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When Gordon Jackson took a steadying prod as he ascended Greymare’s Ridge in the 1961 SSDT, little did he realise the ‘one dab’ win would be a record which stood unequalled, let alone beaten, for 56 years.

Fast forward to 2017 when current superstar Dougie Lampkin set off from Fort William in this year’s SSDT. Dougie, a previous winner – as indeed was his dad Martin and uncles Arthur and Alan – was one of the favourites to win. However, Lampkin is not one to be fazed by pressure and as day one ended he had gone clean, the story was repeated on days two, three, four and five… surely the 56-year-old record was to be beaten this year as Dougie Lampkin looked to be on track for a completely ‘clean’ Scottish.

Day Six though and Lampkin needed a steadying prod in a section on Mamore on his way to his 11th SSDT win. We suspect he will return in 2018 fired up to go clean.