Tennants recovery drinks in the blue can per chance? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Stagger
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Tennants recovery drinks in the blue can per chance? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Stagger
Who the heck organises a fell race with the car park several miles from the start.
Even Ted, who must have been later to arrive than me, just drove straight up to the start line. Parked his Chelsea Tractor by the finish so he didn't have to warm down.
Doesn't Ted actually own some of the land? So parking on his drive is a form of droit de seigneur?
Is that something you do with sheep?Quote:
Originally Posted by GrahamB
he might well do
never let the facts....
Graham you should know this being a journo :D
I thought that was the Wharfedale 'Arriers changing rooms :)Quote:
Originally Posted by brett
Would it be wrong for a Lancashire man to say for his first visit to the Kettlewell/Bolton Abbey area of the dales that I was very impressed. I loved the little villages I passed through on my drive over especially the one with the chip shop in a shed (Cowling).
Really enjoyed the race its only my second fell race this year due to niggles and one thing and another. I had forgot how much I missed the whole scene.
After dragging my sorry backside up the ascent that seemed to go on forever. On which I seemed to lose loadsa places due to my overly keen fast start. I absoulety loved the descent nice soft and boggy at first then the short rocky steep bit that gottya concentrating again and then back to the lovely run in.
Thanks to Peejay and all helpers I had a great day out and will be racing over that way in the near future. Cheers also to Mister Derby Tup for accomodating me for the evening sorry about your Fat Head on Saturday morning from the Addingham pub crawl the night before.
Nice to meet Stagger and put a face to the name and well done to Stick and the Wharfedale team on winning the team prize.
Cheers
Jamie
Good photos StanQuote:
Originally Posted by Stan
Nice to meet up with NOUH and Derby T and Peejay three fine Gentlemen. ;)
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Originally Posted by NotOnUrHelly
Well done Jamie;)
Cheers Daz,
Long time no see pal,
Are you going along to xmas on the fells, if so Ill see you there.
Jamie
I'm always a little apprehensive before a race and I don't like running in areas I don't know when it's cloudy, so it was no surprise to see the clouds on the hills as I approached Kettlewell. I'm Jinxed!
On seeing the start line and the incline that it started upon, I was beginning to wonder if two shredded wheat were actually going to be enough to keep me going.
Off I went, full of energy, what a slog up that hill, it just seemed to go on and on, then eventually, exhausted, my legs shredded I made it out of the first field :eek:. The ground was really good under foot up to Hag Dyke, but then came the boggy ground. My first step into the water and I couldn't believe how cold it was. As I plodded on the leaders were heading back down, a few tumbles too, however it always amazes me the speed at which they get to the top. Luckily only a touch of cloud at the top. I'm afraid I didn't notice Rob Jebb at the top in fact I don't recall having the energy to even lift my head up and just remember somebody telling me to head round the back and back down.
The route down was great even with my brief beauty stop for a waist deep mud bath, although it served the guy behind me well knowing where to avoid. I did take extra care on the rocks coming down towards Hag Dyke (Losing a place here) but then had a cracking run on the good ground of the rest of the decent. Finished 83rd, my body screaming for a pint!
Thanks to the Marshalls. A cracking little race and one that is pencilled in for next year (31st October for those that didn't make it this time).
Great Race.....Tough slog all the way up (34 mins for me) but what a descent, 12mins of the best running ever! Including the 3 times I went knee deep in mud.:D
The pint in the pub wasn't bad either.
G...Dodo's can fly!:rolleyes:Sometimes
Thanks to Peejay, in fact all the 'jays' (is this is a record for highest number of relatives + partners helping at a race???) for another great race.
Cheers, Ali :)
Glad you got your fish and chips Jamie!Quote:
Originally Posted by NotOnUrHelly
Addingham pub crawl was fun (now then Big Compass) and time I'd got out of the first field my head had cleared a treat (I think the problem was mixing Yorkshire and Lancashire beers ;) )
See you at Xmas in t ' fells if not before :)
Andrew
Nice photos Stan. Thank you very much.:)
There are a few more photos on http://clayton-le-moors-harriers.co.uk - mainly clayton runners, but I did spot a few forumites and took a few random photos as I walked back down to the start finish area.
Looks like a cracking route which I'll have to have a go at next year
Nice ones Andy! :)
Cracking photos, really show all aspects of the route.
Many thanks:)
Totally agree Stagger - some lovely photos that really capture the flavour of the race :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Stagger
Yes, it's unusual to see a set that capture action shots from so many different phases of a race. Usually you get forty different people from a single viewpoint.
Cracking photos Andy, I'll let Compass-man know they are on the website tomorrow. :)
Compass-man does feature more than most - but then he was going slow which gave me chance to get more than one shot!
The photos just remined me.
Has anyone seen the photos from the chap in the Hi Viz jacket at the bottom of the rocks on the way down to Hag Dike?
I had some good banta with him.
Was that not Dave Woodhead? It might be worth looking at the Woodentops site (nothing on yet), but normally just concentrates on his races. Dave was certainly there giving everyone the verbals when I was on my way down.
Didn't see Dave, but Eileen was certainly there.
A mate of mine mentioned earlier tonight that he thought he'd seen Dave W taking photos down by the rocks, so that could be true.
Both Dave and Eileen were there taking photos
it was dave,i had a natter with him,eileen was further down near the finger post
Good photos Andy, thanks!
I'll give Dave a bell & try to get hold of the pics. He did say he would let me have them. I think there might have been a video recorded by someone else as well, Dylan do you know? I've been trying to ring the cameraman all week but he's not been about.
he might be at shepherds,he was not at the club last night!
Photos are up on the Woodentops site. Some real crackers!
Thanks to Dave and Eileen.
where is the wooden tops website tussockface
Cheers
Jamie
No worries I have found it
http://www.woodentops.org.uk/
Sorry if this link has been posted earlier in the thread
More great photos:)
Thanks
Sat 31st Oct, Great Whernside AS 4m/1555’ 11.30am from Kettlewell campsite £4
Anyone on this?
Club champs race, I'll be there. Show my stupidity, didn't know great whernside was different to whernside, thought it was a GREAT whernside race!! If I hadn't been playing on net couple of days ago, might have ended up at wrong hill!!! :o
Not too familiar with Great Whernside myself, probably been up it when i was a kid, but have no recollection! Rated 'A' so i guess there's some nice climbing in it :)
A smashing race with a bit of everything for everyone.
Just 2 mile up and the best runable down.
Ran this last year and loved it. Penciled it in the diary the next day. That was, however until we decided to go away for that weekend Darn Sarf!
Nevermind, hope you all have a good day for it!