High Peak Marathon

[ydt]

Almost perfect Watershed conditions then.....
add some truly murky darkness and there you are ..... again!

I'm sure you will have many happy hours Ian, in the days to come

...And if there is a thick layer of soft snow on top, as in recent years, then it is seriously energy sapping. In those conditions times were at least one hour longer.
My team is in after all. People who think they are not in will do well to check with the organisers as a number of emails they sent out on 8th Dec were not reaching their recipients.
Yiannis

[Luv Shack]

Xcellent News Yanni!!!

Very pleased to hear you will be treading the Watershed again...... with the usual suspects I presume.....?
Or have you drafted some more aged aspirants to overcome the RC Mega Vets!?

[Alf Tupper]

Does anyone know of a source of the route of The Watersheds? I plant to have a bash on my own sometime, i have a fairly good idea from Macc and the Art of walking but i wondered if there was a firm route? I can't find anything on the net.

[Al.]

Does anyone know of a source of the route of The Watersheds? I plant to have a bash on my own sometime, i have a fairly good idea from Macc and the Art of walking but i wondered if there was a firm route? I can't find anything on the net.

I think DW is the same route as HPM, but DW starts and finishes at Yorkshire Bridge. The Rucksack Club invented the route and they seem to acknowledge it's the same (see para. three on link below):

http://www.rucksackclub.org/history.php?page=2

[GeoffB]

Does anyone know of a source of the route of The Watersheds? I plant to have a bash on my own sometime, i have a fairly good idea from Macc and the Art of walking but i wondered if there was a firm route? I can't find anything on the net.

I've walked the Derwent Watershed route twice (before my running days) - I probably got the idea from one of the many John Merrel walking books. Apart from starting and finishing at Yorkshire Bridge the main difference is the fact that you should try to follow the TRUE watershed - i.e. you don't cross any streams on the route at all. From what I can remember, the most significant route change made by the HPM are from Moscar to Derwent Edge, then from Back Tor to Margery Hill. Also, the strict route over Kinder should take you to Crowden Head and Pt. 636, but I shouldn't worry too much about that as the western edge path is still enclosing all of the tributaries of the Derwent.

[Alf Tupper]

Cheers that seems to be the gist of what 'Macc' says.

[martin hall]

Is anybody running the high peak marathon this year?
We have a team in, it looks great. Should be a real challenge.

[IainR]

Quite a few, a thread here:

http://forum.fellrunner.org.uk/showthread.php?t=3167

[Luv Shack]

Is anybody running the high peak marathon this year?
We have a team in, it looks great. Should be a real challenge.

I've found it a bit of a hard race..... over the years...
I'm sure you will just love it
(see you there, or somewhere around Swains Greave.... the place to be.. )
PS Get back to the Thread......

[IanDarkpeak]

To get this thread going again,

Does anyone have the GR's of the checkpoints or even a Mem Map down load etc of the full route. If I can't pick up an entry in another team I might go for a jog round!