Kilted Great North Run Pictures

**cessna152towser** · 1st October 06, 01:09 PM

Mass start at Newcastle's town moor this morning. As I had a white number, I had to go towards the back of the 40,000 participants. Serious athletes all had different coloured numbers, banded according to estimated finishing time.

Crossing the Tyne Bridge from Newcastle into Gateshead.

The big green thing wiz supposed to be Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster, but I wisnae convinced!

A lang and dreich road.

Efter aboot five miles.

There wiz lots of bands playing all alang the course.

Including these army pipers and drummers.

Efter aboot 11 miles we had our first view of the coast at Marsden Brae.

**cessna152towser** · 1st October 06, 01:16 PM

The half marathon finishes in South Shields

Took me aboot three hours - but I stopped along the way to take a few piccies.

Plenty of entertainment at the finish.

I wore a lightweight polycotton kilt made in Pakistan for Mercy Clothing Company.

There wiz a wee steam train in South Shields

And I was so pleased to be finished that I thought I would practice the Hamish pose.

**Mike1** · 1st October 06, 02:58 PM

I tried checking the schedule for that train on the First ScotRail Web site, to no avail.

**Panache** · 1st October 06, 03:03 PM

C152T,

An 11 mile run! I take my hat off to you (plume and all). Well done Sir.

Cheers

**Hamish** · 1st October 06, 04:28 PM

Alex, although I had plenty to do in preparation for my holiday in California (starting on Thursday), I watched most of the BBC's TV coverage of the event this morning - all four hours of it - in the hope of catching a sighting of you, but to no avail ! Did not see a single kilt in fact, but I guess that's hardly surprising in a crowd of 40,000! Anyway, very well done and I hope you raised a good amount of sponsorship for your charity.