learning BGR sections

[IanDarkpeak]

Compare this with descending Halls Fell in the dark, you can't really let go as you are never sure when another rocky step is going to appear until you are a long way down the ridge.

We set off at 6.30-7.30pm depending on time of year that way you get to Threkeld as it gets dark, Leg 2 is the night section hitting Seat Sandal as the sun starts to get up. That way there's no rocky bits in the dark at all.

[MorganW]

Sooo many permutations.............

Enjoy testing all the options, those who are moving towards the BG start line.

What a great obsession to have.

[Hanneke]

Great obsession BGsec? You are the only one so far who has thought it to be great, everyone else thinks I am mad...

I have to say, I was disappointed to find I am not going to be the first Dutch person to do this but can still be the first Dutch woman I think...

Yes, there is a trod off Robinson, actually in both directions there are a few options... I went up and down it a few times a few weeks ago, while recce-ing, testing out which way I liked best.

[bestathlete]

Miss out the darkness almost entirely by doing it mid June in about 19 hours

Trouble is you would have to get up unfeasibly early. S'pose thats a bit irrellevant if you aren't going to go to bed for an entire day and night though eh?

[mxhornet]

Or have a lie in and have a crack at 15 hours

[Mark Smith]

We set off at 6.30-7.30pm depending on time of year that way you get to Threkeld as it gets dark, Leg 2 is the night section hitting Seat Sandal as the sun starts to get up. That way there's no rocky bits in the dark at all.

I went at 7 in late June and donned the head torch at Calfhow Pike and took it off on the way to Calf Crag. I think having a night section is part of the experience Going in the evening can work out well, with the runnable dodds and helvellyn making for a magical night section. Also feel like having a leg and a bit under your belt before darkness falls somehow makes it less daunting - although that's probably just me.

I couldn't have coped with a midnight or similar start, such an anticlimax when you finish and jst drift off to bed. I loved popping into the pub afterwards! Far better for the supporters too

[Hanneke]

I still like the idea of an a/c roudn and starting at 8am...

[Captain Swing]

I still like the idea of an a/c roudn and starting at 8am...

This is almost entirely theoretical, but if ever I do it I will get the road over and done with in the morning, and finish with a run down a mountain into Keswick.

[Hanneke]

Exactly my feelings about it so far...

[Pilgrim]

This is almost entirely theoretical, but if ever I do it I will get the road over and done with in the morning, and finish with a run down a mountain into Keswick.

Running down a mountain after 20+ hours?????? Are you mad?