BGR's on midsummer's day

[Fellhound]

Bob Graham was an arriviste - Eustace Thomas went anti-clockwise and that is why it is the right way round.

Ah, so you'll be doing the Eustace Thomas Round then..? What a great idea, it must be so much easier

[FellShoeShuffler]

Might be a more sensible idea than following George Brass & Paul Murray

[Marvin]

I'll be helping support Legs 1 and 2 for Paul, Will and Clare from Goyt Valley. Starting 18.30 Moot Hall tomorrow and going CW.

There's a good incentive to keep up a good pace then, or the Goyt Valley crew will be trampled under the feet of the pack of Dark Peakers starting 15 minutes later! Eeeeek

Good luck to all. Looks like a pretty good forecast.

[Leeds Rhino]

About 20 of us are doing it as a relay from my club in Leeds.
Good luck to all on solo attempts

We are camping at Baysbrown farm ,Chapel Stile. Say hello Sat night if you are around

[The Navigator]

Ah so there is a crumb of historical precedent. I have to say, going ACW nearly killed me - you are a brave man FSS. Hope all goes well.

Agreed - with 5 hours to go, where would you rather be?
On Gable with a gentle trundle down to Honister and an easy last section or at Threlkeld in the dark with those 3 bloody big climbs!

See you at Wasdale Rob.

[Alan Lucker]

No question. Doing the hard parts first has to be the best option. From his chosen start point, Bob Graham was right.

[goose fat]

Agreed - with 5 hours to go, where would you rather be?
On Gable with a gentle trundle down to Honister and an easy last section or at Threlkeld in the dark with those 3 bloody big climbs!

See you at Wasdale Rob.

The last 5 miles, from the top of Skiddaw to Keswick, are all downhill on an AC round though!

[DazTheSlug]

No question. Doing the hard parts first has to be the best option. From his chosen start point, Bob Graham was right.

Does anybody ever start/finish anywhere other than Keswick?

starting from somewhere else gives you an extra degree of freedom in terms of what bits you do first/what time to start/what bits you do in the dark.

[Pete Beer]

Hi everyone

We are kicking off at 1am on Sunday morning, on a 23hr CW round. Weather forecast seems to be getting a bit worse but nevermind.

Anyone else starting then ?

pete

[goose fat]

Does anybody ever start/finish anywhere other than Keswick?

I'm sure I've read somewhere that some rounds used to go from Great Langdale but I might be imagining it!