Edale Skyline Fell Race

[AndyJ]

ive lost my map again
andy ????? any chance of a copy

The maps have nothing to do with me- try Neil

[Stolly]

My map arrived this morning and I'm all excited now. I especially like the comment on the map "the down and up route between Grindslow Knoll and Ringing Roger has not been shown. Energy and balls needed"

[Ginge Whinge]

Thanks ( I think!) Andy, for confirmation that I'm in. It seems the 2nd class post selection ruse did not work.

Training the week before promises to be interesting involving sliding down various Bulgarian slopes. Carbo loading might be difficult what with the local specialities focusing on tripe soup!

Kingsnail, you've got every chance of stuffing me on this year's Skyline for a change ........

[two toenails]

You're not any relation to; The BISCUIT are you?
The use of a second class stamp seems to suggest you are?

[lastmanhome]

Thats not a matter of knowing the area, its a fairly basic map reading skill which you can practice sitting at home in front of the fire. Checking contour heights to see which way the slope goes is surely the last resort of a desperate man.

CribGoch - that's a pretty unfair comment as even sitting at home in front of the fire you still need some indication of heights to know whether a slope is up or down. When I teach navigation it's one of the basic but vital things to note. Sure as you get more advanced you can look at the way streams flow but on large expanses of open land in some areas it isn't always that obvious.

[Joe]

even sitting at home in front of the fire you still need some indication of heights to know whether a slope is up or down.

Actually I don't think I ever need to - it's obvious for most maps I ever look at.

[CribGoch]

CribGoch - that's a pretty unfair comment as even sitting at home in front of the fire you still need some indication of heights to know whether a slope is up or down. When I teach navigation it's one of the basic but vital things to note. Sure as you get more advanced you can look at the way streams flow but on large expanses of open land in some areas it isn't always that obvious.

Well, sorry to be unfair and all that, but I still dont agree. Sitting at home in front of the fire is the perfect place to improve your map reading skills. The first time ever you pick up a map you might use the contour heights to work out a few basic rules for visualising the landscape, but this is hardly an 'advanced skill'. Some plateaux can have very indeterminate features, but if they are that indeterminate then interpretation of the contours is hardly relevant anyway.

OK, so if after some practice you still need the contour heights to visualise the landscape, then maybe use the time honoured fell racing skill of 'follow the leader'. I suppose most do.

[Stolly]

I used a black and white map, printed off the CLM web site for the Full Tour of Pendle this one. The contours were impossible to work out but I'm sort of glad because it would have been hell knowing Big End and that other frigging hill just before it were coming up. Ignorance is bliss

Of course I'll now know for this year's race and no reading of any contours is likely to change the shape of that bleeding hill.

[Ginge Whinge]

You're not any relation to; The BISCUIT are you?
The use of a second class stamp seems to suggest you are?

Could be. Have you an entry 2-nails or are you doing your usual marshalling duty cop out?

I understand that the rather strange DPFR Chairman will also be marshalling at his usual base of Lose Hill spot and will be clad in unusual attire. A treat for us all. Perhaps you should follow suit 2-nails - don't you normally end up on the top of Win Hill? - just the place for some scantily clad fancy cross dresser in late March!

[two toenails]

I'm always willing to help out at races but I draw a line at cross-dressing.
Well dressing is fine.
I'm too old to run so far now. Ahhhhh!