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29 June - 4 July 2008

48 days to go!

News from the Hebridean Challenge

  • Campervan For Sale

    11 May 2008 - Bill Horsman is selling his Transit Campervan after this year's Heb. See it at the race or at <a href="http://www.transitcamper.co.uk">transitcamper.co.uk</a>

  • Outside Edge

    28 April 2008 - Sponsorship from the Oban outdoor shop Outside Edge. more

  • Entries for 2008

    11 March 2008 - If you plan to enter but haven't done so (by paying the deposit) then now is the time! more

  • Changes to the Race Format

    04 March 2008 - Stef Sargent, new Race Director Paul Corrigan and Route Planner Gavin Earons have been in the thick of exciting planning for the "Heb 2008". more

  • The Start of a Plan

    07 January 2008 - We're racing from Eriskay to the Butt of Lewis; some rules changes coming up. more

  • Gavin Earons

    05 January 2008 - Gavin Earons will be our Route Planner and in charge of the Daily Results Service. more

  • Race Director and Other Stuff

    17 December 2007 - Paul Corrigan is the new Race Director; entries are coming in thick and fast for 2008; Stef back in action; routes and results. more

  • Ready for 2008?

    03 October 2007 - We've launched our new website and we're ready to accept entries for next year's race: 29 June to 4 July 2008.

  • 2007 Race Closes

    06 July 2007 - We give out prizes; we eat and drink; we dance until we can’t dance any more. I’ve had a ball this evening and apparently a lot of other folk have, too…and the best bit may be that I have a bed and an en suite bathroom all to myself in the very comfortable and hospitable Cross Inn. We’ve done it! more

  • Day 4

    05 July 2007 - The major mountains of Harris await the experienced racer and the unwary Heb-virgin more

  • Day 3

    04 July 2007 - First off is a lovely run up the Urgha Beag track... It is a wonderful place, calm, peaceful and with no living soul in sight, save for the birds. The only sound is birdsong and tumbling water, residue from our heavy downpours. more

  • Day 2

    03 July 2007 - South Harris looks like the Caribbean, its beaches at their most golden, its seas turquoise in the shallows, its mountains magnificent. more

  • Day 1

    02 July 2007 - Ferry leaves at 0715 and I have to holler at some sleepy campers to get into gear. They are stiff and reluctant! Kayakers leave a little late and get the sharp end of Jeff’s usually gentle tongue, too. Late starts, we know if they don’t, have a horrible knock-on effect throughout the day. more

  • The Prologue

    01 July 2007 - arrival at Barra, while folk throw tents onto the croft we’ve been lent. Then I set off the bikes and the runners. Those on foot will bag a few hills and belt back –bikes need to zip to a CP on Vatersay and also circumnavigate the island –it’s a great bike road! more

  • Registration

    30 June 2007 - We do a brief ‘meet and greet’ and begin the chaos of registration and paying outstanding debts. Kit checks are easy for former ‘Hebites’ but more complex for those who are still sounding-out what they’ve got themselves into! more

  • Getting Ready!

    29 June 2007 - All of us tumble hastily the sixty-odd miles down to the Sound of Harris ferry. Meet up with ‘pair’ Colin and Bennie, our only local competitors –happily, raring to go. Rumour has it Bennie has been training on Harris mountains with rocks in his backpack! more