Austwick Amble

thanks to organisers and marshals for a great Bank Holiday afternoon. Its a great race which does deserve larger numbers really. Some classic Yorkshire limestone scenery. Hope everyone is ok ,the mountain rescue vehicle and ambulance were dashing around a bit !

Hurrah! My first fell race done and dusted since twanging my achilles at the Gill Garth Gallop last June :)

Mainly overcast and a cool breeze, but perfect once we got moving - the middle half is virtually flat, but the first 2 miles and the last 2 miles make up for it - flagged the whole way, but you could still get lost if you tried. Thanks to the RO and the marshals; lots to see and do in the village for non runners.

I was pretty pleased with my time of 1:05 hours, especially as I did a 20 mile slog yesterday :). The slab of cake and cup of tea in the village hall after was great too.

I'm going over for this tommorrow, anyone else be warned that the A65 was a carpark between settle and ingleton yesterday because of horse-drawn traffic going to appleby. Looking forward to my first amble actually, weather looks like it'll hold.

Cheers to the village of Austwick, what a super event. One of the best galas on the circuit i think, i simply didn't have enough time to sift through all the bric-a-brac on offer, there's probably some records i missed no doubt. What i didn't miss was the Technics separates hi-fi system on sale at one particular table; i went back to see if he'd take a deposit as i didn't have the money, but he'd split it and sold the amp on its own. I did however get a nice set of Mordaunt Short MS20i 2-ways for a fiver, they don't half thunder, pulled my bag out carrying them to the car! Smashing tea and cakes in the WI tea room, the hog roast wasn't to be missed too.

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Originally Posted by mr brightside

Cheers to the village of Austwick, what a super event. One of the best galas on the circuit i think, i simply didn't have enough time to sift through all the bric-a-brac on offer, there's probably some records i missed no doubt. What i didn't miss was the Technics separates hi-fi system on sale at one particular table; i went back to see if he'd take a deposit as i didn't have the money, but he'd split it and sold the amp on its own. I did however get a nice set of Mordaunt Short MS20i 2-ways for a fiver, they don't half thunder, pulled my bag out carrying them to the car! Smashing tea and cakes in the WI tea room, the hog roast wasn't to be missed too.

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Agreed, third run out for me at Austwick and pleased to get around in about 56 mins after not much running. It's a great day out and there's not many small villages that welcome the runners back with so much enthusiasm. Shame a few of us went wrong after sulber nick but should have known better, only cost us around 15 seconds if that.

Mr B I only caught the horse traffic on the way back north but looked bad earlier?

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Originally Posted by Howgill Tarrier

Mr B I only caught the horse traffic on the way back north but looked bad earlier?

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I came through the dales today, it was horrendous on sunday though.

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Originally Posted by Howgill Tarrier

Mr B I only caught the horse traffic on the way back north but looked bad earlier?

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I came through the dales today, it was horrendous on sunday though.