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    Quote Originally Posted by Welsh Harrier View Post
    So much for the weather looking good!
    Aye Martin, a rather challenging day all round!
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    Yes, map and compass in hand all the way round, especially as it was first time doing this for me. Very slippy rocks in places and a howling wind, especially on the approach to CP5. Still a very enjoyable run out over some proper fell running terrain. Many thanks to Yiannis and his team, especially the marshals out on the course. Hope everyone made it back safely.

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    Race date: Sunday 5th August at 1pm. Website
    This is the last time I organise this "proper" fell race. Anyone interested in taking it on??

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    Great race. Unfortunately I'm already signed up for Brecon Beacons. Hope this race continues.

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    I went for a slow wander over Arenig Fawr and Moel Llyfnant in rather warm weather on Thursday. I concluded that the only sort of person with any legitimate business on the slopes of Arenig Fawr would be a botanist specialising in the flora of very wet upland environments. There weren't any botanists around, so I saw no-one at all in over 5 hours that I was on the mountains.

    I didn't see any entrance to the quarry, but there was a stile over the roadside fence just to the west of it, so I parked my bike and squelched my way up the mountain from there. Strangely, there is a decent trod down the back of Arenig Fawr to the bwlch on the way to Llyfnant, but no path that I could find on the way up, except for the last section along the summit ridge.

    After getting home, I looked up the race route; quite tempting for next year, but the marshalls might not be amused by having to wait for me. Finding Knoll 712 (CP2) must be a severe test of orienteering skill if it's claggy: I would be tempted to go over the top, just to have the fence to guide me, and with slightly easier terrain than the contouring route.
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    It's a great race and very much a "proper" fell race. Tough and unforgiving. It has traditionally clashed with Borrowdale and Brecon Beacons weekends though.

    It's such a mind-bender, even in good weather, that immediately upon getting home afterwards, i wrote a page worth of route notes on the back of my map...

    Without giving too many of my secrets away(!!!).... My notes suggest that Cp1-Cp2 is generally contouring, but if in doubt, aim low.... lower is grass/tussock, higher is rock/scree. But agreed, a nightmare in poor visibility.

    Cp2-Cp3-Cp4 i didn't make many notes, other than to "stay high if in doubt" and not get sucked into the valley on your right, on the way to Cp3. So i must have found that section of the race fairly straight-forward. I do recall the path between Arenig and Llyfnant.

    You're right, there wasn't a path between Arenig and the road... certainly not on the direct route anyway.
    Last edited by Travs; 16-08-2020 at 03:16 PM.

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    Lovely hills if you are competent. Had some great walking around there, Try Arenig Fach if you want a tricky hill. There are many fine paintings of them by a school of artists that stayed locally in the early part of the 20th centuary. see https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/arenig-school/

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    Po on art up there with Breeze on rock shocker!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Derby Tup View Post
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    I think this one needs bumping up. Only a week to go, and only 20 entries so far for Arenig Fawr; the Four Fans organisers are worried that their record as worst-attended fell race is in danger. There's a limit of 50 for Arenig Fawr, but I don't think that will be a problem.

    Pre-entries only, here: https://www.fabian4.co.uk . Race details here: https://yiannistridimas.webs.com . I would particularly appreciate more entries from slow runners, to keep me company on the way round.
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