So what type of "stick" can we expect?

Will "Our Glorious Leader" implement a weight penalty system? There could be a sliding scale of stick. So if you put down the trade route from Braemar to St Cyrus you will have to carry a half brick. If you have not measured your height gain properly you have to carry 2 bricks and if you put in a route sheet that consists of only grid reference points you have to carry 3 bricks, 2 vetters and wear lead lined boots. Bricks would be embossed with the Challenge logo and handed out at the sign out points and must be handed in at Montrose before you can collect your certificate. Vetters would carry out spot checks along the way and any Challenger who can not produce their brick would be barred from the event.

Or will "Our Glorious Leader" implement a shackling system? All Challengers who have not submitted perfect route sheets would have their legs shackled together at the start points. The length of chain would depend on the seriousness of the deficiency of the route sheet. Those who submit a trade route would have a chain long enough to take their normal stride. Challengers who submit an unclear route sheet would have a half stride chain length and those who put Jocks Road as a FWA would have 6 inches of chain so they could only take baby steps.

I'm sure either of these would encourage Challengers to take a bit more care filling out their route sheets.

Ian C.

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