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The stepping stones must have been well under water. To be fair, you only said the paths were "mostly" dry.Quote:
Originally Posted by anthonykay
Anyway, we enjoyed your local hill and with daughter now living in Nottingham I'm sure it won't be my last visit.
10.46 miles, 4,249 feet, 3 hours 36 minutes: Wansfell Pike from three sides, including twice down and once up the race descent to the kissing gate, so not on the steps at all. Sunshine and clouds, the cloud base was above the high tops; a strong cold wind from the north. No rain; terrain dry in places, damp/wet and slippery elsewhere. Lots of walkers on the steps, which is why I avoided them; I saw one other runner, in shorts and a T shirt, as opposed to my all over waterproof kit to keep the wind off.
It is nice to have company on this thread!
That brook does respond quickly to rain or lack thereof, and we did have some rain in the days before your visit. But I was up there today, and crossed with dry feet.Quote:
Originally Posted by gej
8.32 miles, 3,509 feet, 3 hours 7 minutes: ODG - The Band - Three Tarns - Crinkle Crags - around the Bad Step - Red Tarn - Pike O'Blisco - cattle grid - ODG. Overcast, with cloud/mist initially down to the valley floor; later the cloud base rose to perhaps 500 feet. Very poor visibility on the tops. Constant drizzle/light rain. A moderate wind from the west. Terrain saturated and slippery. I only saw two others on the fells, and there were only 4 other cars in the ODG car park.
12.02 miles, 2,615 feet, 3 hours 23 minutes: Loughrigg trails. Initially overcast and drizzly, with dense patches of mist down to a low level - it slowly cleared to an extent until there were some patches of blue sky. No wind, not cold. Terrain wet/saturated and very slippery. Quite a few walkers about; one fellow runner.
Had my booster injection this morning at the local pharmacy - all very slick.
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Originally Posted by Mike T
Had my Pfizer booster last Saturday in Kendal no affect whatsoever on my mileage or training to date.
12.37 miles, 3,602 feet, 3 hours 54 minutes: Rothay Bridge - Low Sweden Bridge - around the Rock Step - Low Pike - High Pike - Dove Crag - Scandale - Red Screes - Roundhill Farm - Ambleside. Sunshine and clouds, no rain, a cool breeze on the tops, terrain damp/wet/saturated and slippery. Waterproof top not needed. I only saw ten walkers on the actual fells; there were far more lower down.
I had hoped to go up the Rock Step, but there was a couple just ahead of me who were going painfully slowly so I went around it. There was another couple having difficulty just below High Pike - they had gone off the easy but steep looking scrambly path onto quite slippery terrain, and had to turn back.
I had arm discomfort the day after the injection but it has now settled. My partner - injected the same day - has swelling, redness and discomfort around the injection site - some call it Covid arm - this usually occurs after the Moderna vaccine but it can occur with Pfizer. Simple painkillers and an antihistamine are the suggested treatments, if anything is needed at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnK
I had two pfizer jabs.
The first had no effect on my running, but i did have a very sore arm for 48hrs (sore enough to keep me out of the gym), the ache in my arm actually lasted nearly a week.
The second had no effect on my arm, but i felt "under the weather" the day after, unable to run that day.
Quite odd. I have had 3 Pfizer (+ my flu) jabs and I forgot them all as I walked out of the door.Quote:
Originally Posted by Travs
You're a hard man though Graham. I am a mere southern softie.Quote:
Originally Posted by Graham Breeze
Ha ha.Quote:
Originally Posted by Travs
But once you've had injections for Yellow Fever and more...:)
13.87 miles, 3,851 feet, 4 hours 45 minutes: Elterwater - Swinescar Pike - Blea Rigg - Sergeant Man - High Raise - Thunacar Knott - Pavey Ark - Stickle Tarn - Blea Rigg - Swinesacr Pike - Lang How - Silver How - Elterwater. Initially cloudy with some patches of blue sky, but it soon became much more overcast and misty with the cloud base lowering to about 500 feet. A cool breeze on the tops, and it was drizzly in the mist, but it wasn't cold and I did not need my waterproof top. Terrain wet and very slippery. I saw perhaps two dozen walkers on the fells.
I took the wrong path off High Raise, hence the circuitous return route. In other words I was "lost" for a bit. Luckily I realised this almost straight away, and when I got to Thunacar Knott worked out where I was. I did of course have my GPS watch with me, but I have never used it to navigate.
The incidence of Covid vaccine side-effects does reduce with age - both the minor ones (for example a sore arm, headaches), and the major ones (blood clots with AZ, myocarditis with Pfizer).Quote:
Originally Posted by Graham Breeze
From the AAC newsletter:Quote:
Originally Posted by Travs
Wansfell 27/12: It's back! That late Christmas present you always wanted! We're looking forward to hosting the Wansfell race again in 2021. Mark it in your diary and look out for more info on volunteering soon.
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Originally Posted by Mike T
Great, thanks Mike...
Possibility of not making it, as i'm likely to be in Coventry xmas/boxing day. then travel back up to Lakes on the 27/28th... was rather hoping Wansfell would be on the 28/29th.
Well i've heard that Nine Standards should be on New Years Day, so hoping to be there.
10.1 miles, 743 feet, 1 hour 49 minutes: Under Loughrigg Rd and Bog Lane laps - all on tarmac in other words. Overcast, constant light to moderate rain, blustery at times. No flooding - yet. I wasn't cold, but then I had all over waterproofs on, with two layers underneath top and bottom. I saw about two dozen walkers on Under Loughrigg, and three runners - two of them wearing shorts.
12.42 miles, 3,323 feet, 4 hours 24 minutes: Elterwater - Swinescar Pike (around) - Sergeant Man - High Raise - Sergeant Man - Swinescar Pike (over) - Lang How - Silver How - Elterwater. Very sunny, scattered high clouds hiding some of the high tops, including High Raise. A cool breeze at times. No rain, terrain wet and slippery. Lots of walkers on the fells; parking areas and town busy.
In my ignorance I thought High White Stones was the secondary top south of Low White Stones and north east of the highest point, but from Wainwright: "High White Stones (is) the name of a small area of grey boulders which includes the summit".
You don't know what you don't know.
Well, I got both my booster (Pfizer) and my flujab today. My son said I was daft to do these together, but it got it done.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike T
Unfortunatly this meant I couldn't run the excellent Burley Moor run, but I did manage to do the Chevin Forest parkrun. That's a beast of a parkrun.
So far, not feeling too bad, but drinking beer - so I can claim it's just a hangover in the morning.
You will be pleased to know there is an article in the Lancet showing that having the two vaccinations together is both safe and effective. Another article looked at deaths in Scotland in vaccinated vs unvaccinated people - it showed a huge reduction in deaths with the vaccine, surprise surprise.Quote:
Originally Posted by MattPo
Rather unusual route for today's walk: down to the Soar valley, through Quorn and Mountsorrel, then up to Swithland reservoir and back via the posh part of Quorn (Buddon Lane). Included several public footpaths that I had never been along before, including the one through the Lafarge Aggregates works. Good views from some parts of the walk to my more usual stamping ground, the hills on the east side of Charnwood Forest.
3 hours and 53 minutes of fairly brisk walking, relentless apart from two short breaks in Quorn: one for a bit of gravestone reading on the path through the parish churchyard, and another one to read the information board giving the history of Swyne Green, the area of land which has now become the public park known as Stafford Orchard. I could definitely feel it in my legs by the end of the walk; unlike Mike T, I am not doing this sort of effort every day.
Good training for your attempt at the Charnwood Forest Four!
13.55 miles, 4,056 feet, 4 hours 8 minutes: Rothay Bridge - Miller Bridge - Low Sweden Bridge - Rock Step - Low/High Pikes - Dove Crag - High Hartsop Dodd - Little Hart Crag - Scandale - Red Screes - Roundhill Farm - Ambleside. Mainly overcast, with the occasional patch of blue sky. Cloud banks here and there - no distinct cloud base. A breeze on the tops. Not cold - waterproof top not needed. No rain; terrain damp/wet and slippery. Lots of low level walkers, only a few on the fells.
10.75 miles, 3,411 feet, 3 hours 18 minutes: Wansfell Pike from two sides, including twice down (on the grass) and once up (on the steps) the race route to/from the kissing gate. Overcast, with mist down to the valley floor, increasing in density with height. No wind nor rain; not cold - waterproof top not needed. Terrain wet/saturated and slippery. Quite a few walkers on the steps.
11.04 miles, 3,150 feet, 3 hours 45 minutes: Traveller's Rest - Bracken Hause - Helm Crag - Calf Crag - Steel Fell - Calf Crag - Bracken Hause - Traveller's Rest. Overcast, with the cloud base just catching some of the highest tops. A cold wind from the south west - no rain. Terrain wet/saturated and slippery. Rather cold, but I did not use my waterproof top. I only saw six others - walkers - on the fells.
12.71 miles, 2,577 feet, 3 hours 20 minutes: Bog Lane laps, Brathay and Loughrigg trails. Cloudy/misty with the occasional patch of blue sky. A cool breeze at times, and a few minutes of light rain. Terrain damp/wet and slippery. Lots of walkers on the lower trails, and a couple of school groups higher up - nice to see.
8.43 miles, 3,157 feet, 2 hours 59 minutes: Traveller's Rest - Grisedale Tarn - Fairfield - Great Rigg - towards Stone Arthur - Heron Pike - Nab Scar - Alcock Tarn - Traveller's Rest. Overcast, with the cloud base at about 2,000 feet. A strong wind from the west on the tops. Intermittent light drizzle. Not cold - waterproof top not used. Terrain wet and slippery. About a dozen walkers seen on the fells. Town busy.
I took the wrong line off Great Rigg and found myself heading towards Stone Arthur - I realised almost straight away but decided to carry on and then reverse the route as it was such nice running. I turned around well short of Stone Arthur, as soon as it became rocky.
I managed a short walk up the hill and round. Tiring 🙁.
Had our booster jab on Sunday and although I only suffered a very sore arm for a few days and no bad symptoms, I've struggled with energy, been as flat as a pancake when trying any gentle exercise. Only 4 days I suppose but anyone else suffered similar? Mrs Mole was poleaxed the next day with headaches and sweats but fine now.
A local fell runner - in his 60s - not me - spent the day after his booster in bed with aches and pains and headache - but it was all over by the following day.Quote:
Originally Posted by molehill
Stop it, Stop it, you two.
I've got my booster next Tuesday! ;)
He was dead?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike T
Ha ha! All his symptoms had resolved by the following day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Graham Breeze
13.23 miles, 3,486 feet, 3 hours 50 minutes: Fairfield Horseshoe clockwise from Rothay Bridge, going to the left of the two Heron Pike tops and Great Rigg, to the right of Hart and Dove Crags, and around the Rock Step. Overcast, with the cloud base at about 2,500 feet; the occasional shaft of sunlight. Windy but not cold on the tops - no rain. Terrain anything from dry to saturated and slippery. I saw fourteen walkers on the fell.
I had intended to go down the Rock Step, but it looked very wet and greasy so I went around it. A very strong walker caught up with me going up Nab Scar - it took until I had gone around the second Heron Pike top to shake him off.
Another longer-than-usual walk: 3 hours and 26 minutes, via Windmill Hill to Old John in Bradgate Park, back via Swithland Wood. Yet another sunny day: this is supposed to be November!. Pain in the big toe of my right foot from about 1/3 of the way round; I can’t remember whether it was this or the left big toe that was dislocated when I was knocked off my bike in 2010.
Yesterday’s shorter walk took me past a pheasant shoot in the Woodbrook valley between Beacon Hill and Buck Hill. Shooters down in the valley, and men with red and white flags, presumably flushing the birds out, up on the hillside. I saw several dozen birds fly over (there were partridges as well as pheasants), but I only saw one go down. Not very impressive, given that the pheasants were flying in nice straight lines. Still, I suppose the idea isn’t to massacre them, but to leave plenty there to shoot at on another day.
12.58 miles, 3,735 feet, 4 hours 18 minutes: Elterwater - Swinescar Pike - Sergeant Man - High Raise - Sergeant Man - Swinescar Pike - Lang How - Silver How - Elterwater. Overcast, with the cloud base at about 2,000 feet, misty below that. A strong rather cold wind from the north on the tops; intermittent drizzle/light rain. I had all over waterproof cover on throughout. Terrain wet/saturated and slippery. I saw a couple of dozen walkers on the fells.
It was nice not to go astray on High Raise despite the poor visibility.
Peidiwch y mynd ymhellach.
No, I haven't gone to Wales; but Wales appears to have come to Leicestershire. Or at least, Welsh forestry workers must have come here, since the above text appeared on one of the signs warning the public about the current forestry operations in the Outwoods.
12.2 miles, 4,178 feet, 3 hours 52 minutes: Rothay Bridge - Low Sweden Bridge - Rock Step - Low/High Pikes - Dove Crag - Scandale - Red Screes - Roundhill Farm - Ambleside. Sunny, with some high clouds above the tops. A cold wind from the north, even in the valley - it was very strong on the tops. No rain. Surprisingly, a lot of the terrain was dry, presumably from the wind; some ice on puddles above 1,600 feet, and in places the grass/mud was crunchy. I wore all over waterproofs throughout, and was grateful for it. Lots of walkers on the fells, some in large groups, and I saw three other runners.
After the Rock Step I stayed to the right of the wall until just below the top of High Pike, when I swapped to the other side through a gate to avoid a large group. Overall it is probably the best way up - I will certainly do it this way again.
It was cold today Mike.... car iced up... frost on the ground in the Carlisle area, although didn't see any frost down by me.
It was the coldest it has been for ages - I even carried my microspikes, but did not need to use them. With windchill it was supposedly minus 10 or thereabouts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Travs
Spurred on by watching the cream of British fell running at the FToP, and the realisation that it's only a couple of months until Rombalds Stride; I thought I should get some longer training in.
Set off from home in Otley and up to Clifton, on to go past the atmospheric Dob Tower and down to the Washburn. Down the valley to Lindley Reservoir and did the steep loop north of it to come down by the Fish Farm. Down the Washburn to Leathley and back home by the side of the Wharfe.
Lovely sunny day with a frost, fairly dry underfoot. Saw about 6 walkers and lots of Buzzards. Don't know how far or altitude as I don't have any gadgets, but I was out for three hours.