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Peak-bagging at Gofar
8 new peak-bagging routes have been added this winter taking the total to over 40.:w00t:
Click on to the regional menu here: : http://www.gofar.org.uk/moreultrasv2temp.html
So what’s new?
Some Brand New Challenges
30 Wainwrights @ 30 - Hot off the press, only completed last month by Andy Blackett (Durham Fell Runners)
Six County Tops (Peak) - An extension of the Dark Peak 4 County Tops by Steve Leach (Rolls Royce Harriers). Completed last December with Bryan Carr & Jon Kinder.
Upper Calder 13 Trigs - Devised by John Riley (CVFR) and first completed last October by Tony Wimbush (Idle AC), followed by Pete Simpson last month.
Some old routes!
Scottish 4000’s – the classic traverse from Ben Nevis to Cairn Gorm
Snowdon to Pumlumon – the 3 principal peaks (and more) of North and Mid Wales in one go.
The Two 3’s - National & Yorks 3 Peaks – a variation to the controversial National 3 peaks.
Ring of Fire (Galloway) – a true wilderness challenge
South Pennines 39 Trigs – an early CVFR epic
John Fleetwood’s Scottish Challenges – a direct link to John’s revamped site detailing all his adventures.
The Over The Hill Series.... is nearly over the hill!
As advised in The Fellrunner the series will close at the end of the year but the six routes in the series will continue as standalone informal challenges .
Training Routes – stepping stones to greater things!
Calder Valley Round
Howgill 1500’s
Magnificient 7 (Calderdale)
Six Trigs Challenge (Calderdale)
UK Big 3 Statistics – Tom Wright, Nicky Spinks added, finishers updated (except BGR)
NEXT UPDATE: hopefully WINTER 2013! There’s still plenty in the pipeline!
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Some great routes there MM , thanks for taking the time to add these to the site. The Upper Calder 13 looks very tempting since it passes my front door, but contains 3 trigs I've never been to (Dog Hill, Trough Edge End, Nab Hill). It's now definitely on the list of top 3 routes I must do at some point this year!
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Simon B
Some great routes there MM , thanks for taking the time to add these to the site. The Upper Calder 13 looks very tempting since it passes my front door, but contains 3 trigs I've never been to (Dog Hill, Trough Edge End, Nab Hill). It's now definitely on the list of top 3 routes I must do at some point this year!
Yes I would have thought the Calder Trigs might prove quite popular as it's on a lot of doorsteps so to speak! Generally good going as well so I can see some fast times being clocked up.
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Great stuff MM, your efforts are appreciated
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shaunaneto
Great stuff MM, your efforts are appreciated
Aye, an excellent resource. Think I might try a couple of the Lakes ones in the next month or two.
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MOUNTAIN MAN
As advised in The Fellrunner the series will close at the end of the year
just a few months before I'd have become eligible :closed:
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Had an attempt at the 6CTs yesterday. Wheels fell off on Outer Edge big time. I was sick four times and had to bail at Crowden with 7 miles to go. Gutted. Sickness & Diaboggles, plus the bog monster and a half hour hail shower over the watershed bogs took its toll. The only positive is that there aren't many of us that have done two 4CTs. When I showed my three year old daughter a video of Shining Tor, all she could say was "Was that where you had a poo!". Still, when the pain goes away I might have another go.
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Hard luck Rodders. Good to see there is some interest and activity on some of the new gofar routes. I quite fancy a go at it sometime if I ever get fit again!
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stevefoster
Good effort Rodders;)
Cheers Steve. Going again in five weeks. Might have a partner and some support this time.
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Rodders
Had an attempt at the 6CTs yesterday. Wheels fell off on Outer Edge big time. I was sick four times and had to bail at Crowden with 7 miles to go. Gutted. Sickness & Diaboggles, plus the bog monster and a half hour hail shower over the watershed bogs took its toll. The only positive is that there aren't many of us that have done two 4CTs. When I showed my three year old daughter a video of Shining Tor, all she could say was "Was that where you had a poo!". Still, when the pain goes away I might have another go.
sorry I didn't turn up mid route it was too close to the Bowland 1500's run. looks a long day out.
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IanDarkpeak
sorry I didn't turn up mid route it was too close to the Bowland 1500's run. looks a long day out.
No probs IDP. To be honest I was fubared at this point. I shot a few seconds of video at High Stones and my voice was unrecognisable I was so ill. I still managed to shuffle a further 9 miles before I threw the towel in.
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Rodders
No probs IDP. To be honest I was fubared at this point. I shot a few seconds of video at High Stones and my voice was unrecognisable I was so ill. I still managed to shuffle a further 9 miles before I threw the towel in.
Video uploaded.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To62gn_yIJM
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Having made the promise back in February at the start of this thread, I finally went round the Upper Calder 13 Trigs last week. A fantastic day out that combined my favourite local Calder Valley hills with some new running as well, with the benefit of going past my house three-quarters of the way round! It took me just over 8 hours to cover the 45 miles, and I even managed to find a rare day when it wasn't raining for most of the time.
I'd certainly recommend the UC13 as well worth the effort to anyone living locally. Many thanks to MM for putting it on the Go Far site else I'd never have heard about it.
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Simon B
Having made the promise back in February at the start of this thread, I finally went round the Upper Calder 13 Trigs last week. A fantastic day out that combined my favourite local Calder Valley hills with some new running as well, with the benefit of going past my house three-quarters of the way round! It took me just over 8 hours to cover the 45 miles, and I even managed to find a rare day when it wasn't raining for most of the time.
I'd certainly recommend the UC13 as well worth the effort to anyone living locally. Many thanks to MM for putting it on the Go Far site else I'd never have heard about it.
Trig bagging routes always welcome :-) Thanks for the recommendation.
There's a hardish Bowland xx trigs route knocking about somewhere IIRC
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RobW
Trig bagging routes always welcome :-) Thanks for the recommendation.
There's a hardish Bowland xx trigs route knocking about somewhere IIRC
Rob, that's my brainchild ( or maybe one of my brain children??) from well over 10 years ago ..... the 18x 1000 foot ( + ) trigs of Bowland. Nobody has taken a stab as yet; but I am aware that a couple of Bowlanders ( of good pedigree ) have been eyeing it up over the last couple of years. They don't form an obvious round, the conundrum being the order to tackle some of the trigs in the SE corner of our little patch of wilderness; plus it would involve 3 sections of crossing enclosed, low-lying farmland .... trespass? ..... divert around indirect PFPs? .... or resort to a run / cycle duathlon? ... to pick-up 3 obvious outliers.
Ian.
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I ve been checking out the bowland trigs, looking at a end to end route starting at caton that way I won't have far to crawl into my pit at the end.I ve got the route pretty much sorted it just the section between waddington fell to longridge fell ,being a farmer in the ribble valley I couldn't possibly trespass on any neighbours land could I ??
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This thread's got me thinking about having a go at the Bowland 12 Trigs, if we get any reasonable weather at any point. If we don't I'll probably have another go at getting round the Calderdale Way instead. I've just got the Bowland OS map from Amazon today (needless to say I don't already know the area at all). One thing that's pretty clear is that the 18 trigs is way beyond what I'm capable of. Good luck to anyone trying it!
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Andy
I know the area quite well and have done some of th Bowland challenges. We will be back home from about 5 Aug, not sre for how long. Let me know what you plan ad I'll see if I can fit it in
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karen nash
Andy
I know the area quite well and have done some of th Bowland challenges. We will be back home from about 5 Aug, not sre for how long. Let me know what you plan ad I'll see if I can fit it in
Hi Karen. It'll be after we get back from Ireland, so most likely around 18/19 August. I need to do something long that weekend. It'll probably have to be weekend as Nicola will probably be working during the week.
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Splatcher
Hi Karen. It'll be after we get back from Ireland, so most likely around 18/19 August. I need to do something long that weekend. It'll probably have to be weekend as Nicola will probably be working during the week.
Bowland Dozen attempt this Saturday if anyone cares to join me. I will run the ring, though I do not know the way. (Luckily I've got my trusty OS map though, & I think I've thrown off that pesky Gollum). 13th & 14th trig possible optional extras at the end of the day if things are going a lot better than I expect. 7am start from Dunsop Bridge. pm me if you want to come along.
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How did it go Andy. I suspect a pair of flippers might have been useful - those Bowland bogs can match anything in the Dark Peak! :w00t:
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A bit of a fiasco actually Tony! It was pretty wet underfoot, so hard going. I'd been hoping to follow fence lines most of the time for the first half, then was hoping the cloud would lift. But...the fences around Fiendsdale Head didn't appear to bear any resemblance to where they are on my (new) OS Explorer map. I ended up wasting about an hour trying to locate Fiendsdale Head without success, & decided to knock it on the head. I headed west off the hill & followed paths round to the south back to Dunsop Bridge. If I could have navigated OK I'd have kept going, but I suspect I wouldn't have finished before my strength ran out. The nature of the peat bog up there makes it very heavy going if the ground's saturated. I'll have another go after a period of dry weather, but only if I can see where I'm going.
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Sorry to hear things did not go well. I think the nature of the route and the area is such that unless you have reasonable visibility it will be one long tedious unrelenting slog. So yes better to go back on a finer day or maybe in winter when its frozen. Good luck for next time.
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Andy,
I suspect you've fallen foul of one of the new fences that's appeared over the last couple of years ( don't think that the OS can keep pace with the Bowland fencing contractors ) and ended up following the incorrect fence. Even some of our home-grown Boweland lads have been known to get there fences wrong, particularly in clag. You can't miss Fiendsdale Head (when you hit it), a great big ladder stile over the ridge fence, surrounded by a huge peat morass with an obvious path coming up from Fiendsdale ( E ) and an equally obvious path coming up from Bleasedale ( W ). A bit puzzled how you dropped W and got back to Dunsop? From up there you need to drop E or SE.
Easy to be wise after the event, but I always check any fenceline that I'm following ( in poor visibility), using map and compass to ensure that it's heading where it's supposed to.
Ian.
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wheezing donkey
Andy,
I suspect you've fallen foul of one of the new fences that's appeared over the last couple of years ). A bit puzzled how you dropped W and got back to Dunsop? From up there you need to drop E or SE.
Easy to be wise after the event, but I always check any fenceline that I'm following ( in poor visibility), using map and compass to ensure that it's heading where it's supposed to.
Ian.
There were just too many fences, none of them straight. If I set out along one that seemed to be going the right way it changed its mind & headed off in another direction. Crucially, I failed to find the right one, leading to Fiendsdale Head. I ended up heading west deliberately, to give me a reasonable run round to Dunsop Bridge round south of the hills. And I ended up following yet another fence not marked on the OS map heading west - this one wasn't even a new one.
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When ever I'm up there I tend to follow the wall after totridge at the wall corner continue on the same line to the fence then keep the fence on your left and follow it ,the fence does have a few turns in it but I wouldn't cross it until the obvious corner with a stone Cain on the other side the fence to bag fairsnape then retrace my steps to the fence corner the same again follow the same fence keeping it to your left to feindsdale which I'm sure you won't miss last time I was on that section there was a lot of stone flags waiting to be laid.
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I found the flags & ran beyond them. I couldn't tell whether I got as far as Fiendsdale Head or not though. I followed the fence the flags followed, & it ended up heading north. I turned back after a bit, as I thought I must have overshot. If I did overshoot I must have retraced my steps too far, as when I gave up & baled out west, I came out of the clag south of where I should have been, close to Paddy's Pole. I need to get up there when it's clear...
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Did the excellent Dales Skyline this weekend. A great journey across the Dales with some lonely sections to start and finish either side of the well trodden 3 peaks
some pics here - http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...1&l=aa4ab5920d
I would certainly recommend it for a great day out!
http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...30813139_n.jpg
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Would like to do it Tom but as with many linear routes the logistics are hard. I wonder if there is a bus connection back to KL from settle at the end of the day?
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i would be amazed if there was not a bus. I bet it would be asy to hitch along that road too!
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probably is a bus - but this is actually pretty easy to get back to start - only 18 miles by road. So possible on bike if you were feeling fit!
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i would be amazed if there was not a bus. I bet it would be asy to hitch along that road too!
Thats a good point. Hitching would have been my favoured choice of transport 25 years ago but havent really tried it for a while but it was always fun so it might be time to get the thumb out again. On the other hand! Toms suggestion of a bike is good and I have never tried 18 miles on a bike after 35 miles running but great training for ultra yet to come!!
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Timetable No excuse for not having a run out now :closed:
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Derby Tup
Timetable No excuse for not having a run out now :closed:
Excellent stuff DT, I can then hitch from KL back to my car at the start! Have you done this? perhaps a joint effort next Spring?
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Had a run at the upper calder valley 13 trigs yesterday. Been on my radar for a long time now as Its local to me. Carried food and gear but stashed water near the White House @ blackstone edge, bridestone and near the NT car park at hardcastle crags.
Felt pretty strong and consistent throughout, just a couple of low points where things started to hurt quite a lot. Got round in 9:34.
It's a good route and makes for a decent day out in the hills. Would recommend
a bit of a write up below:
https://www.southpenninefellchalleng...self-supported
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Well done ricky. a great time.
A good day out this, I'm surprised it hasn't received more interest over the last 10 years especially with so many fell runners on the doorstep, and do-able in daylight as well.
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MOUNTAIN MAN
Well done ricky. a great time.
A good day out this, I'm surprised it hasn't received more interest over the last 10 years especially with so many fell runners on the doorstep, and do-able in daylight as well.
Thank you. yeah i was happy to come under 10 hours. Potentially could have triedpushing it a little more for a faster time but i think i would have end up blowing up somewhere along the way, whereas i had probably the most consistent run i've ever had.
yeah i agree its a good day out and a shame it doesnt get loads of uptake. i know a couple of people who had a go earlier this year during some lockdown BG training. i put together quite a few local long distance challenges myself but the only one that got any real uptake was the tod graham round. i've had a few local runners message me after reading my write up though saying they'd like to have a go. will be interesting to see if anyone can attack Simon's record at some point.
