Cairning of the BG route

[Al Fowler]

Cairns are here to stay! Unless we do away with people.

And it is as inevitable as night follows day that the route of the BGR will get more and more "visible" and all the carping is just another boring version of the fell runners' version of "it wasn't like that in my day".

And it will get worse when my book on the BGR route for non-fellrunners, on the lines of Wainwright's Coast to Coast book, is published.

Very true and i feel the same.

I see what your all saying and that erosion is a big problem and it needs sorting.
But isnt it like fighting an endless battle.

Half of you are making it out that the Bob Graham has become so easy now and its not like it was. The BG is my ultimate dream and your all suggesting i might as well just run up skiddaw as its worth as much.

Cheers Ian .

[Miss July]

The BG is my ultimate dream and your all suggesting i might as well just run up skiddaw as its worth as much.

Make your own dreams my friend, not other people's.

[andy k]

Alternatively

Ingnore the small minded people who would scoff or belittle your dreams.
They probably don't have the strength or courage to persue a dream of their own.

[Grouse]

Agreed. Or even peruse them.

[Miss July]

Some men see things as they are and say, "Why?" I dream of things that never were and say, "Why not?"

[Filippo Acciaiuoli]

Some men see things as they are and say, "Why?" I dream of things that never were and say, "Why not?"

In Italia we give the numbers to running cliches.

So instead of typing we say just: numero sette, numero tredici, numero milleduecentodue.

It save the precious time for the running.

[Hanneke]

And in this country, we quote G.B. Shaw...

Nice one by the way Miss July... I recognise your style

[Hanneke]

As a matter of fact, I like it so much, I have made it into my signature for now, hope you don't mind Miss?

[Bobert]

Half of you are making it out that the Bob Graham has become so easy now and its not like it was. The BG is my ultimate dream and your all suggesting i might as well just run up skiddaw as its worth as much.

Cheers Ian .

Having read back through this thread i cannot see where anyone has said the BG has become so easy. Some folk go through life always cheating to get ahead. I question anyone who thinks it's easy. I think the BG is such a leveller. You work hard at something for so long, commit so much, get the mindset right and go and do it. Success is not a given. There's absolutely nothing easy about that.

[Miss July]

In Italia we give the numbers to running cliches.

So instead of typing we say just: numero sette, numero tredici, numero milleduecentodue.

It save the precious time for the running.

Molto compiaciuto Filippo. Quando avete fatto il vostro giro Bob Graham?