Ten of us went to Snowdonia this weekend to help at the marathon. This visit to North Wales has become a yearly fixture for some of us and was Adrian’s 18th time! We were very pleased to be joined by Tim Jarvis, our honorary member, who had made the long journey up from Essex.
The race began at 10.30 on Saturday. Five of us manned the Bryn Gwynant feedstation (9 miles) and four did the Llyn Dinas one (11.5miles) – handing out drinks, sponges and chocolate to the passing runners. Later they all went to Llanberis and worked behind the finish line wrapping runners in foil blankets and giving them their slate drinks coaster "medals." As always, many thanks to all the feedstation volunteers without whose time and energy the race couldn’t happen and for stoically enduring the spells of heavy rain and hailstones! 
Daniel ran the race for the fifth time and finished in 4 hours 5 minutes, a personal best and 20 minutes faster than last year. Some things do get better with age… but my knees and quadriceps are sore today! The marathon route is one of the most scenic in the UK and the autumn colours were particularly beautiful this year – yellow, orange and brown leaves everywhere.
Supper at the basecamp (pasta main course followed by Karin’s scrumptious pear & apple crumble) preceded an evening of Spin & Shout (Sarah won), Monopoly (Alison won) and the Daily Telegraph’s general knowledge crossword.
On Sunday morning we had bacon rolls for breakfast, did Karin’s 500-piece Simpsons jigsaw and then departed at lunchtime, either directly home or via Plas Newydd or Bodnant Garden.
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