Round-the-Orme walking race 1968

[BrianP]

My twin brother and I were in the Army Cadets, in 1968 we took part in a round the Orme walking race. Some local people are mentioned in this newspaper cutting

[Michael]

Just spotted this thread. Sounds like a good idea to me, anyone remember the rules and regs I.e. traffic, which way round. Seeing as no organisation has taken it up, there must be snags. Mike

[DVT]

Shouldn't be too difficult to arrange.  Council Amenities Department are keen to promote such things and closing the Orme for an event like this has happened a few times recently - running, cycling and last weekend's Cambrian Rally.  Yes, there are things that have to be done - authorisation, pre-event notice, publicity, PR work, signage, marshalling but not insurmountable although there is a cost involved.

[Bri Roberts]

Before my operation, I regularly walked around the Great Orme.

From the toll house on the West Shore to the toll house on the North Shore, I could never do better than 1 hour and 15 minutes.

I often used to wonder if anyone has managed to do it in less than an hour?

[Michael]

The main snag would be checking that the walker didn't break into a trot on the downhill sections to break the record Mike