hat does the Merri

Looking North towards Arenig Fawr

I meet Carwyn about 3 weeks before while supporting a Paddy and knew he was going to have a go at the Meirionnydd Round which had only had 1 sub-24 hour completion by Yannis in 1998.  Being quite local, this was an event I wanted to be part of.

I helped support leg 4 over Arenig Fawr and Rhobell Fawr. I would guess it was about 15 miles and maybe 4000ft of climb in total. However, both Bill Williamson (no mean runner of rounds himself) and I thought this leg was at least as hard as leg 3 of a BGR. There are long sections of boggy heather with no defined path and some forest. The much of the last 2 miles of descent was just heather and bog with little or no path. At least BGR plus 2 hours, no well warn paths here, this is real adventure country.

The story of the Round is for Caz to tell and he very much deserves to tell it. 23.31 was a great achievement given the challenge and the heat. He worked very hard both on the day and doing a lot of prep. in the months before. A great day with great people.

Lets hope it gets some more attempts, but maybe one of the charms of the area is that it won't get too many.

Looking forward to supporting a Leventons Line (yes, a new one on me as well) and a Paddy over the next few weeks.

Caz and hat with Moel Llyfant in background

From Moel Llyfnant toward Arenig Fawr