learning BGR sections

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Originally Posted by Bob

Compare this with descending Halls Fell in the dark, you can't really let go as you are never sure when another rocky step is going to appear until you are a long way down the ridge.

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We set off at 6.30-7.30pm depending on time of year that way you get to Threkeld as it gets dark, Leg 2 is the night section hitting Seat Sandal as the sun starts to get up. That way there's no rocky bits in the dark at all.

Sooo many permutations.............

Enjoy testing all the options, those who are moving towards the BG start line.

What a great obsession to have. :D

Great obsession BGsec? You are the only one so far who has thought it to be great, everyone else thinks I am mad... :D

I have to say, I was disappointed to find I am not going to be the first Dutch person to do this :( but can still be the first Dutch woman I think... :)

Yes, there is a trod off Robinson, actually in both directions there are a few options... I went up and down it a few times a few weeks ago, while recce-ing, testing out which way I liked best.

Miss out the darkness almost entirely by doing it mid June in about 19 hours:D

Trouble is you would have to get up unfeasibly early. S'pose thats a bit irrellevant if you aren't going to go to bed for an entire day and night though eh?

Or have a lie in and have a crack at 15 hours ;)

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Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak

We set off at 6.30-7.30pm depending on time of year that way you get to Threkeld as it gets dark, Leg 2 is the night section hitting Seat Sandal as the sun starts to get up. That way there's no rocky bits in the dark at all.

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I went at 7 in late June and donned the head torch at Calfhow Pike and took it off on the way to Calf Crag. I think having a night section is part of the experience :) Going in the evening can work out well, with the runnable dodds and helvellyn making for a magical night section. Also feel like having a leg and a bit under your belt before darkness falls somehow makes it less daunting - although that's probably just me.

I couldn't have coped with a midnight or similar start, such an anticlimax when you finish and jst drift off to bed. I loved popping into the pub afterwards! Far better for the supporters too :)

I still like the idea of an a/c roudn and starting at 8am...

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Originally Posted by Hanneke

I still like the idea of an a/c roudn and starting at 8am...

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This is almost entirely theoretical, but if ever I do it I will get the road over and done with in the morning, and finish with a run down a mountain into Keswick.

Exactly my feelings about it so far...

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Originally Posted by Captain Swing

This is almost entirely theoretical, but if ever I do it I will get the road over and done with in the morning, and finish with a run down a mountain into Keswick.

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Running down a mountain after 20+ hours?????? Are you mad?:eek: