Payed support for BGR.

[felltrumpet]

'Isn't it Ironic...' that this forum critises grammar of a web page but not the forum itself. 'Payed'???

Moving on...I applaud his ingenuity in finding the obvious opportunity and trying to exploit it, though it goes against how I would like to do a BGR; though doing a BGR the way most people do it (road and hill support), is against how I would do it also.

'As a fell-running ML' as Ian is, I would prefer an in-sight, bivi in bag, have stab and see how far I get approach. I know my body limits and how to get off the hill safely when those limits have been reached - this however is the crux of the service being offered: most people don't have those hill days of fitness and experience to draw upon, therefore they go to a man who can.

[fishbulb]

I apologise abjectly for 'payed'. It must have been an abberayshun as I am a gud speler ordinerlilly. Maybe it was the excitement. Or the iPhone.

[Graham Breeze]

I apologise abjectly for 'payed'. It must have been an abberayshun as I am a gud speler ordinerlilly. Maybe it was the excitement. Or the iPhone.

You should have gone for remuneratory.

[Linguo the grammar robot]

I am utterly outraged.

[mapper]

I don't expect to get payed (or even paid) for the support I'm giving one of my clubmates for his forthcoming round.
However, if he doesn't arrange for pie, chips and a pint of Jennings in the Odd fellows afterwards then they'll be trouble......

[fishbulb]

'They'll'. Now you're at it, Mark!

[stumpy]

Spelling and grammar aside, I think it's actually a pretty good website and I would applaud their efforts in making a living out of doing what we love. Their business is about a lot more than just BGR guiding.

That said, like many grumpy old blokes, I have a natural cynicism about those who want to move from triathlon or other endurance events into fell-running, but by-passing the skills and experience gained by actually spending time in the hills with a quick-fix payment.

That's probably just sour-grapes on my part though, and a general reluctance to accept that the way people approach things changes with time and circumstance.

Whether anyone completing a round using a paid guide should be in the Club or not - well, that's surely a Moot point........

[fishbulb]

I see what you did there.

[Spr]

Isn't guiding a significant part of our fell running and racing tradition. Where would we be now without it?

[mapper]

'They'll'. Now you're at it, Mark!

Oops. So much for autocorrect. Bah!