It does, but all these cycling bods seem to work in metric. Besides, 40k is better for my ego than 25miles, though the reverse where ascent is measured.
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South-eastwards to South Croxton, then south-west to Leicester, where a nice lady at the Peepul Centre stuck a needle into my arm. Then back home by a more direct route. 22 miles before the vaccination, 10 miles after. No adverse symptoms.
They like to label things properly around South Croxton. Half a mile before the village I turned onto a road signed "Three Turns Lane", which had three turns along it. Then there was a sign on a gate, "Two Daughters Farm", and walking across the next field was a woman with her two daughters.
However, signs were not so accurate on the other side of the village. At a junction, a sign said "Beeb". Something missing there. Two miles later, at the entrance to the next village, a big sign had the village name correct: Beeby. But that wasn't what attracted my attention; it was the white thing that drifted down to perch on top of the sign. Surely not a barn owl? It stayed there until I was only about 5 metres away and, yes, it was a barn owl: the first one I have ever seen in the wild. This was at 3:50pm; and I thought owls were nocturnal creatures. Silly me!
Your ideas, Noel and Moley, could be the basis and name of a new fell race. All we need is a suitable hill or village beginning with the letter F.
I could RO :)
If you know where to look there’s a couple of bogs on Fountains Fell that could easily be measured in fathoms. And the straight up the wall line climb from Silverdale must do 10 x 10 metre* contour lines in less than a furlong. A truly great place for fell running but possibly one that would be spoilt by other runners going up there ;)
*Apologies I of course mean 0.5 ‘chain’ contour lines
17 hill reps, 51km, 1009m, 2:43
Looking at next 4th July. I'm due to be in the dolomites for 138km 4230m. Not sure how I can prepare here in boring flatlands...
https://www.maratona.it/de/138km
Took the gravel bike out on the road today, before the bad weather moves in again. Managed a loop of 52k and 1027m ascent. A handful of cars and farmers trucks but no cyclists round here!
Hard work on my bike, felt like I was riding a donkey 😤 where I want to be on an Italian Stallion like Graham - one day 😉.