A slight correction to Ian's excellent report.
EVERYONE including ALL the leaders went the wrong way. Apparently it was the race sweeper behind all the runners who shouted to the backmarkers that they were going the wrong way. The message was then passed on further and further up the field until it reached the front. We were then faced with a handicap race with the slowest runner at the front and the fastest runner at the back. Because the error occurred so early in the race I don't think it affected the result but it certainly made for an interesting race!
Read all about it in the next newsletter!
Malcolm
(picture from Amanda!. See the full set of pictures in the photo album named Christmas Cracker 2009 in the left margin)