It was the first time I'd done this particular race. It was well marshalled (all friendly and encouraging) with plenty of drinks and the offer of Jelly babies/chocolate pieces at Laddow rocks. We were given an energy bar as we crossed the finish line and then a magnificent choice of very large bread rolls (I chose Tuna and sweet corn), a slab of cake, a chocolate biscuit and as much tea/coffee as you wanted. A lot of prizes including "spot". Recommend we keep this on our itinerary.
Barry