No sympathy from me......been there and got the T-shirt:D
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No sympathy from me......been there and got the T-shirt:D
We think it is Henry's - if you get others claiming it let me know. Thanks for picking it up. I'm sure Rick will be happy to return it to Henry, though possibly not via the Saunders mid-camp! I'll talk to Rick and make sure he knows you'll have it.Quote:
Originally Posted by RichT
Thanks,
Steve
No problem Steve - I also picked up Julien's clothes including his 22 hour old undies - luckily I offloaded those on Sunday morning before too much festering!!
Roll on next weekend.
Well done to all you guys at the weekend, it's bloody hard work in that heat!
Thanks Iain for inviting me along, it was great to meet you and a pleasure to out there with you and the boys on leg 4, big thanks to your 'mrs' and support team for keeping us all fuelled up too, they were superb. Hope to catch up with you all again soon.
Young Ken
Big thanks from Donkarlo's support on leg 5 as well, your support team fuelled us up with parkin while we waited, Cheers Iain's helpers:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Nee Bother
Forgot to say 'ta' for the cake off Emmilou......it was canny arlreet like:p
Also good to see that motley crew at Honister (they know who they are):p
Yer lurve us really marra:pQuote:
Originally Posted by Nee Bother
A good weekend and well done to Dave Harvey, Andy Green , Julien Minshull and Phil Winskll.
Bad luck to Mark but your time will come mate.
The Pennine crew were magnificent.
Margaret and Dave Jones providing support and organisation along with others.
For our leg
Rob Mitton, Marvin and myself paced Julien and Phil.
Some good points on the leg but it was warm in places.
Certain choice words were said to them both and from Yewbarrow it was decided that push push push was the order of the day.
Id guessed in my mind that 22hrs 40 would be about right and the times between each summit came down exactly to plan.
They both had there bad patches as does everyone but responded well.
Phil probably wont remember what i said to him at he bottom of Gable but as the thunderstorm broke as we reached the summit he perked up and then we were flying.
A big thanks must go to Marvin who started the climb up Dale Head but handed to me at Littletown to sprint them home.
That after fetching and carrying at least 4 litres of water from the spring up Kirk Fell as id taken them up the posts ahead.
Without that water we would have struggled. So for me on that leg the highlight was Andy carrying that water.
So a good day was had
Roll on next year
Phil i think you actually agreed that if we got you round under 22hrs you would give me a hundred quid
haha.
The pennine people are indeed special.
I didn't get any :( would have went nice with me cuppa at Honister ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Nee Bother
Yes they did him proud, made a good cuppa as well :DQuote:
Big thanks from Donkarlo's support on leg 5 as well
all supporters are special;)Quote:
Originally Posted by daz h
esp those that get you round.
Ask any BG finisher:D
Special and selfless, (not selfish daz;)) Humbling experience has been mentioned, well its a humbling experience watching a successful round being completed, a good support team is priceless, but, at the end of the day they can only do so much, hat's off to all successful BG'ers, hope to join you next year:)Quote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
That was a great day. Still a bit bruised from a minor fall on the way off some Pike / Fell / End (clumsy is my middle name), but loved every minute.
Annoyed at myself for losing touch with Karl and Bill over Scafell Pike:(, and hence missing out on Leg 4, but the day as a whole was fantastic:D.
As has been said, the way people come together from far flung corners with a common purpose and all contribute to this thing is amazing.
I had a great time and I'm right chuffed to have met so many great folk... restores some your faith in humanity.
Karl, you may have had doubts after losing time on Leg 2, but it didn't show and you kept a good pace, and Bill, your navigating was pretty damn slick, even though I could hardly tell what you were saying in warp speed Cumbrian!!!;).
Great times; great folk and happy days.
Note to self: Lesson learnt: If you need to stop to retreive / adjust something while supporting, run on ahead and let them catch you up while you do it... then you'll not get so removed from the group.
Thanks for having me along Karl... it was a privilege.:cool:
Tell me about it! I went to put the time for Great Gable to on the sheet, looked up only to see that they had already disappeared down some Baggins secret descent (noted for Borrowdale;)). so they tried to drop me too!Quote:
Originally Posted by lantern rouge
Not falling for that one again.
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Originally Posted by AJF
Hey I looked round to see that you were ok! ;) honestly.... and a price I paid too....almost a triple salca in front of a bunch of tourists at Windy gap!!:o oh well more fuel to their beliefs we fell runners are nutters!
Many thanks to all the Pennine lot and families and kids of…. who supported us. The team (including those doing it) made it a great day out. For me, it took the help and patience of RichT and Simon to bring me back on track after not being able to stand on Yewbarrow.:eek: I just wanted to go to sleep where I stumbled. Once I’d decided a 26 hour time could be achieved (…and gave up on keeping up) the day fell back into place and allowed us to get to the cheering crowd at the Moot Hall. Fabulous day I’ll treasure. :)
Marko - I’m sure when you go for it again you’ll make it look easy, good luck.
I'll second that...Quote:
Originally Posted by merrylegs
Supporting makes you realise the scale of the thing... but it also maks see that what once was a pipe dream may, just may, actually be do-able.
So you've set your date then Steve?
I was looking at next year myself, but had a wobble a few weeks back... looks a bit more feasible now... I'm not proposing a joint attempt as such... can't bear the pressure... but we'll see how things progress.
Count me in to, at the very least, carry your windcheater!;)
See you at the FP Relay.