That's a coincidence Stolly, I was planning to do this route today except the other way round as a 3 Peaks recce. My climb to Pen-y-Ghent would follow the 3 Peaks route.
I chickened out of it because of the weather and ended up doing a run round Pendle instead!
Originally Posted by Alf
That's a coincidence Stolly, I was planning to do this route today except the other way round as a 3 Peaks recce. My climb to Pen-y-Ghent would follow the 3 Peaks route.
I chickened out of it because of the weather and ended up doing a run round Pendle insteadI reckon doing it the other way round would be a bit easier and a bit faster. Your way both climbs, up Pen y Ghent and Park Fell, would be relatively short but sharp whilst there would be long drawn out gradual descents rather than climbs in my case. And running down through Black Dubb Moss has to be faster than running up through it
22nd December 2008 - Pen y Ghent and Plover Hill from Horton - 8.5 miles and 1800 ft of climb
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Bloody hell I've only gone and run this route yet again for the gazillionth time since the summer. Today though I met up with Ady and tried to keep up with him on the way round. Soon after the off by Brackenbottom Farm we met a chap carrying a hawk which he told me was a Harrier Hawk; one of these beauties:
Maybe it was one of those I saw the other day, who knows, but I'm sure that one had a red tail and seemed larger. Anyway you wait ages to see a hawk and suddenly two come along one after the other!
Luckily Ady had raced yesterday and I wasn't feeling too bad so Ady only had to wait for me to catch up a couple of times on the way up. We got to the trig on top of Pen y Ghent in a pretty good time for me of 34 minutes odd but, after that, the mud kicked in big time on the ridge to Plover and what I was hoping could be a pb over my previous running of this suddenly felt less likely. All the same we both threw ourselves off the side of Plover Hill for a brilliantly hair raising descent and kept the throttle down pretty well all the way to Hull Pot. Ady taking a breather with Ingleborough in the back ground:
A far better (hehe) picture of Ingleborough:
After Hull Pot Ady branched off to do another lap of Pen y Ghent while I raced down the Pennine Way farm track to Horton. Pen y Ghent looking stunning as usual:
All in all a bloody good run out but not a pb for me which would need much firmer ground on the ridge line - 1 hour 28 and 15 secs. Thanks for the run and the company Ady.
Nice one Stolly, some of us are still noses to the grindstone for a few more days yet, so that has cheered me up loads.
I could smell the fresh air on those photos.
23rd December 2008 - Embsay Crag, Embsay Moor and Rylstone Cross Circuit - 8 miles and maybe 1200 ft of ascent
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Well I bottled out of the Xmas forum run in the lakes and instead had a run around Embsay Moor with my daughter Kelly and her boyfriend's spazzy dog Lottie. Lottie is a cocker spaniel 'on speed' and it was just brilliant fun to run with her (and Kels). For the first third of the run she took it in turns to tow us, firstly up Embsay Crag and then acroos the moor, before we took her lead off and she ran wild, ranging madly either side of us through the heather. Eventually we got to Rylstone Cross and she finally calmed down for a bit of a breather with Kelly:
Then we hurtled back towards Embsay following the wall along a bog-tastic trod. Sharp Haw and Rough Haw as viewed from the ridge on the wall run:
It was only in the last mile or two that Lottie began to flag but, even flagging, she set a cracking pace. Stolly and Lottie with Embsay Crag in the background:
Great, great run in a time of 1 hour 35, not bothering to stop the watch when we had to stop and capture Lottie or when we clambered around Rylstone Cross.
Last edited by Stolly; 23-12-2008 at 08:11 PM.
Keep away! We are infected.........
bleuurrrrgggggghhhhhhhh!
get better sooooon
Well what with the flu and all thats my running adventures over for 2008
A few interesting(?) stats:
Total runs: 76
Total miles: 824
Total ascent: 162,389 ft (thats 31 miles)
Mountain most run - Pen y Ghent at 20 (followed by Ingleborough at 13)
Average run distance: 10.85 miles
Average ascent per run: 2,136 ft
Very impressive, hope the flu has gone now, that cat scared me to death!!!
Look forward to seeing your stories next year, err like in 2 days!
Now you have frightened my moggie....
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