The site took my money so I guess I'm in.
thought I'd book something to motivate my training eh?
Oh how I miss those hills (the descents at least).
The site took my money so I guess I'm in.
thought I'd book something to motivate my training eh?
Oh how I miss those hills (the descents at least).
why do we do?:wink:
http://williamtitley.org
TWA im in, pre jura warm up.
WOODZY.
I'm in too, got my confirmation and number. Regular AW, not TWA or anything silly like that.
"Get yourself together, Jones" - Ray Davies
You got a number?! I got a couple of emails and that was itOriginally Posted by Tussockface
Oh...no, ..... I haven't. The number that rolled in was for the Osmotherley Phoenix. I wasn't concentrating....
But I'm confident I'll get a number for the AW at some point...
"Get yourself together, Jones" - Ray Davies
Tussock you collect your number on the day.... that way we stand a chance of knowing who's on the hills.... and we've been known to get that out.... due to someone collecting their number then not running and forgetting to let us know.
When all else fails and your soul needs a lift - head to the hills
It is a very fast run all the way down. Suspect you did not go far enough, or started turning north east too soon if you tangled with rocks.
Don't know if this is "optimum" but it works for me. Much better than the path. Mountain goats can take a more direct line. I was one of the first doing this must be ten years ago...
In simple terms:follow the LHS of the Honister path for around 300m-350m at which point you see the path ahead start turning away to the right.At that point start swinging to the left, until descending roughly due East. Only in the lower part of the descent do you start swinging back north east for Dalehead tarn, and that brings you down onto the trod which comes in over the col from Honister. Follow it. Cross the stream right, before the tarn for the path to High Spy.
Get it right and it is all good running on grass although steep in parts.. A few rocks here and there, but nothing that cannot be dodged.
Take a look from the bottom, and you can see the how far left you need to go to avoid the rough stuff - and also that if you turn down too soon it is nasty (as I suspect you discovered the hard way!!)
Last edited by alwaysinjured; 24-01-2013 at 02:27 PM.
Many thanks for that. Sounds like I turned down too soon and my mountain goat years are long gone! It seemed wrong at the time and the alarm bells start ringing as you are heading away from High Spy and those who have taken the path. I'll be up that way in a few weeks so, weather permitting, I'll do a bit of a recce.
Garry Fleet get the 100th entry choccy cake
When all else fails and your soul needs a lift - head to the hills
Does he have to eat it in front of everyone at the start line?
Ian Roberts Fell Race. Dare you take on the Marsden Moor Tussocks? There's cake in it for you
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