Probably not the correct thread, but this seems to be the busiest... the Ennerdale Eng Champs race in June has now been cancelled.
It appears that the 2021 English Champs will use the 2020 scheduled races.
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Probably not the correct thread, but this seems to be the busiest... the Ennerdale Eng Champs race in June has now been cancelled.
It appears that the 2021 English Champs will use the 2020 scheduled races.
9.4 miles, 2:53, 1200ft
A bit of chaos at Witton. Officially it's closed to cars, with the gates opened and closed for funerals to get through to the cemetery.
But as we walked up at the end of our PDE, some cars were parked up.
I thought with the directive as on my last post, that sense had prevailed and the council had reopened the car parks, but when I got to the gates at the top, a funeral director employee was locking the gate behind his party, just as someone was driving up the road to exit.
So it seems someone at a previous funeral has left the gates open.
I think there's going to be some fun :D
Jog up round the hill at the back, only a short loop but 850ft straight up, no escape from hills!
Really enjoyed my recovery week cycling with my better half. Nice social outings with excellent conversation.
8k with 125m ascent. Another lovely afternoon.
9 miles, 2,500 ft, 2 hours 20 minutes, to and around Wansfell Pike. Came across a kissing gate that was tied closed - very annoying - luckily I had been planning on turning around soon anyway. Now if I'd had a knife, would I have cut the tie? I don't think I would have. I did consider climbing over, but that would have involved a lot of contact with surfaces of doubtful cleanliness.
A permitted short drive to Abbey Village (7 min)
Then a route through Roddlesworth, around Turn Lowe and across the Southern end of Darwen Moor to Whitehall, Bold Venture, around to the Royal and back through Roddlesworth.
10.4 mile, 1400ft, 3:01
Nippy up top
Bike ride northwards, to the Trent at Thrumpton. The Trent has a reputation as an industrial river, but for much of its course it is rural, unspoiled and peaceful. Very few other cyclists around, unlike on other rides on recent weekends.
Little Dave, for those of you that may know him, fell runner frequently seen in pink and other assorted unconventional attire, has been running round and round his house all day. He's somewhere around 27 miles now, according to my Missus on his FB. I think he is bored.
8 miles, 75 minutes, 617 ft - all on road to Troutbeck Bridge, then Troutbeck, and back to Ambleside. Not a route I would normally do as the first/last sections are usually bumper to bumper traffic. No other runners, a few cyclists, some riding quite close to those on the pavement, despite an empty road.
Todays PDE was a combined 4 miles drive to a local farm this evening get some raw Jersey milk and a 5 miles run with my son on the High Peak Trail which runs near the farm.
Saw only two other people walking across distant fields. Others have reported fewer numbers out today, probably due to the biting North Easterly.
Stretched the permitted exercise envelope this morning and went from Otley up onto Ilkley Moor to Check the 12 Apostles are surviving lockdown. I can report that they are fine.
Todays PDE was a pre lunch sunny but breezy 30 mile and 2'500 feet ride. Avoided all villages apart from Heathcote and Youlgreave. A few cyclist about but not many walkers but a greater number of cars parked in locations that would you not usually see them.
Probably people driving to a remoteish spot to go for a walk which in my book is a sensible option.
As yesterday a short drive to Abbey Village.
From there 10.75 mile, 3:23, 1600ft anti-clockwise loop down the Goit to White Coppice, over Great Hill to Roddlesworth Ruins, back way round to Cartridge and then a route I haven't take for years to get to the Royal, over a little knoll across the gully from Aggies, back through Roddlesworth.
I visualised it as more like 12 miles when I set off, but it's not as far as I thought from Brinscall to White Coppice and then up Great Hill.
A cracking running route if I ever get fit enough to do it again.
9.8 miles, 2,700 ft, 2 hours 22 minutes, over and around Loughrigg. Yet another perfect day weather-wise. Very quiet on the paths and roads, very few cars parked up. Almost all make an effort to create distance around them - nice to see. No blocked gates on Loughrigg that I could find.
Slow walk to the Outwoods with my wife, to see the bluebells.
Very enjoyable 23 on the bike, mainly off road round the reservoir and exploring another section of forestry. A bit more climbing than last week as well, however much that was.
Do you mean the white peak trail. It’s my fave bike path.Is the trail busy?Quote:
Originally Posted by Llani Boy
No Oracle, I meant the High Peak Trail.Quote:
Originally Posted by Oracle
I've never heard of the White Peak Trail. The High Peak Trail runs from its northerly point at Dowlow in a south easterly(ish) direction for 18 miles to Cromford. After 4 miles, at Parsley Hay, the Tissington Trail starts and runs in a southerly(ish) direction for 13 miles to Ashbourne.
My club, Matlock AC, put on the White Peak Marathon which is run up the Tissington Trail to Parsley Hay and then down the High Peak Trail to Cromford. All off road and, IIRC, was voted last year by Runners World as the 4th in their top ten best UK marathons.
Perhaps you are confused by a combination of the above which has caused you to invent a new trail!
Currently both trails are extremely quiet as the car parks are closed. I am fortunate as I can reach the HPT with a 4 mile bike ride /run. However, in normal times, weekends and holidays can be very busy and best avoided but during the working week generally very quiet.
Chilly bike ride to temple newsam. Lap of park run course, round the bridleways, past golf club, up in to Halton, Colton, Garforth and home.
Nice loop with just over half off road.
8.24 miles, 2,000ft, 1 hour 54 minutes - over Wansfell Pike, to Wansfell true top, onwards to the road just south of the Kirkstone Inn, down the steep bit of The Struggle, then left on the track leading to Middle Grove and eventually the waterfalls just above Ambleside. A couple of gates tied closed, no signs, no detour - I climbed them. Was that a farmer yelling at me, or was he calling his dog? Luckily they were not close. The Wansfell ridge is the driest I have known it.
I mean what you are calling tissington trail.
Sometimes start in Ashbourne, up to parsley hay for a cuppa, then down the branch in direction of Matlock.We do it as out and back.
It’s funny watching the inexperienced hiring bikes at parsley hay, zooming down to tissington.
The looks on their faces coming back up the hill are a picture!
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Originally Posted by Llani Boy
A more typical Monday today workwise with plenty of orders so didn't get out until later and kept it simple.
It was a slight extension on the Beamers Trail.
9.2 miles, 1200 ft, 2:45
Mile 8 bumped in to John Schofield and his wife (ukresults.net) and had a 10-15 minute natter at a socially safe distance.
It was his first time on that particular track linking Pleasington Station to Witton and he's lived not far away for 30+ years.
Walk/run to Beacon Hill, 75 minutes including 2 minutes gazing at the view from the top. I have seen it so many times, but I can never get bored with it.
My calf can tolerate this "run a bit, walk a bit" for that long, but it still plays up if I try going for a continuous run, even just two or three miles.
Its not me calling it the Tissington Trail it is the Tissington Trail. You can call it what you want!Quote:
Originally Posted by Oracle
A more regular occurrence these days is fatso's flying past uphill on electric bikes!
Todays PDE was a 6 miles and 550ft evening run across the fields towards Haddon Hall and back behind Shining Bank quarry. Legs felt heavy after recent longer bike rides. Saw not a single soul.
Just over 8 miles, just under 3,500 ft, 2 hours 21 minutes, over and around Wansfell. Very strong and quite cold wind at times. One very old tied wooden barrier - the rope used is very weathered and well pre-Covid I imagine.
Very few about.
another day walking with Mrs WP as we cut through Pleasington Golf Course and looped around Hoghton Tower back home on the canal.
A tad windy.
9.2 mile, 2:45, 600ft
Feeling a bit leggy. Been 32 consecutive days now. Only 3 runs in that, but gone over 300 miles.
Might dig the bike out this week and just try to use some different muscle groups and ease the joints a little.
Fantastic effort Richard.
Your on a roll, keep it up👍
Thanks Trev - I know some out there are running and climbing more in a week than I'm walking with the Mrs, but having spent much of the last few years pissing about with 15-20 mile weeks, 3-4 runs a week, and that's in the better periods, probably what I'm doing is the best chance I have of getting myself back with a chance of getting around a 3 Peaks again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stagger
Once this is over, I need to try and keep it going in between the running days.
Im not disputing it , I’m not a local , I’m just clarifying what I do: a mixture of both trails.
I’ve just discovered where I got the name: a leaflet I carry called “ white peak trails” produced by local government.
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Originally Posted by Llani Boy
Todays PDE was a 27 mile and 1'500 feet bike ride with my son down into Bakewell and an out and back along the Monsal Trail. For a midweek day it was very busy, especially the couple of miles either side Bakewell. Stopped counting people once it reached 100!
Gippo's encamped on the showground having a bonfire, burning all sorts of rubbish. Looks like the council have even provided them with a portaloo, unless they've nicked it from somewhere. Of course, the council have stopped green bin collections and closed the tips, or whatever they call them these days, and I and many others have lots of garden waste to dispose of.
I'm tempted to take it down to the showground and set fire to it next to the Gippo's but I'm sure Derbyshire Police's drone will be on me in a flash. Perhaps if I wait until 8pm on Thursday, when they'll all be clapping outside Derby Royal Infirmary, I might get away with it!
Anyway the highlight of the day was, whilst on the trail, bumping into a fell running friend who I have not seen for a while. Good to see you Ian.
While out for a steady off-road potter I came across this:-
Route 697 of the National Cycle Network is partially complete and open between Garforth and Allerton Bywater, known as the Linesway Greenway. When completed it will connect Garforth to Knottingly, via Castleford and Ferrybridge.
Very enjoyable experience. Then returned via River Aire path to RSPB nature park at St Aidens around there and back home.
Absolutely brilliant. Really enjoyed it and only 20k.
Roughly the same route/time/ascent as yesterday, over and around Wansfell. Lots of picnicking couples today - about half a dozen - I don't have a particular problem with them, as long as they don't leave stuff behind, but I do wish they would set themselves up away from the paths - one couple was actually on the path.
9.4 miles, 1000ft, 3 hours.
Our usual Beamers Trail walk extended by a couple of miles.
Came a cross a boisterous herd of around 20 bullocks that took a shine to us :D
Got our road bikes ready for tomorrow.
Reading this I thought I ought to up my game - even though I doubt if Llani Boy has a bus pass yet - so Ilkley/Gisburn/Blacko/Colne/Ilkley:50.1 miles, 3700ft, max pulse 152, max speed 37mph, max gradient hors de categorie, gels 2 and a happy Garmin Edge 520 Plus. It just wants to be useful.Quote:
Originally Posted by Llani Boy
But why does the wind blow so hard in Lancashire?:)
Because it doesn't like Yorkshire and cannot get out quickly enough!Quote:
Originally Posted by Graham Breeze
Well done Graham. A testing effort with the wind from an Eastly direct.
Helped you over the boarder and hampered your return to Gods Own.
A fine effort Sir.
Todays PDE was a gentle 4 miles flattish evening run with my son, out to Magpie Mine. A beautiful sunset.
Gentle ride to Dave Rayner cycle shop in Garforth for a set of rear brake blocks for the old Claud Butler mountain bike.
£4 a set so I splashed out and bought 2 sets.
Enjoyable 8 miles but correct me if I'm wrong but are we getting more numptys back out on the roads?
Run/walk to Buck Hill and the Outwoods. In fact, almost entirely run, since my calf was behaving itself perfectly; 43 minutes on a route that I would run in 39 minutes when reasonably fit. Didn't quite manage to run all the way up the steep part of Buck Hill.
Not sure why my calf suddenly decided to behave so well, maybe it was because I didn't do my usual "bat out of hell" impression at the start of the run.