Which way does the route go when you get to Edale Cross and is it obvious?
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Which way does the route go when you get to Edale Cross and is it obvious?
I'd go Northern Line to Euston, pick up an intercity to Manchester, change at Piccadilly for New Mills Central, no 61 bus to Hayfield then leg it up to South Head. Oh hang on, sorry, I thought you said Charing Cross...Quote:
Originally Posted by novice
Try this map - http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/temples-bin/...mg&d=hc&f=trog
It's much more obvious than it used to be. There's a fairly clear trod through the grass after Edale Cross, heading down to the check-point where you cross the River Sett. Then it's a hand and knees crawl up the steep slope eventually bringing you out to the clear path heading towards South Head.
Is a black and white print out of this map acceptable for race day to meet requirements?Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveT
I don't know - you'd need to ask the organiser that. The question you should really be asking (yourself) is - if it's sheeting down with rain or there is thick fog and you find yourself off course in poor visibility, would that map be good enough to get you somewhere you wanted to be. That's why you should be taking a map.Quote:
Originally Posted by novice
I remember a couple of years ago that 1 or 2 locals were a bit surprised to find they needed a map for this race. So, they got a pen and scribbled a sketch map of the route on the back of their race numbers. For them, this constituted a map suitable to navigate the course. But as Steve says, it's for your own safety, so if you're not familiar with the area I wouldn't recommend this approach!Quote:
Originally Posted by novice
MORNINGTON CRESCENT!
:D
Jason
Wear trail shoes for the race as at least half the race route is not on grass/ mud
there's some road, plenty of slabs and hardish track, and kinder is pretty grippy, but the second half has some steep grassy slopes, and boggy sections... Dilemmas! IF the race was yesterday, you might want more than just a trail shoe, but I wouldn't want to wear out my mudclaws either....Quote:
Originally Posted by FellMonster
Wear trail shoes unless there's significant rain this week.....I ran around it yesterday and didnt slip once.....not even on the one grassy descent.....those slabs up burnt hill are endless
I know what you mean about those slabs, I also did a recce yesterday and it threw it down with rain while I was on that section.Quote:
Originally Posted by FellMonster
If you don't mind me asking, whereabouts did you cross the Sett? I lost the trod on the way down from Edale Cross. I crossed the Sett at the point where two walls meet at either side of the river and then took a diagonal line south westwards to a wire fence and followed this up to the path. Looking back I wasn't sure I'd got the correct/best line?
You cross the Sett at the stream junction - more or less SK080853 - the trod is pretty clear nowadays, and there's a checkpoint at the stream junction. Then you climb up the steep banking, and follow the trod up the other side to the stile.Quote:
Originally Posted by fellgazelle
Thanks for that Geoff I think I may have been slightly East of the stream junction. Looking back from the other side I could see the trod heading down to this point and wondered if that was it. I must have wandered off course after Edale Cross. Found the trod again leading to the stile where the contours start to shallow off a bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by GeoffB
It looks a steep climb up from the river.
It is!!Quote:
Originally Posted by fellgazelle
I'll warn my legs in advance:eek:
Hoping to run this on race day in 3 weeks time - worth a recce before the race?
Hi Sam.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sam W
If you know your way around Kinder and South Head then I wouldn't brother.
If not, it would be worth a recce as visibility can be low if the clag comes down.
Tim
I done the entire route last night, really nice night for it. my Strava plot is here.
http://www.strava.com/activities/149946333
Thanks for the advice Tim. I'm not overly familiar with the Hayfield side of Kinder so might well recce some of it. Up that way for Edale fell race on Sunday so might recce then, even if it means having a walk over higher parts of Kinder.Quote:
Originally Posted by Truck