On Sunday 27 and Monday 28 April, five members of the Gwent RAYNET Group assisted the North Powys RAYNET Group with the "Cant Canolbarth 100", a 100-mile long-distance walk starting and finishing at Llandrindod Wells. We were located at "Checkpoint 14" in Llanwrthwl Village Hall (near Rhayader, Powys) along with members of the Cornwall and Devon branch of the Long Distance Walkers Association.

Our "shift" started at 08:00 on the Sunday, with the Checkpoint being closed by the course "sweepers" at 05:20 on the Monday, after around 400 participants had passed through our Checkpoint. They had started their walk at 10:00 on Saturday 26, and were expecting to finish (back at Llandrindod) around 10:00 on the Monday; there were no substantial "rest breaks" for them during the route!

Along with ourselves, members from the following RAYNET Groups also came along to assist: North Dyfedd, Central Cheshire, West Cheshire, East Cheshire, Staffordshire Moorlands, Shropshire, South Gwynnedd, Keighley, Carmarthen, Stockport, Mid-Herts/Epping Forest and Sutton - 43 operators in all, with 310 "checkpoint hours".

Llanwrthwl Village Hall, Powys. Location of "Checkpoint 14" covered by members of Gwent RAYNET.
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Gerwyn (GW4JDE) at the RAYNET station in the Village Hall.
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Front to back: Mike (GW3YKZ), Gerwyn (GW4JDE) and George (2W1JLK) at the RAYNET station in the Village Hall.
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