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Derwent Watershed... warping?
Well the moment is approaching; had thought I was going to sit this one out this year (having failed with our KFR entry), then when all was quiet the call for subdom came.... worryingly the team have expectations and grand designs, some of which hinge on the knowledge I'm supposed to have....!
See you there...?? soon'ish!
http://C:\Documents and Settings\And...;sPics\HPM2006
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Which team have you joined LS?
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Originally Posted by
Margarine
Which team have you joined LS?
Rucksack Club Vets..... even though I'm much too young!
How about you?
Team that is!
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Originally Posted by
Luv Shack
Rucksack Club Vets..... even though I'm much too young!
How about you?
Team that is!
Margarine is one of the very youthful High Peak Rollerbladers, I believe.
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Marky has buggered up our chances in the vets competition I fear! Er.. I mean Margarine's team's chances...:D
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My hope is being with probably the most aged bunch, I can cruise thru' the night for a change...... no doubt a false hope....!
As for Margarine & Grouse.... I had thought you were among the more youthful wolves??
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You back running again then LS or is this biking?
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socks
You back running again then LS or is this biking?
Socks, it's the HPM!!! www.highpeakclub.union.shef.ac.uk/hpm/
Being a fan of long stuff I thought you might be partaking too, although entries are being increasingly to hard to procure.
Running, plodding & jogging... despite creaky knees & manky foot, trying to bike when I can, to spread the load.. roll on Spring time... or at least lets have more Winter.
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Grouse/Margarine,
I am applying grey hair dye as we speak in order that I may pass for a 40 year old next Friday.
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marko
Grouse/Margarine,
I am applying grey hair dye as we speak in order that I may pass for a 40 year old next Friday.
Hmmmm, plainly sex & drug tests + production of Passport/Driving Lic'/Birth Certificate will be required from the Glossop crews....
But do be careful Mark, you might get Press-ganged into another dodgy bunch of Watershedders!!
Don't think 40+ will be enough, need to be more than 50+, or ideally 60+!!
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You should pass for an over 40 on Saturday anyway.:D :rolleyes:
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Weathers' shaping up a bit, but nowhere near as good as last couple of years (yet?)....
fingers crossed for some frost, it's thigh deep treacle up there at the moment!
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Yup. I've got me snorkel on standby as well as me skis.;)
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:D Drink as much as poss at Moscar.
Mine froze last year in the bottles
and the bag. No drink till Snake.
Sunglasses for the snow.
It was BLINDING!:cool:
Hope the weather is TOUGH!
It creates better stories for
weeks to come at the pub.
Best of luck to everyone.
Glad I'm not there!:p
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All Watershedders: go to bed NOW!!!
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I'm off, bit later than I'd hoped!
And we are off rather late tomorrow night too!!
It's going to be really Boggy & more than a little Soggy!!!!
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Woke up at 4 and couldn't get back to sleep. Bugger.
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Almost time to go......
Good luck folks...
see you @ the start
& hopefully @ the finish..
Bring on Swains Head!!
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Any news?
Did you get wet?
Was it muddy?:rolleyes:
Anyone fancy joining me for a bit of a run this afternoon?:cool:
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Brilliant organisation, as usual!
Many thanks to the army of marshals & organisers..
Wet, cold & very very soggy/boggy...
Not the nicest of nights.. (in fact fairly horrid!)..
Almost consumed (around dawn) by "man-eating" bog at Cut Gate..
Wandered about a bit on Bleaklow, Hmmmmm (it was a bit misty & that new green grass??!)!
Found it much tougher than "normal", due to heavy ground.
Congrats' to those at the sharp end,
(Team Montrail 1st O/A, Planet Fear 1st Mxd, Tod Totty 1st Lassies, Rucksack Club 1st Vets)
great winning times - given the conditions..
Eventually the day turned into glorious sunshine with magical views..
(for those of us still grinding it out on the course!)..
Next year, again....?
Maybe, but much more warped than usual this year!!!
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The bog got us as well. We reenacted that scene from 'Ice Cold in Alex ' where the spy tries to bury the radio transmitter in the quicksand. Marko played the spy. I played Sylvia Sims.
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Originally Posted by
Grouse
The bog got us as well. We reenacted that scene from 'Ice Cold in Alex ' where the spy tries to bury the radio transmitter in the quicksand. Marko played the spy. I played Sylvia Sims.
Bottomless pit! Was still being sucked under, waist+ deep, when RC pals grabbed me... would have been much deeper in mire, had not rucksack caught on side of bog!
Well done Grouse
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Sounds even madder now i've seen how you got on. Well done to you all. No need to book something up quick for this time next year - don't think I'll be tempted!! (sorry :eek:)
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This years DW has also put paid to Alcohol free period.... 10 days & counting... now in ruins, off to pub, to snooze & booze!!!
(Socks..... by this time year you will have forgotten how bad it might have been!)....
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I got drafted in to replace a team member with a broken ankle and hadn't really got enough mileage into my legs this year. This showed by around Bleaklow summit when the cold and damp got to me and we slowed dramatically.
Definitely very boggy, though I found that section up to the summit of Bleaklow trudging through the peat hags the hardest, perhaps I had been led to believe that the man-eating bogs of Outer Edge were worse than they really were. Maybe we just got a good line.
Snake Pass to the finish was little more than a quick walk. Eventually finished in just short of 13hrs. Slept rather well last night!!
Bob
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The bog had me as well, had to be hauled out by two people. One of them had tryed to warn me but I was not paying close enough attenchen to what they said. Talking to people afterwards the locals all knew which bit I had been in, so it clearly grabs many a person. It just liiks like all the rest where it's only shin deep, but you tread in it and your up to your waist.
Ifor
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The section from Cut Gate to Outer Edge is utterly appauling and at this time of year quite dangerous. Maybe we were the team who helped pull you out?
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I was a spectator to the closing stages of this madness, sorry - race! I went for a pleasant jog around the Edale Skyline and some of the people coming over Brown Knoll looked rather tired...
It was all rather convenient actually as I'd forgotten to take any water but they gave me some at one of the checkpoints :-)
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Well done everyone.
I got drafted into a team by a phone call Thursday afternoon. Didn't really know what to expect. Never have I run through such boggy conditions. All good fun though, and we even got a bit of snow.
Joe- I think we bumped into you at about 7am. Mark and Steve said hello to you.
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Matt the Brum
Never have I run through such boggy conditions. All good fun though, and we even got a bit of snow.
Yes - it was a bit boggy!
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Originally Posted by
Matt the Brum
Joe- I think we bumped into you at about 7am. Mark and Steve said hello to you.
7am? Goodness gracious no!!
I started about 9am and spoke to a couple of guys from the first team in the car park - I think one was Mark Hartell - then set off round the skyline, started passing teams at around 11:30 at Hollins Cross until say 12:30 at the top of Jacob's Ladder.
Anyway, well done everyone who got round!
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Well done to everyone. Especially JD, Margarine & Grouse who were all in the 2nd placed team. Well done LuvShack - winning the RC Vets prize - I bet you felt really young with all those 'mature gentlemen' in your team!
I set off from Mam Nick at 8.30 and passed a few of the earlier teams between there and Jacob's Ladder, but I managed to miss JD etc. completely in the thick mist on Colbourne Moor somewhere.
I don't envy you at all, the conditions overnight crossing Bleaklow must have awful at times. However, I'm still considering it for next year!
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Ah, so maybe it was you Geoff that we bumped into in the mist early in the morning.
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Matt the Brum
Ah, so maybe it was you Geoff that we bumped into in the mist early in the morning.
Could well have been - not at 7am, though; I was still eating my porridge, then!
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Originally Posted by
GeoffB
Could well have been - not at 7am, though; I was still eating my porridge, then!
The Watershed does have the ability to warp the mind..... it has even been written about by some of the RC elders...
Even contemplating the event seems to bring on a sort of madness; beware GeoffB that was fighting talk in your earlier posting.... your on the KFR list now for HPM 2008, unless you get nabbed by the Glossop crew!!
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Originally Posted by
Luv Shack
beware GeoffB that was fighting talk in your earlier posting.... your on the KFR list now for HPM 2008, unless you get nabbed by the Glossop crew!!
It just seems like one of those things you've got to do at some stage.
How are your feet, today, by the way?
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Never been worse than better!
Hoves now fully cloven....
Provisonal results / link http://planetfear.com/news_detail.as...dm_i=100338249
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I thought you were injured Luv shack?
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socks
I thought you were injured Luv shack?
Aye Socks, still got a rather messy foot & stuffed knees...
Probably not improved by this latest fit of madness....
But, there are something’s, which just have to be done...
And how could I deny such a clarion call!
Had I done so, my name would have been Mud (no slight intended), forevermore with the RC brethren…
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Why should a mere foot & knee injury stop a perfectly sane person doing a 42 mile run around the toughest area The Peak has to offer?
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Absolutely. Didn't stop Andy, either.