Spine Race 2023 - Leg 6 (Bellingham to Kirk Yetholm)
I might have revised my plans had I known in advance that within 15 minutes of leaving Bellingham the hallucinations would start so soon. Again, more caffeinated gels came out and again they did nothing. I was beginning to think I could be chucking away a potential finish of the Spine Race for just sheer stupidity. However, I made my bed (excuse the pun) and now I needed to make the best of it. I decided to make decent progress in this section by going at a good walk and no more, not knowing how I would fare later on. I was having wave after wave of new hallucinations, occasionally interspersed with some normal thought. Thankfully a useful distraction was that my wife turned up at one of the road crossings and Ultrarunning Sam was also there who was doing media work for the Spine. This time I was happy to stop and have a chat for 10 minutes and both my wife interviewed me for the Youtube channel she puts daily updates on as did Sam. With hindsig...