This year\'s Capricorn was a very much better affair than last year\'s disaster. The first day\'s course was similar to last year\'s Mountain Trial but there is nothing wrong in covering good areas twice. Saturday was scorching hot, the ground baked dry and many streams empty. Most people took time out to submerge in the rivers that were flowing. I suffered less than most in the heat and made it into the day 2 chasing start.

In cooler cloudy conditions on the second day the old order was re-established and I was ousted out of the top ten.

Rick Ansell