Daz and Elise seem to be doing alright, just setting off for BG central now. Good luck to all!
Steve/Linda - see you at Honister.
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Daz and Elise seem to be doing alright, just setting off for BG central now. Good luck to all!
Steve/Linda - see you at Honister.
Was with Bill on leg 2. Conditions were quite rough - very windy and some heavy showers. Vis wasn't too bad and we were only in clag on the tops. Only one slight mishap saw us overshoot the fence post coming off dollywagon. Bill was focused, in good spirits and moving well. Looking good for him on the tracker over leg 3 too.
Sorry you had to bail Roy, and I hope your lad recovers quickly.
Bill's trackerQuote:
Originally Posted by alwaysinjured
Its hard to tell for sure but Bill is maybe 30 minutes down
Aye, look to be going well, see you soon Martyn :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Martyn P
Thanks.
According to that he seemed to have lost it to dunmail
Is not a massive problem if he can get down to wasdale around 10
The trackers are useful but do mess up here and there, it shows him well east of thunacar and harrison, and dropping massively which will not have happened in reality, seems to have problems under scafell cliffs too.
The tracker obviously loses satellite every now and then and I'm loving the bonkers line* its showing that Bill has taken up Scafell. If he's in Wasdale by 10, he can hopefully catch things up a bit over the last 2 legs
* Its realligned itself a bit now - maybe he tried Lords Rake, turned back and did Foxes Tarn???
bill could be in wasdale this is his pacer i carried his tracker over 1 and then gave it to andy (marmaliser) for 2 that reminds me i still have its case he is going the wrong way of scafell
The tracker seems to be having problems.Quote:
Originally Posted by vespa
Cant believe the line it is showing off scafell.
It does look a bit confusing!! Hope he's ok! Any news from Old 'Un!?...or anyone?
The worrying thing about it is that from memory there is a track that heads that way down off scafell if you go over and don't double back and just about where they turn towards wasdale head could have been an OMG moment coming out of the clag seeing wasdale head way off to their right prompting a massive turn and km traverse right But the clear jumping of position around rakeshead suggests the tracker is struggling, nothing to do with nav.
Looks as though they jumped the fence! The stile is way off to their left. Nearly down.
I reckon it would be better if Bill was carrying the tracker - I'm hoping to have one next week and I'll carry it I think. The satellite pickup looks a bit lop sided today but that could easily be from the weather. Like Vespa said hopefully Bill's safely in Wasdale and its just a support runner catching up
Just a guess but maybe the studs from Gt Lakes recces have misled them to Sleight Side area.
I'm off now but the very best of luck to Bill. 10:23 in Wasdale which puts him circa an hour down on a 24 hour schedule. Still all the play for!
Sorry updates have been slow had a few dramas, bill 1:24 down on time with clag bad on 3 although the lads had a good go at it, winds bad but rains stopped hes going well though and strong in his self so theres s chance still hrs still focused feeling good I'm sure Nigel will get him moving on 4
Hopeing he keeps at it here! Sounds like he is still in it! Good luck!
Looks like Bill's going to be on Great Gable with 3 hours to go, which isn't quite enough time. Hopefully there's a lag on the tracker
Hi Gents I am back off the leg 3 as a support runner. The conditions were very windy at times, the rain wasn’t too bad, we had a couple of heavy showers and I would swear we had Hail at one point. Despite a head wind Bill was going strong and hitting his peaks on time, and by Bow fell we were 2 minutes up, however the clag made Navigating very difficult for our navigators, we did go off line somewhere round Scarfell in the clag. Bill was great and still going well when we left him setting off up Yewbarrow. Fingers crossed for him as the weather looked to have cleared as we left Wasdale.
ATB
Tahr
A couple of photos from leg 3.
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/b...ps7815230e.jpg
Bill on Scar Fell Pike.
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/b...psc2489c7f.jpg
Cake Cake and more Cake at Wasdale.
ATB
Tahr
Seems like he's going for it irrespective of the 24 hours target. Good man.
Bill went through honister at 4:30 , he's 2:05 over but moving ok and in good spirits with a slight hobble theres no doubt he'll finish although over 24hrs but hes happy with were he is and got Keswick in his sights. Thanks to all the lads and lasses who made today possible I'm sure bill will give report and be in touch with you all. I'm off home to bed :)
Anyone heard how Elise from Tod is doing?
Great support effort Simon, great resilience from Bill to keep his spirits up and focus on completing. Thank you all for the updates and pictures, it makes it all more real to me as a spectator.
Credit to yer Bill.
Great effort Arkel! Conditions haven't been great, its great to see you continue! :thumbup:
Just spoke to leg 5 support and bills down and safely tucked in bed he got down about 830-9 not sure on time yet but the weather dealt him another blow with wind and rain, I drove through it and it gave it some so a cracking efforts to get round bill weldone mate and all support for getting him round. A big weldone to the 7 pm round as well on your finish
I was in Wasdale at 4 pm ish, and saw a female BG contender being well looked after in the NT car park. If that was Elise and she set off at midnight, I think she looked good for a completion.Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
Thanks for the update AlanQuote:
Originally Posted by Alan Lucker
This might become even more obsessional but you can keep an eye on the finishing line here http://www.friarsofkeswick.co.uk/kes...re-live-webcam
Sorry to say Elise bailed near Red Pike, down on time and the weather came in rough. She soldiered on to Honister missing out the summits, the weather got progressively worse, hailstones and wind under Kirk Fell. Brave effort that lady.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan Lucker
And brave effort Bill :)
I thought that was you Alan ..... I saw you getting changed by your car and nearly came over and said hello but wasn't sure. If you'd had your cap on I'd have recognised you :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Alan Lucker
As Steve has already said, Elise was as brave as heck to battle on, but the weather got really ugly after Red Pike and she was wise to call it a day. The trek back to Honister wasn't funny for anyone, especially the torrential rain and hailstorm we had while skirting under Kirk Fell. She'll be back to fight another day I'm sure.
A great well done to Bill.
You had the right mindset.
Option A , Do it in 24 hours
Option B , Just Get it done
No Option C,D,E....!!!
It was i:D. I nearly came over to ask about how the round was going but you were all busy. Then Ian arrived back at the car after running from Greendale bridge, after a JNC leg 4 recce. Earlier in the day before we set off, we saw a group waiting for what I now assume was Bill (well done on getting around) and we both thought that if it rained it would be a tough day for us, let alone a BG atempt. The very cold strong wind on the tops, with warmth lower down when sheleterd is a tricky combo. Bad luck Elise, hopefully the weather will be a bit more settled for next time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martyn P
Well done Bill from a fellow member of the Option B club. I think we met at the Moot Hall about a month ago when I trundled in after my own 25+ hr tussle with the weather. Sounds like you experienced even worse. Hopefully, though like me you will take very many positives from the day, including no doubt fantastic road and fell support and there's always next month, year....the year after that. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Adnan Khan
Bill, that was an extreme effort of endurance. To be so far down at Wasdale I would have called it a day, myself. We went up Yewbarrow at a good lick (43 minutes), though, and I was quietly wondering whether whether we could make up the hour and a half but the conditions were not pleasant. To have taken a battering by the weather overnight on legs 1 - 3 and then carried on with what we endured, especially the high winds, knowing the 24 hrs was not achievable was admirable. Then, on the 'easy leg' leg 5 we got battered even more. I was wearing virtually full winter gear and could still feel it - biting hail and high winds over Robinson were immense. Have a rest, mate, you deserve it.
I would just like to set the record straight on the tracker, though. It was in the top of my pack for leg 4 (I handed it to Adnan for leg 5) but I did not suddenly sprint down into the valley toward black sail MR from the pass before Great gable and then back up again to rejoin the group! Don't know what happened there! Apart from that the tracker trace resembled my own garmin trace. Because I had the tracker, though, I ensured I went everywhere Bill went eg out to Steeple etc. I did forget at Grey Knotts, though, and went round the lump while Bill and the others went to the top.
A huge Well Done to Bill on an heroic effort! :thumbup:
Commiserations to Elise on being so unlucky with the weather on Leg 4 - I have no doubts she'd've nailed it with even slightly better conditions