Mark the route for the first 16 to 17 miles is either completely (or pretty completely) obvious and its not until you get near to the top of Great Coum that you'll first be faced with your first stretch of potentially open fell, dropping down towards Dent. If the weather's clear here there will be plenty of other runners to see and follow but, if in doubt, hang on to somebody else's shirt tail. After that its plain sailing again until half way round the side of Whernside where you need to take a line towards Blea Moor trig - again though this is quite easy and you'll be in touch with the odd runner going in the right direction I'm sure. Stonehouse, Great Knoutberry, Redshaw and Snaizeholm are all straightforward but, after that, the line up the last bit of Dodd fell from the Pennine Way (which you very briefly follow) and then the line coming off Dodd Fell are worth having some compass bearings for and, as for the next bit Fleet Moss and Middle Tongue, they are probably well worth recceing first (we've been there alreadyOriginally Posted by Mark L
). After Cray the climb up Buckden Pike and going across to Great Whernside isn't too bad, so long as you don't miss the path through the hole in the wall towards Starbotten not long after the little war memorial, and as for the line off of Great Whernside itself you can do a lot worse than just following your compass in a dead line south until you (eventually) hit a fence coming over your left shoulder which you then follow.... for ages. The last bit past past Capplestone Gate can get confusing in the dark until you reach the marked (and beaconed) run in to Yarnbury but if you're teamed up by then somebody in your team is bound to know
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