The official stance is for all teams to obtain a copy of the "Calderdale Way Booklet". :(
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The official stance is for all teams to obtain a copy of the "Calderdale Way Booklet". :(
Horwich website has the routes on it, don't forget to go to Stoodley Pike, not on the Calderdale way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pike
They don't now, they have all been deleted.:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by john doe
That was my first port of call as well, but fortunatly I saved the description of leg 2 (and have a map of it) which includes the run (or stagger) up to the pike. That will be my leg of said journey round Calderdale.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stagger
mmm guess I will contact the organizer and try and find this booklet thingy...I want to do a reccie well before race day....thanks
Hi Daz, Geoff
Though Des G was doing leg 6, I did have a bit of a hand in the selections, maybe all will become clear tonight. Looks like a good team though
Its marked on the OL21 map Fidaleo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fidaleo
As long as you know your start and finish positions you can use the map to navigate the route.
Or *cough*Multimap and print*cough*Quote:
Originally Posted by Stagger
Don't ask me - so long as I've got someone to follow (and NOT the Hollingworth Tortoise!) I don't mind which leg it is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Double Dee
the route is clearly marked on the ol21 map,
organiser has published exceptions(leg2 to stoodley;leg3 to finish;leg4 jerusalem)
you do need to take the map when on a recce as every leg as a few grey areas,if you are unsure on any part,bang it on here and we collectively will help.
i am over leg2 there and back sat and leg3 and 4 sunday,may see you.
if your recce's on leg4 take 20p for the bogs at midgehole,we didnt,so lost out on topping our water!
Time for a quiz. 6 clips from 6 legs...
a) http://www.horwichrmiharriers.co.uk/...ale_quiz/t.jpg b) http://www.horwichrmiharriers.co.uk/...ale_quiz/u.jpg c) http://www.horwichrmiharriers.co.uk/...ale_quiz/r.jpg
a) leg 3 - first steep climb up from railway
b) leg 4 - above colden water
c) leg 2 - withens clough res
d) leg 1 - norland moor
e) leg 6 - ?
f) leg 5 - just after mixenden?
do I win a prize?
e) Leg 6 - Park Lane and Exley Bank
Well done, all correct, but Leg 5 clip was well after Mixenden, about a mile before the end.
Just been given the go ahead for leg 2 yahoo, we're gonna recy it on Sunday about 9:15am.
All leg routes are here, thanks to Horwich.
See you there, muddy. Me & Grouse are doing Leg 2. No chance of a recce, though. Can we follow you?Quote:
Originally Posted by mudlugger
More likely we'll be trying to keep up with you guys. But hey, if we're around and you get stuck then give us a shout eh.Quote:
Originally Posted by GeoffB
I'm on leg 4,see you there :)
ok fleeterQuote:
Originally Posted by Fleeter
Im on leg 3Quote:
Originally Posted by Fleeter
You need to aim for sub 1.17mins Fleeter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fleeter
The best leg on the course.
Thats my post mate:pQuote:
Originally Posted by Mrs Stagger
Chaddy's on leg 1. I didnt realsie there's two 5ams in a day!!:eek:
You will be early if you start at 5am!
I'm on leg one. I'm going up for a recce next week, but surely I can't get lost on the first leg (I'm slow but not that slow)?
Cheers - Raymond
reccied leg 2 on sunday, lots of leaves, mud and freezing winds.. Brr.
Quiz time again. Which legs?:
a) http://www.horwichrmiharriers.co.uk/...ale_quiz/y.jpg b) http://www.horwichrmiharriers.co.uk/...ale_quiz/q.jpg c) http://www.horwichrmiharriers.co.uk/...ale_quiz/a.jpg
Without checking the maps I'm only certain about one of these.
a) Leg 3 - Great Rock - obviously! Just before crossing Staups Moor down to the bridge before the road climb to Blackshaw Head.
Isn't this the place of local legend where they say the devil jumped from Stoodley Pike to Great Rock and you can still see the imprint of a cloven hoof in the top of the rock where the devil landed?
And the rock is covered in carved graffiti, some of it very old.
f) Leg 2 I think but not certain - looks like the part of leg 2 descending into Todmorden down the twisty road past the church.
Also no map, but Ill have a go.
a) Leg Three (Great Rock's known to Todmordians as Devil's Rock. As well as the devil it's also got lots of witch stories around it).
b) Leg one? After Ripponden
c) Leg Six I think, somewhere near Brighouse
d)Dunno, Brighouse again?
e)Leg Five, just before Mixenden
f) Sneaky, but Tod again. Leg Two
d = Leg 4 on the climb up to the finish;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Duff
e) just after start of leg may be first half mile:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Duff
It's all been said before but just thought i'd summarise the change to the start/finish from prev years.
The best instructions seem to be on;
HorwichRMIHarriers
The race is organised by Halifax Harriers and they do seem to have noticed that the start/finish has moved! However their race entry details still lists the grid ref for the old start/finish at SE 080 224.
It looks like they just changed the date on last years document and banged it out again. It's pretty poor that they havent bothered updating it, but that's up to them i guess.
Stevie is correct with a=3 and f=2.
Duff is correct with b=1, Soyland town is just after Ripponden. And c=6, after the climb out of Bailif Bridge and just before the descent into Brighouse. d is not near Brighouse. Correct with e=5, but not after Mixenden, but just a mile into the leg, north of Wainstalls, where you cross the road after the big climb. Yes f=2, Salford is on the outskirts of Todmorden.
Stagger knows his stuff.
The erroneous grid reference given (080224) is neither the old nor the new start, but appears to be approximately where leg 1 from the old start joined the Calderdale Way after climbing up through the woods. So beware putting that into your sat.nav in your quest to find registration, as you may end up down the narrow looking Scholes Lane above Greetland.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyA
http://www.horwichrmiharriers.co.uk/.../cwr_start.jpg
I'm better with the western half of Calderdale (guess where I live!). I try to steer clear of the badlands in the east.
Some where up that valley between sowerby bridge and tod:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Duff
PS
I would put the start/finsh of Pikes map in the South-East corner where all the respectable folk live;)