Rather fantastic.
I've yet to ride. I did enter one year but somehow got invited to ride the inter-regional championships the next day (probably some sort of mistake) so I pulled out, thinking that riding 'cross the night before and drinking beer was not the best preparation. In retrospect I doubt it would've made much difference. It crept up on me this year by being somewhat earlier, found out it was on the day before the event.
Next year maybe. Does the course still go through the beer tent?
That last picture of mr Blobby is class.