This is easily becoming a must-do annual event for me. It's my second year and I loved it just as much as I did last year. At the beginning, I thought the change to the parking would be horrible because but it turned out to be a good move. The atmosphere between runners on the course is amazing and the experience of running at 2:30am in the rain will stay with me forever!

Pros: loads of portaloos in every field and at the start/finish line, large water tanks, loads of camping space, edible goodies at registration, enthusiastic marshals, festival atmosphere, food tent, huge medal and technical t-shirt, physio on site, beautiful course, fairies and glowsticks in the trees, medical aid at regular intervals, the whole site is easy to navigate and there are decent showers. 

Cons: the t-shirt was almost identical to last year's, the campervan field is really far away from the start, the VW bar ran out of drinks by the end of Saturday, the Clif Café ran out of jelly blocks during Sunday but did still have water which is an improvement on last year, there was only 1 block of showers that I knew of. 

If you can get past the pain of running loops around a hilly trail course, you will have the best time. I also want to say a huge thank you to the team who were maintaining the portaloos all weekend; I hope you got a medal too!