First off I can highly recommend this race. Organisation was great with prompt responses to my email queries. Briefing was v clear and included warning of a bull (more later), great views over Bath and Bristol, very little by way of tarmac, opportunity to try Inov-8 shoes (which I did), great support from the marshals with cow-bells an excellent signs and very hard to go wrong. I had a great day out! There were two feed stations with sweets, fruit and drink should you need it. I carried my own. Perhaps worth noting that this is a trail race so the paths were narrow in places limiting over taking and meant nettle stings unavoidable, but it’s a trail race so to be expected. No problem as far as I’m concerned. The distance was longer than advertised. I recorded just shy of 25km. Not an issue for me as I was running within my limit, but some had paced themselves for the advertised distance of 21km. Perhaps a feature of this being a new course. The race was advertised as plastic  free so I was disappointed to find plastic cups on offer at the start / end and at the feed stations. I’ll be emailing the organisers. And finally the bull. It wasn’t clear where we should expect the bull and I’m not sure if the problem was in the same field, but there was a safety issue and animal welfare concern early in the race. Before the race had chance to thin out we entered a field with cows, calves, a bull and an angry farmer. Runners were sticking to the path that ran along two sides of the field margin. But with so many runners and due to the shape of the field & path, the cows were spooked, distressed and charging around. I walked to avoid adding to the problem & kept my distance. Two other runners were not so lucky and were knocked to the ground. Could this have been avoided? Should runners slowed up and walked, should a Marshall been there to limit access, should discussions have taken place between farmer and organiser prior to the race (perhaps they had)? Or is this sufficiently unusual and difficult to avoid? I’d like to think that something could be done to reduce this risk in the future. To be clear the issue didn’t spoil what was, for me, an excellent event.