Willow Tree Wander Results & Report
Comments & Feedback
GENERAL COMMENTS
Nichola Norman: I just want to say a huge thank you to Kevin and Howard for organising all the trail races over the past year. I really have enjoyed each and every one I have participated in and I can’t recommend them enough! They really are for everyone, no matter how fast or slow you may be. In an age where races/runs are so expensive (my daughter has just paid £45 for a 10k race!), these trails offer such great value for money, every race is different and they are extremely sociable events. Thanks again, happy new year to you both and here’s to many more in 2020!!
Katy Rehal: Enjoyable well organised trails through beautiful countryside. Instructions clear and concise, Kevin & Howard come up with fantastic ideas for routes. Thank you 😀
Claire Alison: A brilliant group of people organising these events. Love narrative trail running!
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MERSEA MIX
Chelmer Roadrunners Fantastic, therapeutic run with nature on the beach and trails at West Mersea this morning - the Mersea Mix 6.4 mile Trail Race. A beautiful run made all the more lovely by the weather…. thank you so much to Howard and Kevin and everyone at Essex Trail Events for another great event.
Karen Sweeney Loved that route today, I’d go as far as saying it’s one of my favourite ever routes! Thank you
Anna Barclay Loved it today, thank you!
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NIGHTMARE TRAIL
Vicky Presland Love these run and meal nights whatever the weather. Thank you both. See you soon.
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STICKY WICKET
Selina Morgan We had a great time Essex Trail Events. Thank you so much
Shay Joyce
Thank you Kevin & Howard yet again another cracking trail run
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PITCH BLACK IN PURLEIGH
Phil Presland Thanks guys - really enjoyed it once again
Sarah Wilson-Frost Thank you, great route and lovely food
Kelly Ysanne Thanks for another great event.
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SEVEN SWANS A SWIMMING
Lorna Pettifer Another excellent trail. Thank you.
Sarah Hammond Really enjoyed today’s trail, fab route. Thank you
Paul Bridges Awesome morning thank you very much
David James Ward Thank you for such a lovely trail run, you guys are awesome
Paul Whitmore Brilliant event as always, many thanks
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CHILLI NIGHTS
Sarah Orley Great run, great food
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TOPPESFIELD TERROR RUNS
Antony Goodall That really was a good route yesterday. I thoroughly enjoyed the run - regardless of the wind and rain. Cheers guys!
Hilda O'Kelly Essex Trail Events . Thanks for organising another great event, really enjoyed it despite the weather
Sara Demetriou Thanks for another great event. Memorable weather, nice pub, a lot of fun.
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TARMAC TWISTER
Jackie Stretton This is one of our favourite events every year. There might only be three short hand terms, but it's definitely one of the trickiest, which makes it all the more fun, especially when you're running into so many people all coming from different directions
Letitia Tish This was a brilliant run, we had such a great time!
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ADMIRAL McHILLY & CHELMER TRAIL
Steph Morgan: My first one with u all was great thank you xx
Johanna Houlahan: That was such fun - we’ll be back!
Kelly Worboys: Thank you very much, great route thoroughly enjoyed it!
Jayne Elliott: Enjoyed the short route very much- thanks
Shay Joyce: Great trail race as always Thank you
Karen Sweeney: Great route today, very well written and no hills, perfect! Thanks guys
Mark Passey: Fantastic morning, really enjoyed it!
Stacy Hember: Lovely route, thanks guys x
Julia Bawden: A really enjoyable trail with excellent instructions. Thanks guys
James Bosher: Tough route and I was sweating after about a mile. Instructions were spot on as usual, could have been a tough route to follow otherwise.
John Sweeney: Thanks for another great trail guys.
Christine Callan: Thoroughly enjoyed today's run. I was a late switch from the Chelmer Trail and was wondering if I would regret it! Beer and crisps was great way to relax after the run. Thanks for a great run.
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YEW TREE TRAILS
Paul Price: Brilliant event. Lovely route. Thanks guys.
Simon Morgan: Great venue and lovely course. Didn't go wrong once which is good for me. Thanks guys
Lynn Higgs: Great new route, great instructions. Glad we missed the rain
Mamie Liu: Thank you both again for plotting a great route! Great run report
Jackie Sibthorp: Thanks for the orange squash at the drink station today, much better than water!
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WRITTLE WROUND
Simon Davis-Crane: Thanks to the event organisers, marshals, volunteers and other runners for making my first 50km enjoyable. It was well worth the trip down from Liverpool, if only to experience the awesome soaking! Looking forward to next year already!
Gigi Giannella: Thank you so much for a great organisation and great route. Really enjoyed my first Ultra with such great atmosphere with all the runners around. And kudos to the couple with the bells cheering on everyone around the route
Amy Brass: Another fab Essex Trail Events!!! Would recommend to anyone to give them a try, friendly, relaxed, great group of people every time! Whether you’ve never run or are a seasoned runner these are for you!
Mandi Wilson: Thank you Essex Trail Events, it was an amazing experience, friendly competitors and amazing support at check points and the end, thank you for waiting for us.
Adam Bojan: Excellent event Thanks
Polly Bridgman: Thanks Kevin and Howard and everyone who helped, great race and I surprisingly enjoyed my first ultra!
Liz Cox: Thanks all - I had a great day!
Adam Lakomiec: My 1st ETE event - was very good! Thank you!
Robert Sirett: Great race and organisation, thanks for the hard work and please let all the marshalls know that we do appreciate their time in looking after us at each checkpoint. See you both soon.
Lisa Freeman: A very well run event. Directions were spot on and the route was great. Lovely meal when we got back too. Thank you for an enjoyable day!
Graeme McCrae: Yeah, another great event guys, thanks to you both and all the extra volunteers today
James Blackshaw: Great event, thanks for putting it on! And big thanks to all the marshals and helpers.
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CHIPPING AWAY
Lynn Higgs Was a lovely route. Thanks to you both for doing all these great trail events.
Lisa Smith What a trip down memory lane! Thanks for another great trail.
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ON YOUR MARKS
Jackie Stretton Really great morning. Loved running somewhere we've never really been to before. Thanks for pulling together such a pretty route for us!
Julia Binstead Great route great instructions as usual. Big thank you guys.
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VIRTUAL TRAILS CATALOGUE
Mark Barltrop: Just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed your farmhouse frolics run. The trail runs that I bought from you last year have been my best value running purchase ever. Thanks again and let's hope that things can get back to some sort of normality as soon as possible.
Richard Wager: We completed the Admiral McHardy Way this morning. The weather held up and it’s a lovely route. Such a great idea to make all those races available
Lorna Pettifer: Yesterday we ran the Castle 6 mile. What a great trail, lovely, beautiful route, no problems at all
Honor Elizabeth: Bradwell 7.5, another trail covered. This route is open, remote (no people!!), something ‘wild and lonely’ about it, which I love. A perfect and easy to follow route sheet. I think this will become one of my favourites
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TOPPESFIELD TRAIL
Robert Sirett: One of the best routes so far, thanks
Graham Marshall: Great route,thanks for all your hard work
Ken Wilding: Well organised, nice route Thanks guys
Naomi Rumbold: Great run- loved it.
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RIDLEY ROUND
Emma Pleasance: Another fantastic event thank you so much for organising it for us all to enjoy
Malcolm Bailey: Kevin and Howard - brilliant event. A very enjoyable day: excellent pubs and many thanks for taking the time to organise to help raise money for a fantastic charity
Sara Demetriou: Thanks for a really enjoyable day out! Very good organisation and lovely atmosphere as always
Glenda Oldnall Jackson: Thanks for a great day. It was my first time and won't be my last
Jody Wilkey: I’m so pleased you got to host it again. I loved it last year and I loved it again this year. Thank you
Louise Garrett: My first time and I loved it thanks for a fab day and for such great organisation
Peter Chubb: Great event, well organised, good beer and lots of friendly runners / walkers......what’s not to like. Looking forward to more trail events
Alison Cook: Really enjoyed my first self navigation course. Thank you to everyone involved
Jodie Condon: So much fun! Thank you
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ADMIRAL MCHILLY
Adam Bojan : Really enjoyed my first Essex trail event, an excellent course, thanks.
Jackie Stretton: Thanks for a brilliant little route. Thoroughly enjoyed it! Thanks for the effort in getting these going again for us!
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WRITTLE WROUND
Andrew Glen Blog post
Steve Skinner I took part in the Writtle Wround 50k which was incredibly well organised from registration to the finish. Appreciated the thorough race instructions and emails and brilliant support at aid stations. Will definitely be taking part in other Essex Trail Events soon! Thanks for the hard work you put in so we can enjoy the trails.
Amy Brass Every trail I have done with Essex Trail Events has been brilliant - so friendly and inclusive of all abilities, instructions well written and easy to follow... great value and really encourages everyone to be sociable. Loved the Writtle Wround today!! Tough but beautiful course, can’t wait for the next event ... but for now it’s bedtime!!!
Richard Rule Another well organised fantastic Essex Trail Events race. Thank you to all involved.
Katy Rehal Really great event, thank you so much for organising! Well-deserved pint & curry. Thank you to all the Marshals and helpers. 😀
Sara Demetriou Well done on organising such a great event. It was a pleasure to help out and hopefully next year I’ll run it.
Will Chaney Really enjoyed the claggy fields today. Lovely route.
Lorna Elliott Thank you so much for organising such a great event. Everyone was so friendly from marshals to check point teams etc. And the food on the course and after was amazing. Loved it! Although I'm sure my legs won't tomorrow 😂
Antony Goodall Great day - thanks Kevin, Howard and everyone that helped and ran. Cheers!
Colin Harper Brilliant event, thank you.
Gavin Tilling Thanks guys, great day, great course and organisation, great t-shirt & medal, even the roads Marshals were nice! Thank you for arranging
Fiona Pratt Great event, lovely route, and good instructions, thank you to all the volunteers you were all fab 👍
Debbie Smith Well deserved pint & curry thank you for waiting for us we both enjoyed it 😀
Sarah Wilson-Frost You all worked like trojans today, glad you got a pint in! Super event, thank you!!
Barbara Alexander Lovely event and super volunteers. Thanks!
Amanda Willis Thank you for a brilliant day!
James Bosher Great event, as always! Thank you
Elaine Giles We had a fabulous day.
Lorna Pettifer A great event. Thank you all 😁
Rebecca McVelia A well-deserved pint 🍻 Great event.
Sarah Hammond Thank you Kevin & Howard, really enjoyed today. Thanks to all your helpers too. Hope you enjoyed your pints & the curry!
Nick Pollard A great day, thank you everyone 👣
Julian Holder What a superb day out! Many thanks to Kevin and Howard and all the great marshals, support teams and everyone else who made it such a wonderful event! Enjoy the curries and beers!!
John Pettifer Brilliant event, great course. Great checkpoints and friendly runners as they passed myself and Lorna. Hope you do it again
Ian Lawson Brilliant event, I’m knackered now.
Sarah Orley Thanks for yet another great event.
Janice Page Thank you Howard, Kevin & all your helpers for a great race on Sunday. Loved the route, & we saw a bit extra of the lovely countryside as we went wrong 3 times, that's why we took so long! Would definitely do it again & a couple of hours quicker hopefully!
Stuart Collett Thank you again, a great event to complete my first ultra 😀
John McVelia Big thank you to Kevin and Howard for such a fantastic event; same time next year?
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RIDLEY ROUND
Sammo Nigh: Thank you for the wonderful Ridley round yesterday! I’ve never ran in anything like it. It was fantastic!
John Buchanan: Many thanks to the organisers- really enjoyable atmosphere with plenty of time to gossip with other participants on the way round!
Antony Goodall: Great event as ever! I really don't know how you arrange such good weather! Lovely trails, lovely pubs - thanks!
Jody Wilkey: We absolutely loved this thanks guys. Great pubs, lovely route and enjoyed the beer and cider. Think we’ve found our new running fuel!!!! X
Jane Cowland: Fantastic event. The “Gin Girls” loved it. Great trails. Loved that you changed some of it from last year as well. Thanks for organising it.
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CHIGNAL FETE
Sarah Coombe : thanks guys really enjoyed it, had to walk it all not being hardened trail runners but really enjoyed it. Beautiful route and you made the sun shine too! See you again soon 😁
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GALLEYWOOD GALLOP
James Forbes: Awesome evening! First time out and looking forward to many more.
Lydia Beard My first, and certainly not my last. Loved it!! Thank you
Dawn Potter: Thanks. Really enjoyed this 🙂
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CASTLE TRAIL
Hannah Cox: Thanks again for a great route, was a perfect intro for my other half to trail running.
Anita Leaver: It was a very enjoyable event! And perfect weather for running!
Julia Binstead: Thanks Kevin and Howard another lovely trail run and thanks for cutting down the nettles beforehand.
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TOPPESFIELD TENS
Tony Pestell: Fantastic event - first one but definitely won’t be the last. Really enjoyed the ‘run when you’re ready’ format and narrative trail
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LAST MINUTE TRAIL, BROXTED
Neil Cornick: Thanks all involved. That was my first narrative trail event and I loved it. Very friendly bunch and great fun. Looking forward to the next one.
Carl Denton: Really enjoyed it thank you
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Louise Garrett: So well organised, great routes, always so friendly & helpful! These guys know how to put on a good trail run!
Joanne Stearn: My first experience of trail running and I love how friendly and helpful everyone was. Great atmosphere. Five stars from me ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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NOT THE FLITCH SWITCH
Gabby Atling: Lovely routes and well organised, relaxed events. Great atmosphere and camaraderie between runners.
Rachel Wiltshire: Really enjoyed my first trail race, thank you!
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TARMAC TWISTER
Kelly Burgess: Hit the streets of Chelmsford tonight running a 6mile self navigated route by Essex Trail Events. Brilliantly organised, given a race number with a sheet of directions to follow. Once we had finished there was a cool glow in the dark medal waiting for us plus Pizza, sausage rolls, scotch eggs, Flapjacks, cakes and tea..... all included in the entry price!! Brilliant evening with fab friends!!
Emma Smith: Just finished the Tarmac Twister Trail race! So much fun.
Maureen Wilson: Great fun tonight running the Tarmac twister 10k self navigating run. The most fun I have had for a while with a head torch and a set of instructions loving the glow in the dark medal.
Kat Burke: Great fun on the tarmac Twister last night! We had absolutely no idea where we were, but enjoyed every minute and managed to avoid getting lost!
Katie Kennington: Excellent run tonight. Trail was so much fun to navigate. We didn't go as drastically wrong as we thought we would.
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BRADWELL VERTIGO TRAILS
Wendy Aldridge: Many thanks for a superb event today at Bradwell. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was my first trail run and I will be doing some more. I think I need to practise my skills of running while reading! Thanks Wendy
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CHELMER TRAIL & ADMIRAL McHARDY WAY
Den Yard: Thanks so much for all the advice today! A really great event! My first time with navigation instructions!
Justin Ruggles: Really enjoyed today, was my first nav trail run and only made one mistake. Thank you and see you soon..
Sam Doris: Thanks for today a really lovely run ... will be back for more !
Jody Wilkey: Really enjoyed today. Thank very well organised. Look forward to the next one xx
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RIDLEY ROUND
Jane Cowland: Great trail run. My favourite event that I have taken part in. Well organised and directions were very clear and precise. We really enjoyed running it and look forward to next year. Thanks.
Frances Gridley: Wow what a fabulous event .. we actually covered 14.7 miles of scenic routes through beautiful countryside including woodlands and not forgetting the 5 pub stops !
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GALLEYWOOD GALLOP
Tania Blanks: First timer here... really enjoyed it, a nice change to road running, directions were confusing to begin with but quickly got use to it, and fortunately then caught up with others so was slightly easier to know where we were going! Would do it again
Paula Shrimpton: First timer here, my daughter and I had great fun and despite having done lots of orienteering in my youth we had Colin Harper with us and that made it easier. Will definitely do another event.
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CHIGNAL FETE TRAIL
Thank you so much for attending our fete yesterday – you added a new dimension to the fete and we really appreciated your runners staying and spending their time and money with us – we hope they enjoyed it.
Thank you for the £100 you gave through the combination of voucher sales and entry donation - as well, of course, as the additional contributions made by the runners themselves over and above this whilst at the fete.
We would be delighted to have you back again next year on the first Saturday in June.
Thank you again and very best wishes
Gill Thomas
On behalf of the Chignals and Mashbury Village Hall Committee
Andrew Graham Mason: Thanks very much Kevin and Howard for a very enjoyable event yesterday - and thanks for the tip off about the pub at half-way. Good training for the Ridley Round!
