Off they go! Katie finished her introductory speech two minutes early, so most of the entrants left at 09:30. There were also a few at 10:00, although I was gossiping inside and missed that. Only David Morgan and Simon Pipe started at 10:30, but they’ll soon catch up.
A video of Katie thanking the volunteers on the local 100 committee for their help over the last four years. There’s been a lot of organisation to get this event going and countless hours of work.
And some event instructions.
And here’s Richard, one of the 100 committee, looking noticeably thinner following his diet and that’s been the talk of the registration desk today.
Peter and I used to run the registration desk at Norfolk & Suffolk LDWA events for many years. We agreed that we were both above average, but Peter retired from it a few years ago and I was stuck with Richard. So, it was marvellous to relive the good old times at this event!
There’s Simon being thanked for all his risk assessments on the 100 (he’s the smug one in the background with the flash of green on his backpack). I interviewed him a few years ago for my series of ‘walking the 100’ posts. And don’t worry, he won’t mind me calling him smug 🙂
There’s Jane (in white) and Sue (in orange), both being congratulated for their help in organising the 100 event. They’ve both been very brave.
Jayne is heading the catering for both events and so she is one of two people who has already completed the event as she did it on the Easter weekend. Here she is being presented her completion certificate by Katie and also her certificate for finishing 20 events.
And as she has helped to organise the 100, so she was thanked for all of her work.
Katie has set the bulk of the entrants off, videos to come….
And ready to go…..
Here’s the food for the 52 people who are on the route, all very exciting. It feels like a lot of food and drink, but always best to have too much….
Thanks to Jayne for all her planning with the food for the event.
At Ipswich railway station waiting for the transport logistics team, also known as Richard’s car, to turn up. I was going to walk to McDonald’s to get breakfast but I genuinely forgot that this isn’t Poland and the breakfasts here are sub-optimal, so I needed another plan. And the £1 for a pastry offered by O2 Priorities has worked out nicely, here’s my chicken bake fresh from the oven. It’ll still likely be hot in about half an hour when Richard appears. Having some time here meant that I could request a chicken bake from the oven, but it’s currently hotter than the centre of the sun.
The main event kicks off at 09:00, so it’s all happening now. I might even provide some walking commentary at some point.
