My fellow marshal who'd been at the turn round point soon caught me up and overtook me as I faffed around taking photos . . and when I returned to the finish area there wasn't many people still there . .

But those who remained were enjoying cooling down and having a natter . . and then coffee and cake . .

I leave you with these views of Ashton Court's very own Gromit . . known to his friends as Grant's Gromit . . so called because his markings resemble those of the eponymous Zebra . .