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Howgill Howler - 23rd Sept
A new race - seniors 12 noon, juniors 12.15pm from the People's Hall Sedbergh
Senior Course: Crook - Sickers - Knott - Calders - Arant Haw - Winder
Junior course: summit of Winder and back
Plenty of prizes for all categories.
Here's the flyer - Howgill Howler
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Re: Howgill Howler - 23rd Sept
Any race info - category - ascent - distance?
What about Juniors as well - may come with a small squad!
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Witton Park
Any race info - category - ascent - distance?
What about Juniors as well - may come with a small squad!
Junior Race - 12.15pm
12-16 years
Course: Summit of Winder & back
The ascent and distance in the seniors depends on the route you choose between checkpoints. :) I'll post a map when I get back from the Ben.
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slowcoach
Junior Race - 12.15pm
12-16 years
Course: Summit of Winder & back
The ascent and distance in the seniors depends on the route you choose between checkpoints. :) I'll post a map when I get back from the Ben.
One or two of our Seniors are looking for a AM / AL race and I just want to have an idea if this would fit the bill.
I will await further info.
Thanks.
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Witton Park
One or two of our Seniors are looking for a AM / AL race and I just want to have an idea if this would fit the bill.
I will await further info.
Thanks.
I've just measured it out on the map and it's 7.1 miles and 2300 feet. So that makes it a good AM. It's a classic Howgill up and down course, but get the lines wrong and it'll be nearer 3000 feet. It's a great course that I've reccied a couple of times. Navigation wont be a problem unless the cloud is right down, in which case it'll make it interesting. :)
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Harry H Howgill
I've just measured it out on the map and it's 7.1 miles and 2300 feet. So that makes it a good AM. It's a classic Howgill up and down course, but get the lines wrong and it'll be nearer 3000 feet. It's a great course that I've reccied a couple of times. Navigation wont be a problem unless the cloud is right down, in which case it'll make it interesting. :)
Cheers Harry - my daughter's already given the thumbs up to the Junior race and I will be there for the Senior. Hopefully I'll encourage a few team-mates to tag along.
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Witton Park
Cheers Harry - my daughter's already given the thumbs up to the Junior race and I will be there for the Senior. Hopefully I'll encourage a few team-mates to tag along.
The junior races up Winder are also great little courses. See you there.
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Could be a cracking little race this one. Flyers were been handed out at the Ben Race on Saturday.
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morning glory
Could be a cracking little race this one. Flyers were been handed out at the Ben Race on Saturday.
Good to se the Helm Hillers doing a good plugging job. Sedbergh hall is a good venue. You can watch everyone coming down off Winder without even going outside.
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Here's the map
Sorry about the colour. If anyone's got any mapping software and a spare few minutes??
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I think I might give this a go on Sunday. It's got the wonderful descent from Arant Haw to Winder and back to Sedbergh.
The perfect antidote to having to go to work on Sunday morning.
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Harry H Howgill
I think I might give this a go on Sunday. It's got the wonderful descent from Arant Haw to Winder and back to Sedbergh.
The perfect antidote to having to go to work on Sunday morning.
It wasn't so wonderful in the 14 miler the other week, but I think I will have a go as well as I might be able to enjoy it this time in the shorter race!!
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Harry H Howgill
I think I might give this a go on Sunday. It's got the wonderful descent from Arant Haw to Winder and back to Sedbergh.
The perfect antidote to having to go to work on Sunday morning.
You must be a vicar then....?
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Deek
You must be a vicar then....?
Yup.
At the church of St Dawkins, and worship the guy on the back of the ten pound note. ;)
The course isn't as punishing as Sedbergh hills. It's much more fun, has all the scenery and we're all taking cakes to sell after the race. :)
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On my way in hour or so - hope that the weather keeps off and then we can enjoy the biews!
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Well it was tipping it down on the motorway on the way up, but at least the rain stopped, even though the cloud was low.
Tough climb to Crook to start and then after that - not too bad - a team mate went a bit too far right from Knott to Calders and ended up with a steep climb next to the fence to get back on track - but despite the low cloud, I managed OK - and happy with 1:25 at he end of it.
Thanks to the organisers, nice event - good course - probabaly back next year.
My daughter enjoyed the junior race as well.
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Great race. Needed navigational skills today as one or two of us took bad route choices including some local lads! My bad choice was the same as Witton Parks off the Knott to Calder descending to low and having a really steep traverse for what seemed forever. The route would be very scenic with good visibility so hopefully next year!
Many thanks to Billy and the Helm team for a great race and well done Harry H Howgill nice win.
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grifter
Great race. Needed navigational skills today as one or two of us took bad route choices including some local lads! My bad choice was the same as Witton Parks off the Knott to Calder descending to low and having a really steep traverse for what seemed forever. The route would be very scenic with good visibility so hopefully next year!
Many thanks to Billy and the Helm team for a great race and well done Harry H Howgill nice win.
It wasn't me - but my team mate Anton.
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Sorry about that. Looked to be a few Blackburn lads there today.
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Feeling a bit sick after all those cakes:rolleyes: :eek:
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watto
Feeling a bit sick after all those cakes:rolleyes: :eek:
Nah, it wasn't the cakes that did you mate - t'was the running too hard to keep in sight of someone who knew where they were going! :p Good result 10th though Watto. Next time though, don't scoff all the cakes :D
(p.s. Grifter couldn't be persauded to write the report for our Wharfedale web site so I've just sent one in to our web master Graham. Reckon it'll take him minutes to upload knowing how quick he is on these things!!!)
I echo everyone elses thoughts on the race - a great "proper" fell race! (Hardly any namby-pamby flagging!!!). Cheers Billy and rest of Helm Hillers.
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YOUR PROBABLY RIGHT STICK. There was no way he was going to get away(I would still be up there know if he had):D
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That was fun today! I had my map out from the first checkpoint and I would have been struggling without it. Some people came back saying that they had seen parts of the Howgills they've never been before. There is a good path from above the Knott that we found early on rather than dropping too far right like some. It's a tough course with a surprising amount of climbing. The visibility made it a great race. Well done everyone, and thanks to Billy for the organising. (And the cakes)
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grifter
Sorry about that. Looked to be a few Blackburn lads there today.
5 in total, but only 3 wearing club vest - disgraceful - I will have to have words I think!
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Smashing race today,didnt run too well,but having to get the map and compass out ,for real ,was a real novelty.
Thanks again to Billy and his helpers
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What a fun day, good race and good crack.
Thanks to the organisers and the two brave marshalls up on a very cold and misty Arant Haw.
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Re: Howgill Howler - 23rd Sept
and a few photos
thanks Chris