Now I’ll be honest with you, the days of my cross country running are well and truly, but a distant memory.
But had I still been active in this area, I’m not sure I’d have been too impressed by someone fixing it that I had to run an extra mile and a half on top of the distance I’d signed up to run.
Which is exactly what happened to some participants in an event held last week in Scotland.
Last Sunday runners at a 10k trail race in Glasgow were sent in the wrong direction by a prankster pretending to be a marshal, and who had buried arrow signs marking the course.
About 30 of the 115 participants were sent on a 2.5km (1.5 mile) detour by the individual involved.
Race organisers, Acorn Trails – and presumably those directly affected – were less than amused by the incident.
The organisers pointed out that not all the runners were local to the area, and since all their warm clothing, refreshments and first aid were at the finish line, it might have been quite serious had anyone got lost.
Those competitors who were affected by the “mischievous” interference have now been offered a 50% discount on their entry to the next event.
The near 10k race starts and finishes at the old golf clubhouse within Linn Park following two laps of Castlemilk Woodland.
Marshals had been positioned at several points, where it had been thought participants could get lost but it seems that the miscreant was able to direct runners towards Linn Park Bridge from an unmanned spot.
In the second hour of today’s show, I was joined by Margaret Mills who was looking at the life and times of one, ENID PORTER.
Enid Porter was born in Westcliff, where she started life as a teacher before moving to Cambridge where she became fascinated in folklore, legends and customs.
So involved did she become in this work, that she subsequently become the longest serving curator of the Cambridge & County Folk Museum, now known as the Museum of Cambridge.
Her notebooks, now in the possession of the Museum of Cambridge, hold a treasure-trove of information about Cambridgeshire customs, stories and songs.
Listen here to what Margaret had to say about this lady:-
I very much look forward to having your company once again next week,
Scott
