Not much on the fell calender locally (ish) next weekend so spotted this. Any Calderdale members know owt about it??
Not much on the fell calender locally (ish) next weekend so spotted this. Any Calderdale members know owt about it??
I was going to ask the same question, for the same reason. You beat me to it.
"Get yourself together, Jones" - Ray Davies
I am now up at Buttermere on Saturday so will give this 'low profile' race a miss - sounds like a bit too much tarmac anyway!!
Yes, there was a lot of tarmac, but it was one of the most scenic tarmac-based races I've ever done! No chance of anyone getting a 10k pb on it either; the winning time last year was only a second inside 44 minutes!
The route went from Sowerby Towngate>Steep Lane>Moor Bottom> Water Stalls> left over stile opp. Catherine House track (Calderdale Way leg 1)> Cottonstones> Otter Lee> Sowerby. Probably about 65% road, 30% stony track, 5% footpath.
The race had a friendly, 'fell-race feel' to it though, with smiley marshals and plenty of tea and home made cake at the end. And it did what it said on the tin - phew, it was a real Scorcher.
"Get yourself together, Jones" - Ray Davies