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Yes, I forgot to mention that the stretch from Rocky Valley to Burley CAN be tricky, especially in mist. People have been known to go horribly wrong. Muddy Retriever is right to draw attention to the Ilkley/Burley part of the second half.Quote:
Originally Posted by Muddy Retriever
I second that TF. I know those moors like the back of my hand. However, the clag was well & truly down last year & me & Toni went wrong between Ilkley & The Pancake Stone.
Trouble is with the moor you don't realise how much you rely on the horizon as a guide, if the clag's down everything looks the same and the distances all seem distorted. It can be very confusing.
Your right Rob. There were no visible landmarks last year. 12 Apostles, White Wells, Cow & Calf, all wrapped in clag !
Final Recce run in the morning if anyones intrested..0815 from Leisure Centre, three guys and one dog !
Still unsure about that Stile at 195 443...can anyone advice ? i couldnt locate it !
Craig, if I remember rightly, isn't that the one at the end of the path that runs alongside the Household Waste site just after you've crossed the road ?
Just looked at the map Craig. It's a little further on that path following the A65 road crossing. It says "Woodlands Farm" on the map. Hope this helps.
Thanks Jez...will have another look today, problem is by the time i have run to that point i couldnt care less anymore !...but obviously need to hit the checkpoint/self clip point...it just looks on the map like its almost at the top of the Chevin, just after the steps where there are some rocks/boulders ect.....I will let you know !:thumbup:
Whereabouts is the self clip at Coldstone Beck - where the moor edge track crosses it, or further back (due south, I suppose), from the road?
I nearly missed it last year. It was hanging on a post after you've climbed back up from crossing the beck, just after the path forks and heads off for Burley Woodhead.Quote:
Originally Posted by plodding bear
Yes, that's where it usually is. Fingers crossed for you all that it is again this year!Quote:
Originally Posted by DinoF
It's not a race but is great fun with cakes and buns on the way round. I ran most of it last week and there was no mud, just ice and snow. There is no easy way up the Chevin. It's worth doing a recce of the moors and the Chevin just to let you know what you're in for. Oh and it's about 22. Good luck!
Donkey - plenty of mud up there just now! I was up there the other night, near the aerials/stone circle and I was slipping, sliding and sinking up to me knees in places.
Yep Ditto that ! we ran the whole route on Sunday and across the top was a big bog ! up to the knees once or twice...shoes off ect !...On the checkpoint list some places are marked refreshments, are they also checkpoints or just refreshments ?.....and i still havnt found that one on the Chevin marked "Above stile" 195 443
The places marked refreshments are also checkpoints.
The 'Above stile' checkpoint isn't near a stile but is placed on the climb up the Chevin from Otley just before you enter the wood. It is usually a self clip on a wooden stake. You'll have to go past in on the day so it will be easy to find.
Ok..thanks for the info !
...and today up there? Frozen solid - didn't even get me shoes wet! Absolutely beee-yoo-tiful day for it. Lovely and sunny on the top, calm, blue sky and looking down to a cloud-shrouded Ilkley. Marvellous.
Anyone know much about the wolf that's appeared above Silsden? Nice to see.
Not seen a Wolf !....hope the weather is same on the day then...no snow mind !
?what's that? I'm off for a recce tomorrow about 10:30 so I'll keep my eyes peeled.Quote:
Originally Posted by plodding bear
It's a big wicker style sculpture of a wolf that appeared about a fortnight ago, fixed onto a rocky outcrop looking down over Silsden/Addingham at the Windgate Nick end of the moor. Dunno who put it up, or how long it'll stay there, but it's quite impressive as a bit of temporary moor 'art'...
Recce run tomorrow, so if anyone's out there about 10:30 (hitting the moor about 11) say hello. I'm starting at guiseley retail park and running the first section as far as the wall on the way up bingley moor, then heading across to the scout hut to cut off the ilkley moor section, coming off towards burley moor and picking the route back up there all the way back. Should be interesting :)
Been looking at the route again and reckon you could be right about that. I'm not sure now. Anybody else got any thoughts as to whether when you come down on the west side of Ilkley Moor towards Piper's Crag, it's the first path away from the woods or the second?Quote:
Originally Posted by fozzy
I haven't done it before but I know this area fairly well, and I think it's the path leading off to the right just after the bend in the wall which encloses the plantation, the one we'll be alongside. Like the blurb says, there's an old boundary stone pretty much AT the turn. The path leading down to Piper's Crag is well worn and clear to see.
I'm looking forward to this one!
Recce'd the first and last 7m today (although a but later than anticipated) mostly straightforward. I'm not 100% convinced I took the usual route through Esholt woods but it came out in the right place so doesn't really matter. Also, I agree the descent from Baildon moor is tricky. I went for a small trod that more or less pointed from the corner of the caravan park straight at the road crossing with the cattle grid. It was quite a small path but I think that's the one I'll be using anyway. The last climb up the Chevin is pretty evil ;)
I'm hoping to do the Ilkley moor section next week, although aside from the small section from whetstone gate to pipers crag, I know the moor pretty well. I was tempted to check it out today but really needed to get the last section done and would've run out of time.
Thanks. I've amended this accordingly.Quote:
Originally Posted by plodding bear
http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/fullscreen/26425860/
I've never been quite sure since they changed the route a couple of years ago. You used to come down at Whetstone Gate.
Muddy Retriever, you've posted a link which can only be accessed by viewers you accept as friends on Map My Run. May one be allowed to petition for such status? A chap doesn't like to seem pushy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Muddy Retriever
Sorry.....try it now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tussockface
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Originally Posted by Muddy Retriever
This looks more or less right to me - although I've only reccied from Esholt to Menston (although I'm familiar with the start from the Guiseley Gallop).
The only bit I'm not sure on, is the route from the Trig on Baildon moor to the road. I'm still not 100% sure exactly where the self-clip is. I've been told that there's normally someone on the CP, but I guess at this stage, there'll still be people to follow even if there isn't.
I haven't done any recces, really. I know a bit of it (Rombalds Moorsy stuff) and I'm going to rely on my navigational skills (ha ha!) to get me round the rest on the day; I'm going to enjoy it, and use it as a chance to practice my map reading.
...whaddya mean, it's got "F***-up" written all over it???
this will be my 9th Rombalds Stride, you would think I would know the way by now :confused:
Did the Ilkley Moor section last week, they have changed the Chevin bit slightly.
Hello! - Does anyone know if this is a dog friendly one? Also is it full yet? haven't done an entry yet but do fancy!
Thanks Vicci
I should think so as it's an LDWA event. Pop a running vest on him, nobody will know. I ran with Scooby Doo on the Chevin Chase.
I ran with my mutt t'other year and they gave him a certificate for 1st dog home, so yeah, they're dog friendly :o)
Hope yours is more sensible than mine, he just wanted to run with the leaders and hence, dragged me the whole way round. Not quite the unfair advantage you'd imagine it to be, never been so shattered!!
Fab! _ I'll get my entry in and take Blizzard along. I know exactly what you mean about being dragged along by the dog - I have Blizz attached to me via a waist belt so it makes running easier for me - the only problem is she CHARGES down the hills and trots up them so I get the help when I need it least!
See you there!
Well! All that fuss about Garmins in races but assistance from dogs is OK? And suppose it was a whole team of huskies attached to your waist belt? Or a search dog trained to find the way round?? And if dogs, what about ponies? This could mean the end of fell racing as we know it.Quote:
Originally Posted by vburke
He he! Alexandra - i'll bring some more along if you like!!! You can have one or two too! It's great fun - especially trying to get them to stop when you want them to!
oh dear - looks like it's full - so need to find a different event for that day!
Alexandra is right, We don't go and ask to do the canni-cross or husky races without a dog, so dogs should be banned from fell/trail/road races, its an unfair advantage and they get in the way, what would happen if everyone took a dog along, it'd ba a nightmare.
I did a small race last year and two people turned up with these dogs stuck to them, claiming they needed to train for canni cross races, why they couldn't just train somewere else god only knows.....
(dog lover with two dogs, who TRAIN with me !!!)
Oh dear, I was only joking, I never remember to put in smilies (it's my age - we didn't have smilies when I was learning to write with a dip pen and an inkwell full of blotting paper). I really don't want to be jumped on by all the dog loving runners AGAIN. I quite like seeing huge fell runners being towed along behind tiny terriers, and I trust that any dog that bit me in a race would be disqualified, along with its owner. That would teach it!Quote:
Originally Posted by multi coloured
:) He he!! Think I know Mr Multicoloured - Always having a moan about something;)
Do you run with your dogs now!? Good on you :)
Anyway it's no bother as Rombalds is full and that is what this thread is about.