A slightly clearer picture emerges, as the wee backlog starts to clear

Routes received: 83 (35%)
Back for pre/post vet revision: 10
Being vetted: 2 (including one returned for a pre-vet Jock's Road FWA to be supplied)
Routes to be assigned to vetters: 8
V2 routes with vetters for approval: 2
"Good to go": 61

If you're among the 65 per cent still to submit, please be sure to read the Planning Notes and check your route to ensure it complies.

Recurring errors include:

• failure to provide FWAs for Jock's Road and the Lairig Ghru
• giving Scottish Hill Tracks route numbers on the route sheet
• not providing FWAs for potentially dangerous river crossings (eg, the Loyne, the Fords of Avon)
• not sending the co-ordinator his bottle of Ardbeg
• giving phone-in points that are too close to the start of the walk, or actually on the east coast
• not giving 1:50,000 Landranger sheet numbers
• not sending the co-ordinator his bottle of Ardbeg

All that said, the standard of routes this year has been bloomin' great and, in the majority cases where revisions are being requested, it's on grounds of safety and clarity. Which is fantabulous!