It was DT and myself who you were running with down to the dam at the end.Quote:
Originally Posted by Anorak
My knees are very sore now! :( The wife can bike to work tomorrow, I'll take the car:D
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It was DT and myself who you were running with down to the dam at the end.Quote:
Originally Posted by Anorak
My knees are very sore now! :( The wife can bike to work tomorrow, I'll take the car:D
You caught us up about 2miles from the end and we had a bit of a chat going over the fields before the last bit of woodland :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Anorak
Aye, after I'd made that wrong turn !Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
Maybe next time I do a race I'll ask everyone who I talk to if they are on the forum - small world innit !!! I did have a chat with Graham Breeze at the end.
What a great event - route, grub, organisation and all for the price of 7 shiny coins.
Good company, good weather and a good trot out all round. I guess Anorak must have been the younger of the other 2 runners at the last CP - er, hello Anorak :)
Had to pull the car into a lay-by near Clitheroe for a 10 minute power nap as I was nodding off driving home :eek:.
Thanks to all those involved in putting this grand event on.
I've just had cramp in my right foot. Arch went solid and then my big toe was waggling about of it's own accord!! :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob
found the going fast underfoot,thank god for that cool breeze.
didnt know you could cut up footpath at finish and ran up road! duh!
thanks for scunthorpe gary for the company.
hope its on next year.
Legs, and particularly knees, not too bad this morning. Must have been all that anaesthetic I had last night :p
Thanks to Nidderdale LDWA for the organisation, cakes, stew, etc.
anyone doing this, thought they stopped running it about 3-4 years ago? good 3 peaks prep
A group of us did it last year. Excellent route and usual LDWA catering / organisation :)
Is this a four-day event?
Food stations were great!!
sorry tiltles misleading its blubberhouses 25 (miles) on the 28th March, dindt click when i posted it
Sounds like this one is right up my street then DT!:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
Had a lovely run out last year with Ady in Accy and Bob plus Dave C and JP from the club. Highly recommended Steamy! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Steampig
I've got an entry for this year's event, now I just have to hope that there are no work/childcare clashes.
got my entry acceptance form back, it seems to have changed direction since i last did it, not striaght up to timble hill/ beamsley beacon, also was reading info, says you have to carry a torch and starts at 8.30? I thought runners set of later than walkers and cant remember having to carry a torch last time, im slow but not that slow
I'm down for this, really good last year. I prefer the anticlockwise route as last year as it's 6miles flattish from Beamsley Beacon, then down from Round Hill. Only trouble is last half mile up road! I can rustle up map if anyone's desperate
Might have a bash at this too, can anyone point me to the event website please?
Cheers :)
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/yorkshire...s_moor_25.html
Might be best you can manage. Note route is run in reverse now, so checkpoints are in wrong order. Very runnable. Doubt it would take you 3hr30 hursty ;)
Cheers mate will have a look. Probs get entered, as its a long one! :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
It's a belting route. Very scenic plus it passes within a couple of miles of home :cool:
Chris, if that "Map Posting" offer is still up for grabs, I'm a taker ! I usually run with Toni Melechi who is my GPS, but he's doing the Baildon Boundary Way this year.
Saw you at the start of the TT on Saturday & then you just faded into the distance ! You were looking good !
I'm entered. It's anti-clockwise. OS Explorer 297:
Start 207531 at 0830
CP1 Swinsty Reservoir 193528
CP2 Thruscross " 154574 refreshments
CP3 Rocking Hall 111579
CP4 self clip 076542
CP5 Banks Farm 081543
CP6 Deerstones 088531 refreshments
CP7 Beamsley Beacon 092522 on the road
CP8 Timble Ings 165529 refreshments
Finish 207531
Cheers Brotherton Lad ! Looking forward to this one !
Well, that's Blubberhouses recce finished from CP3 at Rocking Hall to CP 7 at Beamsley Beacon and back to Bolton Abbey. Lovely scenery, all the snow has gone (but still on the high tops like Gt Whernside), though the ground is still pretty hard. East off Round Hill will of course be boggy.
If you're local, you might be interested to know (if you don't already) that parking at Bolton Abbey is free mid-week in the winter and you get straight out of the car on to the Dales Way by the Strid.
What times are people anticipating running for this ? If anybody's kicking around the 3.45 mark & is looking for some company I might tag along. I've not done it before & am not entirely sure of the route !! :rolleyes:
I'm looking for slightly faster than that, did 3:35 on Troller's Trot over a similar distance but then I'm doing the Edale Skyline next weekend, so it depends how I bounce back from that. Haven't run the event before but have recced all of it less the mile after Timble to Swinsty dam which I'll do next week. So maybe we could set off together and see how it goes, the trickier nav is in the first third anyway.
Does anyone have a route description for this? I'm planning to enter on the day but would like to mark up a map beforehand. Presumably there is a set route to follow rather than making our own way from checkpoint to checkpoint?
A pm to Chris Brown might yield a map ;) I met him at this event last year and he's usually got a map sorted for the races etc he does :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dru
http://www.mcrosolv.demon.co.uk/ldwa/blubber.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by Dru
This is not quite a route description, but nearly, and I thought entrants might enjoy reading it. I do have a route description somewhere, but it dates from the time when the course was run in reverse, so could get you into bother.
That report is the old clockwise route.
I've been sent the route description in hard copy. Not sure if there's an electronic copy out there in the ether.
If you're really keen, and I'm especially bored tomorrow, I'll type a copy out. Otherwise you'll have to enter in advance and they'll post you one.
There's a pack of Haribo in it for you if you do. Only leaving entry til the day as missed lots of events due to dodgy leg recently and sick of wasting the money.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brotherton Lad
Brotherton Lad, cheers for that. I'm more than happy to be ditched after the first third ! I take it the route is reasonably easy to follow ? I haven't done it before & won't have time to do a recce ! :rolleyes:
OK, abridged route description. Your fault if you get lost.
Start 207531, go N on road 400m, 1st road L downhill to lane on L, turn L to dam. CP1 194528. Go N to car park, cross road, path along edge of reservoir to Blubberhouses car park. Go up steps on R, cross busy A59 go down steps on E of river. Path upstream for 1.3 miles, river on L. Cross bridge, head for LH side of dam. CP2 155574 leave car park, go L 400 to T junc, R 400 to next junc, turn L uphill to 145570. Turn R to Spittle Ings Ho and bear R to Rocking Hall CP3 111579. Go SW on good track to Bolton Park Fm and down road to wooden br. Do not cross br, turn L on Dales Way. Cross ford, leave road after 30m R back on to Dales Way. Stay high till gate. Stay high along wall on L to CP4 076542 (s/c). Go L uphill to Storiths CP5 081543. Take FP to SE heading to Deerstones, several stiles. Cross fast A59 to CP6 088531 refreshments. Steep drop down and over footbr, up to Ling Chapel Farm, bear half R on FP over moor to CP7 092522. Leave road, wall on R to hit main track up to trig pt on Beamsley Beacon. On NE to Round Hill. Then ESE thru bog to standing stone at 134530 and past corner of wood at 150525 to Ellacarr Pike. L on track to CP8 165529. Track and road E to Timble. In Timble go R at map board. After Highfield Farm bear L on FP heading for wood and blue Yorks Water sign. Fiddly bit in woods to emerge at CP1 (haven't recced this yet). Same way back over dam to finish 207531. (Some use the FP E to Bland Hill)
For the last bit in the woods:
When you enter the woods you are on a wide path/track. Follow this, it's almost straight ahead, until you come to a group of buildings. Go to the right of the buildings and head SE (ish!) until you come to an old wall, follow this to the right until you can drop down to CP1.
(From memory - DT should know a bit better as he's done this a few times)
Thanks, Bob. I did know that. Just wanted to leave a bit of uncertainty for my sprint finish.:D
And the reason for using the road, not the FP, at the start is to prevent an almighty bottleneck at the gates and stiles.
yes, still have a map, just pm your emailQuote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
Chris
what time do the runners start, i thought it was a different time to walkers??
Everyone started at the same time last year.
The instructions say, "Registration from 6.45 and a prompt 8.30 start for all."
Though I have heard the hall won't be open till 7am.
Don't forget the clocks go forward on Sat night.