Calderdale Way Relay

[Multiterrainer]

Getting tricky now.

a) I think is leg 6 after the canal near Brighouse

b) is sneaky because it shows leg 3 before Blackshaw Head but the race takes the road, not the official CW as indicated by green diamonds

e) is leg 4 after Blackshaw Head before crossing Colden Water

f) must be leg 5 somewhere

I have run legs 1 and 2 so I should know which is which between c) & d) but I'm not sure. Think d) is leg 2 after the stables which makes c) leg 1 but I can't work out where.

c) Last km heading down to Cragg Vale.
f) road section south of Holdsworth, just before Crooked Lane.

[Pike]

Very good, yes.

a) here you're running due west on leg 6 after the canal, climing up through the woods. The track forks here, and those who haven't reccied will be tempted to carry straight on, rather than keeping left next to the wall.

b) at the end of on leg 3, you run along the road instead of using the CW, which uses a narrow slippery path round the back of the farms at Barley Croft.

c) is on leg 1, the last bit of road, 1km before the end.

d) shows the infamous stables on leg 2, through which you must "WALK!" or be penalised with a 5 minute penalty (see the horseshoe symbol).

e) is near the beginning of leg 4. The north/south bit coincides with a section towards the end of leg 2 of the Pennine Bridleway Relay, albeit the other way round.

f) is on leg 5 and is one of the more industrialised road sections used to string the Calderdale Way together.

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Question: As mentioned in e) above, CWR Leg 4 crosses PBWR Leg 2. These relays cross at two further points. Where are these, and which legs are involved?

[Multiterrainer]

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Question: As mentioned in e) above, CWR Leg 4 crosses PBWR Leg 2. These relays cross at one other point. Where is this, and which legs are involved?

I know where but never having done the PBWR I'll leave it to others to answer.

[Fnstein]

Question: As mentioned in e) above, CWR Leg 4 crosses PBWR Leg 2. These relays cross at two further points. Where are these, and which legs are involved?

I can only think of one other section where they run concurrently for about 1km - from the west end of London Road at Mankinholes to west of Lumbutts. Leg 2 CWR and leg 3 PBR

[Multiterrainer]

I can only think of one other section where they run concurrently for about 1km - from the west end of London Road at Mankinholes to west of Lumbutts. Leg 2 CWR and leg 3 PBR

Correct - as Pike confirmed to me via PM exchange.

[Pike]

Yes, almost a trick question. CWR Leg 2 and PBWR Leg 3 run into each other twice, at Mankinholes and Lumbutts.



CWR in pink, PBWR in blue, both going due west.

[Fnstein]

Yes, almost a trick question. CWR Leg 2 and PBWR Leg 3 run into each other twice, at Mankinholes and Lumbutts.

Ah you caught me out I didn't realise they split around The Top Brink.

[martin]

The erroneous grid reference given (080224) is neither the old nor the new start, but appears to be approximately where leg 1 from the old start joined the Calderdale Way after climbing up through the woods. So beware putting that into your sat.nav in your quest to find registration, as you may end up down the narrow looking Scholes Lane above Greetland.

Can anyone verify the route from the start. The map above shows it following the path at the top of the wood and escarpment on a very narrow path. In previous years it followed paths through the woods from Clay House to GR080224 below the escarpment.

[Pike]

Please don't assume the route on the above map is correct. In the absence of any official guidance I have simply highlighted the Calderdale Way. I expect the relay route will be signposted and marshalled if it differs from this.

[SloJo]

Having dutifully reccied leg 5, I've now been switched to leg 6.
Any advice on footwear?