was vey interested in the x-tri but the dates clash with another event we're doing locally although we did toy with the idea of doing that (sprint tri) and then zooming up to Cranleigh to do Vachery as that's an afternoon KO. in fact when they publish the start times, we might still......
x-tri is good fun if you have a MTB - it's more low key than a road tri and you'll get a right mix of competitors - from pros like Stannard to old farts like us. we did the XTT tri last year (Nat Champs as it happened - we both gonged) and Vachery has replaced that this year as there are some groundworks taking place on the XTT courses (it's army land) which has put it out of bounds this year.