Our sincere thanks to Major Pat Scullion and his team at 5RRF in Durham for all the help they provided to us prior to and during our stay at the TA Centre in Durham.

The route that they choose was excellent and took in a lot of the features of Durham outside of the city centre with a long run along the river.

Time could be spent watching crews practicing their rowing skills, – some better than others.

Durham was another first for us in that we had two different Mayors attend the start and finish. It was Mayoral handover day so in the morning we had Mayor Mamie Simmons and her Consort start the run and then later in the day we had Mayor Les Thomas welcome Andy at the finish. It was ones last engagement and the others first, quite a coup for Challenge66. Thanks to Eric Ingram for arranging it.

We were also delighted to have the pipers from 102 Battalion REME to once again send Andy and the other runners on their way. Andy was joined by John Hutchinson, Nigel McKaine and Ian Graham all of whom planned to do the whole distance with him. Ian Legg also came to support Andy as did Phil Robinson.

Andy had a good run and finished in a good time that nearly caught everyone out. The new Mayor just arrived on time. A good visit to Durham and it is a lovely City worth a look around.

Time 6:18:23. Pack up and move to Ripon for the penultimate run.