Haworth Hobble

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Originally Posted by Martyn P

Must have been a bad day for losing Garmins: Mark Robinson (Protodoc) just called me from work - yes, on a Sunday - and asked me to post here, turns out he left his Garmin eTrex 30 at the school afterwards, he was sitting up near the registration desks. If anyone finds it could they PM either me or him directly? Ta.

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Well, this is unbelievable, just like Mountain Goatess I've now found my Garmin STILL CLIPPED TO THE FRONT OF MY PACK!!!:o
What a numpty, must be the fatigue and the Mankinholes whiskey have done for my neurones:w00t:

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Originally Posted by Mrs Stagger

Hope to see you at many more long distance events Sarah.........you're a natural and completely unfazed by it which is half the battle. See you soon!

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Thank you Linda, see you soon :)

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Originally Posted by Mark L

There are a number of stock responses to an inaccurate weather forecast, and yours is a standard - "the weather forecast was accurate for somewhere else."

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Actually the forecast was for the whole of the Pennines from the Peak District up to the Dales, so included both the Haworth area and Swaledale. In unstable conditions like these, to get it spot on in any part of the area from 3 days out is either excellent forecasting, or good luck, probably a bit of both. By Friday, the predictions had become snowall day in the north, patchy rain further south, which seems to have been what we got. I'm certainly very glad I didn't ignore the forecast, my ski goggles came in very handy :)

Hope to make the Hobble again next year, it's one of my favourites - looking forward to an entirely accurate forecast of cold sunny weather!

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Originally Posted by Toreador

Actually the forecast was for the whole of the Pennines from the Peak District up to the Dales, so included both the Haworth area and Swaledale. In unstable conditions like these, to get it spot on in any part of the area from 3 days out is either excellent forecasting, or good luck, probably a bit of both. By Friday, the predictions had become snowall day in the north, patchy rain further south, which seems to have been what we got. I'm certainly very glad I didn't ignore the forecast, my ski goggles came in very handy :)

Hope to make the Hobble again next year, it's one of my favourites - looking forward to an entirely accurate forecast of cold sunny weather!

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I suspect you didn't take your goggles in response to the forecast, but probably because it looked like it might snow when you were setting out!

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Originally Posted by Mark L

I suspect you didn't take your goggles in response to the forecast, but probably because it looked like it might snow when you were setting out!

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You'd be wrong then :) No sign of snow in York when we set off.
I'd have packed them if we'd been heading for the Hobble too (and as usual they'd have stayed in the sack!)

A few (indoor) photos here

Blog report :)

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Originally Posted by Stolly

Blog report :)

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Stolly, if you returned from Hardcastle Crags via Top Withens you went a long way round. That's a cruel trick to play on an unsuspecting dog.:D

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Originally Posted by Tussockface

Stolly, if you returned from Hardcastle Crags via Top Withens you went a long way round. That's a cruel trick to play on an unsuspecting dog.:D

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Haha I knew I'd gone past it at some point anyway :)

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Originally Posted by Stolly

Haha I knew I'd gone past it at some point anyway :)

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Well, you did say you were going fast in the early stages. You probably flashed past so quickly you missed it. I can recommend a more leisurely pace for sightseeing.