Whilst I waited for the runners to return I enjoyed looking around . . and as always, if you look hard enough, there's plenty to see . .

one friend of  mine was delayed on her way to the race, and set off on her own some way behind everyone else . .

and soon afterwards, the race winner Amy Chalk came striding down the slope . .

followed by 166 other runners in the largest ever Candleford Canter . .

not too many men running, but Trevor, a clubmate of mine at Tring, was out supporting his daughter . . doing some shopping too, by the looks of things . .

almost at the finish . . and this runner has difficulty in keeping the contents of her hard-earned goody bag to herself . . and as I walked past the St John's Ambulance people (where would we be without them?) they were already discussing where they'd be the following weekend . .