Haworth Hobble

[crowhill]

Check this out for a total scam / con....

I parked on a bit of hardstanding in the Changegate car park in Haworth during the race. There were no parking bays in the bit of hardstanding I was on. I paid my £4 to park in the car park and displayed the ticket on my car.

After the race, I come back to the car to find a wheel clamp on my car. A man comes up to me and demands £75 to release the wheelclamp. He'd clamped my car because I wasn't in a parked bay. He then points to the back of my car where there is a freshly painted white line on the flags going from the back of my car, but not underneath it. You don't need to be a brain surgeon to work out that a freshly painted white line that doesn't go underneath a car was painted after the car was parked (there was no white line when I parked the car).

Despite the police being present and seeing the evidence, the clampers had the gall to claim that the freshly painted white line (that you could rub off with your foot) had been painted the afternoon before.

So I had to hand over £75 to people for this con and there was nothing I could do about it.

It's a shame when you run in a nice event like the Wuthering Hike and have that happen to you. You get to see good and evil in close proximity.

I enjoyed the race. The community centre was a top place for post-race relaxation and labrish.

I think I did a bit better than last year, but there is some way to go to get near Matt. Thanks for the event Brett.

Commiserations Zlod, they really are a set of prats - see my previous (out of character ) rant on this forum:

http://forum.fellrunner.org.uk/showthread.php?t=2724

As a point of principle I will never park in that Car Park again.

On a happier note - Thanks to Brett, KCAC and all the marshalls for a great day out.

[Marvin]

Doing it in pairs is just more fun than solo!
Its the shared experience.

Anne and I don't get to run together very often - partly because we never seem to both be injury-free at the same time, and partly because attaching our kids to stakes in the ground at the finish field while we go off for a run seems to get increasingly frowned upon in this PC-age.
So it was great to do the Hobble together. Thanks for the event, Brett and all your helpers and marshals!

By the way, Daz H - we were running with a pair of Pennine runners in Sheddon Clough before CP3 on the Long Causeway. Just wondered if that was you.
Anne & I (in red & white CVFR vests) took a different route to everyone else there but appeared back at almost exactly the same position, after a wee stop.

Yes, that would have been Daz and I. You took the shorter steeper route and we followed the track. Little difference in time, but I don't think either of us stopped for a wee. That was the point that I started to feel the effects of the previous week's High Peak Marathon in my legs.

[daz h]

Yes, that would have been Daz and I. You took the shorter steeper route and we followed the track. Little difference in time, but I don't think either of us stopped for a wee. That was the point that I started to feel the effects of the previous week's High Peak Marathon in my legs.

then after that you decided to chuck all your water away , or was it before i cant remember


but it was a great experience, running in pairs is brilliant expecially if you are having a bit of an off day, you help each other and feel good to throw on the club vest.
I felt brilliant as we descended into haworth with our bright pennine vests on

oh forgot to say we struggled a bit on the way round for water at the stops, at one point i nearly pinched Ian Dark Peaks supply but he gave me a jelly baby so couldnt bring myself to do it.

[ydt]

Check this out for a total scam / con....

I parked on a bit of hardstanding in the Changegate car park in Haworth during the race. There were no parking bays in the bit of hardstanding I was on. I paid my £4 to park in the car park and displayed the ticket on my car.

After the race, I come back to the car to find a wheel clamp on my car. A man comes up to me and demands £75 to release the wheelclamp. He'd clamped my car because I wasn't in a parked bay. He then points to the back of my car where there is a freshly painted white line on the flags going from the back of my car, but not underneath it. You don't need to be a brain surgeon to work out that a freshly painted white line that doesn't go underneath a car was painted after the car was parked (there was no white line when I parked the car).

Despite the police being present and seeing the evidence, the clampers had the gall to claim that the freshly painted white line (that you could rub off with your foot) had been painted the afternoon before.

So I had to hand over £75 to people for this con and there was nothing I could do about it.

It's a shame when you run in a nice event like the Wuthering Hike and have that happen to you. You get to see good and evil in close proximity.

I enjoyed the race. The community centre was a top place for post-race relaxation and labrish.

I think I did a bit better than last year, but there is some way to go to get near Matt. Thanks for the event Brett.

You have my sympathy.
Having read the warning about clamping I opted for parking in a small layby on Penistone Hill, 3/4 of a mile away from HQ. Thus I reccied the finish route on the way to register and cheered the late finishers on the way to the car.
Yiannis

[Marvin]

then after that you decided to chuck all your water away , or was it before i cant remember

Well, with all the water I was expecting at the checkpoints, it didn't seem worth carrying any with me.

Actually, for anyone who might have been wondering what was going on as they passed, I caught the tube of my hydration pack on a stile soon after CP4, and pulled the tube off the bladder. The water in the bladder then started trickling down the back of my shorts - it was revolting! We stopped briefly to re-attach the tube and stem the flow of water. Just as well, given that almost all of the subsequent checkpoints turned out to be dry at the time we passed them.

[IanDarkpeak]

Well, with all the water I was expecting at the checkpoints, it didn't seem worth carrying any with me.

Actually, for anyone who might have been wondering what was going on as they passed, I caught the tube of my hydration pack on a stile soon after CP4, and pulled the tube off the bladder. The water in the bladder then started trickling down the back of my shorts - it was revolting! We stopped briefly to re-attach the tube and stem the flow of water. Just as well, given that almost all of the subsequent checkpoints turned out to be dry at the time we passed them.

It also allowed me to catch up and enjoy your company for the next few hours. It's definitely more fun running with company.

[daz h]

it looked like we was delivering a baby on the side of the fell , and we was panicking like a pair of expectant fathers as well

[stevefoster]

You have my sympathy.
Having read the warning about clamping I opted for parking in a small layby on Penistone Hill, 3/4 of a mile away from HQ. Thus I reccied the finish route on the way to register and cheered the late finishers on the way to the car.
Yiannis

Cheers for the cheer ydt, you cheered me just as i came on to the main cobbled road in Haworth

[Scream]

Hi - new to the forum.

I'm planning to enter the Wuthering Hike this year; does anyone know when entries open? Also, does it fill fast or should I be ok if I don't enter immediately?

Thanks

[brett]

Entries open in a couple of weeks.... or so

Plenty of time to enter - please take your time