The sign reads Welcome to Arkendale, and what a Warm Welcome it was on a sunny but blustery morning in North Yorkshire this Sunday . .

if you're entering the village from the West, turn left when you see the Church . . or from the East, turn right when you see the Bluebell . . recent rain had left the field scheduled to be the car park waterlogged and every scrap of land in the village large enough was used for the purpose instead . .

With lots of friendly marshals to point you in the right direction before and after you'd parked your car . .

the daffodils were just about in full bloom on the north side of the road . .

and with so many sign posts it seems difficult to get lost . .

and there were some fields you probably wouldn't want to enter . . others that you might like to (not that I'm suggesting you should!) . . and one field you had to enter in the closing stages of the race . .

and here's Race HQ . .