I was up Cut gate this am ...9ish and found the going very good, ran round res' and up Howden Clough, Margery and Outer to pick old Mickleden back to Langsett... have never seen so many mountain bikers...but like a peleton! I must say the advent of pavements here there and every where is really changing usage in the last 5 years!

Not that open country is just for fell runners..

Maybe Cutgate and Mickleden Edge ought to be a no - no for fell races due to the erosion etc....I remember the change of route for Mickleden as a result of this in years past.