A LOVELY sunny day greeted the Bude Rats to the Grizzly 2011 at Seaton, the race title Valley of the Bogs lived up to its name.

All eight Rats were keen and ready to go. 20 miles of pebble and shingle beaches, more hills than you can think of and loads of water and mud, plus bogs within bogs.

The guns goes off and Rob Shaw leads the way with the rest of the Rats following.

For the full report, see this week's edition of the 'Post'.