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Rob was second. Dunno who won it though, sorry. It was a beltin' race. Many thanks to Morgan and his team for putting it on from all at Darwen Dashers. Well, not all. My missus hated it - she discovered that actually she does have vertigo and is scared of being washed away in fast flowing water!
Great race - think there was a quality field there today.
Anyone know who the camera man was taking shots on the final few miles?
well done to all the marshalls - great soup and cakes!
Fantastic race, superbly organised by Morgan & his team, the village is lovely. Many thanks to all the marshals & the people who help out to make the soup & variety of cakes.
The climb is well worth the effort, you have to pause on the top & look back down the valley to appreciate it.
Many thanks to the lovely man who let us park on his drive & use his loo....
First time that I've raced this route and I really enjoyed it. The rocks make it tricky underfoot, but the views were superb - by the time I made it to the top the sun had come out, so the river up the valley was sparkling, took my mind of how knackering that climb had been!
I didnt compete due to injuries but kids did the excellent junior races. Bella and Florence Reed did well in the 10/12 age group and Daisy the only girl in the 14 and above!!
Dufton is an idyllic village and the weather held to make a great day and the kids felt really elated on the journey back to Nottingham. thanks to Morgan,Lucy and all the team for the best day of our holiday.
Winner was..... Ricky Lightfoot 01:02:43 Ellenburgh
really enjoyed the race, struggled on the boulder feild mind and lost bit of ground :/ fantastic scenery, had to stop at the top of the nick to soak the veiws up, amazingly fast run down off the ridge with more glorious veiws across the eden valley to the howgills and lakes ahead. Thanks to everyone involved in putting the race on. Seemed to be a good turnout, few hundred maybe ...
Photos are on the Dufton website. Can't do those clever link thingies that will take you to it.
http://www.dufton.org.uk/high%20cup%...ce%202011.html
First group is a series of our 'master' fell racer Mark France falling on his butt.