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Ok, fess up, whose going?
I will be setting off at 00:00 Saturday 30th June. (i.e. friday night at midnight)
Currently have about 8 biped's helping and 5 quadrupeds assisting. More like a Bob Martin Round with lots of dogs. Though if anyone fancys a leg 1 midnight start am strangely lacking in graveyard shift helpers.
Rob
Good luck Robin: don't trip over a lead!
Good luck to you Mr Glove Thief from the Gloucstermassseyfergusoncomebackwithmytankardshire contingent - sadly we can't help out as our mate's getting hitched. Having seen the amount of dashing about you did the day myself and Splatcher got round I reckon you'll nail it! Don't forget your armbands for the Caldew.
Andy, Rose, Brad, Fast Eddie, Gordon, Katie and Tom (think that's all of us!)
I am away on holiday from this weekend otherwise I would be happy to join the party. Good luck and may the weather be on your side
AndyK - I was just in awe of your support crew, each time I came down the mountains you'd gained another female. One at Therlkeld, two by wasdale and I swore I saw three at Honister, I nearly tried to see if I could catch you on Leg 5 to see if you could keep the achievement going. I have taken such lessons on young man when setting out my own pacer arrangements.
mountain bag: would have loved to help if it wasn't for knee problems. I could ask around at Eden Runners if you're still short for Leg 1.
I'm going to make an attempt Saturday/Sunday! Definitely feel under-prepared, and with only a small team of BG novices as support it should be quite the learning experience for all of us...
I'm doing all my own navigation, which I'm enthusiastic about, but slightly nervous about how much energy it will use up, and if I'll still be able to think straight by Wasdale.
MB,
May be able to help you out. Have chatted with aforementioned friend (on previous thread) and to my surprise/regret he seems keen!
Not sure we would do all of 2 as well but aiming to do legs 1 and 2. Certainly be OK for 1 which sounds like the one you need help with. We are supposed to be at Thirlspool campsite so could drop off the ridge at any point from the Dodds on wards if we needed to.
Would work well for me as I am pacing legs 1 and 2 on an attempt on 13th July.
Only have 2 issues. Getting to Keswick for the start and the fact we need to be back in Bucks for 6.00pm which sounds like a long drive after no sleep and 9 hours running! Advantage is we wouldn't actually need to stay anywhere :thumbup:
I'll do some more work on logistics and let you know. Where are your supporters going to be based? Any chance any of them could get us to Keswick from Thirlspool? We'd be self sufficient after that - unless something went horribly wrong on Leg 1
olney - we're based at a hut not far from Thirlspot. (next to the pub right?) So getting into town for kick off should be fine.
I've currently got two 'maybes' for the second pacer slot on Leg 1. I should find out tomorrow according to whether someone's work commitments can get swapped out. I'm pretty comfortable for getting round leg 1 - no heroics; doddick end of. Its the water levels which twitch me a little. Three can go through a higher stream than two...
Careful which line you take off the Dodds some are rather interesting and rather too direct. The old Helvelyn race route went up the side, the path to the village is fine though. Long drives and no sleep aren't a good combo either.
Nick - if your abouts at a similar time say hi, my support team are likely to be quite talkative and social too. Midnight friday start and looking at 23 hour pace, especially if the wind keeps up.
Thanks mountain bag. We probably won't coincide if you're setting off midnight Friday.
Best of luck with your round!
Hi Nick.
I might be heading up on my lonesome for a run in the lakes on Sunday, although nothing is certain yet on whether i'll be able to have the car. Depending on what time you set off, there is a possibility I could make my run be in the leg 3 / 4 zone in which case I'd be happy to watch over your shoulder navigation wise! I haven't really been out on the route since my round a year ago, but should still know all the bits pretty well.
Feel free to send me your schedule - my email is andrew.j.p.parker@gmail .com .
Good luck, and don't worry about the navigation... as long as you pick the right 42 hills it's easy - you just go to the top!
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Good Luck Robin!! Wish we could be there to support you but we have to go and get jolly pissed at a wedding instead! Let us know how you get on, and good luck to your sport crew!
Rose (Above mentioned 'female!')
Just back after doing leg 2 for Robin (Mountain Bag) he left for leg 3 on time and looked ok weather was miserable hope it picks up for him.
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Good luck to him. I was also out on Leg 2 last night doing a club BB challenge and Andy's right, it was horrible, heavy rain, very misty, wind gusting. Seemed to be localised though, on the way back it was totally dry by the time we reached Ambleside.
Hope it's going OK Robin! Should be into Leg 4 by now, fingers crossed..
Good luck with your attempt Nick! Hope this cr@p weather does one.. although the cloud base does look like it's lifting which is some comfort.
How did you get on Martyn ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Martyn P
Alright I suppose, better than sitting on my a*s* at home. Three weeks since my attempt and legs not fully recovered yet, felt like I needed to get out there again - I could have picked a better night for it! How about you mate, feeling strong?Quote:
Originally Posted by andygib1982
Anyone know how Robin went on?
Hopefully in 3 weeks I will feel strong with fresh legs ! Any news on when your going again ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Martyn P
Robin got around in 23:27 well done that man !
excellent Robin well done
Well done mountain bag:thumbup:
Well done, terrific news :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by stevefoster
Fantastic effort! Well done that man! :D
Yahoooooooooooooo! Get in there! Well done Robin, that is what, down my way, they call a proper job!
Andy and Rose
Great stuff Rob - see you at the dinner next year!
Well done rob! Hope the weather wasn't too bad.
After a tough Leg 3 Robin really perked up on Leg 4 and the cloud eventually lifted as we headed towards Brandreth - first time he'd seen beyond the end of his nose all day!
Well done Rob - it was a pleasure spending a few hours with you.
Anyone know what happened to the 2 London lads who set off at the same time as Rob? Apparently they left Wasdale 5 minutes after us, but we never saw them.
Well done Robin. Nice to meet you at Dunmail although obviously not the time to sit and have a chat! That's a damn good effort in the conditions.
Quite surprised to hear the 2 'nutters' from London made it to Wasdale from what I was being told! Interested to know how they got on. They were certainly taking the shortest possible route of Seat Sandle!!!
Hmmm. If you take the a bad line off Seat Sandal you can find yourself in some very dodgy territory .....Quote:
Originally Posted by Theolneywayisup
Indeed true :o
You need to remember the front one of the aforementioned 'nutters', spent more time on his a**e than his feet on the way down and appeared to be wearing very baggy shell suit bottoms. This wasn't as bad as it might have been as one leg appeared to be ripped off. It was quite a sight seeing someone slide down SS on his backside with one leg covered and the other not.
Apparently they had done no recceing and trained in a tower block in London. They had maps but weren't using them, instead following a GPS (hence the descent of SS). They had no support, other than one of them was HOPING his wife MIGHT be at Wasdale!
Cripes. Well, I hope they each put a tenner in a MR collection box before they left Keswick ......Quote:
Originally Posted by Theolneywayisup
Well done!
I attach a pic from the end of Sarah Rowell's, taken on Saturday:
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Sounds admirable to me, the spirit of adventure is not dead :)Quote:
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ha ha, although I know I should be totally appalled, a part of me has a sneaky admiration for the audacity of that attempt!
A very big well done to those that were successful in their BGR attempts at the weekend. I supported Stolly and Gavin's a/c attempt and it was really tough out there.
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One of the brilliant things about going anti-clockwise on Saturday is that we met a few attempts (and one BG relay) going the other way. I saw Sarah 'somewhere in the clouds' on our Honister to Yewbarrow leg and another couple of bunches coming up the side of Yewbarrow itself. I didn't see any mad suvvenors though - that said we took a totally different line up Scafell to the one used by runners coming down and, once up there, we didn't come out of the cloud again until Rosset Pike. We didn't attempt Broad Stand because of the conditions but when we were on Mickledore I did hear some suvvenor like shouting coming from that direction (Broad Stand was invisible in the fog). And I hope the guys we saw in the wind and pea souper fog on Dollywagon in the wee small hours made up their time okay.
you were movning darm well when we passed Stolly, I remember thinking I wish my legs felt like all your looked...
Phew, that was a tough weekend out in the fells. My eternal thanks go out to my support crew for having more faith in me, than I had in myself at times on my round. Well done to all those out there - both contenders and pacers. Anything else this summer would have felt a bit like being robbed. In horse racing parlance the going was very heavy underfoot. Conditions overhead were strong gusty winds, giving regular rain and some hail on a couple of the legs.
The two gentlemen from London had an interesting BGR strategy. GPS with the 42 tops and very little else as a guide to get round. They had terrific leg speed and strength over the early legs, far greater than any London training should reasonably have given them. They'd set off at the same time, with same expected total round time and same direction as myself. It became apparent on Great Calva that their lines were going to prove 'interesting' as they passed directly over the fence through the scrub, using my teams head torches they got back on to a more sensible line. They'd overtook us by Blencathra. We saw them taking a more than 'sporting' line, low and right on Halls Fell, we felt we could not allow them to continue without at least giving them the option of a less direct but safer down Doddick, to my relief they took our option, it was very slick and pretty dark at the time. Mostly they fended for themselves on Leg 2. They introduced themselves following us up Steel Fell - the only name my brain took in was Richard. Leg 3 saw my slower leg speed took us past them as again some more interesting lines were taken. I'd said we were doing Lords Rake but I was quite unsafe to head up that line and we took to Foxes Tarn. Initially they followed my line before realising it was leading them away from Lords Rake. My drinking the water flowing down Foxes probably saved my round, by Wasdale our tortoise round was ahead again and the wheels had returned to my wagon.
I think they were only short of a 'BG round map' which would have given them a deeply impressive round time. However I advise a lot of caution as I shuddered to think what could have occurred if they hadn't taken some experienced advice on the top of Blencathra. Wasdale MR looked busy enough when we arrived at the lake head. Leg four had some considerable slick rock but I didn't see them again. I got round in 23.27 but could not hang around long at Moot Hall a warm, dry bunk house was calling.
Ah! That must've been you we passed then, as we headed up Yewbarrow. There were 3 of us, were there about 5 of you?Quote:
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I'm very curious. Does anyone know whether they got round in time?Quote:
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Happiness is the last hill on a long day...
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More pictures here
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