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Itera-Lite SW England '26: A Scoundrel's view (extended cut)

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(Images variously: Richard Taylor/Taylored Outdoors, Robert Campbell, Helen Farquhar, and the team) When the Itera-Lite for 2026 was announced as the South West of England I was a bit intrigued. While everyone knows of Exmoor and Dartmoor, the rest of the area seemed a bit odd for AR - not much wilderness and a lot of country lanes. I was even more intrigued when I got a message in November from Izzy, who I've never raced with before, asking if I'd fancy teaming with her for it. We had a brief chat on aims, intentions, training needs and other bits and I was in, feeling like we'd get on well and have fairly similar mindsets towards it. The main aims discussed were to have as much fun as possible, do longer stages where it appealed and shorter where we wanted or needed to, and to finish still as friends and still talking to each other. Oh, and hopefully to get chips somewhere on course. We met up for a walk and talk in Keswick just before New Year and probably sized ...
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Raid Temiscamingue '25 - the Director's Cut

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Note: A version of this report was published on Sleepmonster.com, but had to be edited down to fit their recommended word count. This is the full rambling 'extended play' version of that - feel free not to read if you've read enough of my ramblings already! Pics should be credited in the hover-over title, but variously by Wladimir Togumi, Marco Bergeron, Kevin Mackinnon, Diane Leger, Wayne Leek, and if not credited to anyone else, by me. I don't often get to write about international adventure races from a racer's perspective. If I'm honest, I don't get to write about enough local  adventure races from a racer's perspective, though that's my own fault: A lot of time being the observer rather than the participant, and a lot of time forgetting how being a participant works. I'm lucky enough to have travelled out to Quebec for the Raid Temiscamingue twice before, the previous two international editions after the first year was Quebec and Ontari...
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