Well done to all the runners. I really felt for you as I sat on top of Robinson, eating jelly babies and soaking up the sun. Honest
Yeah, to be fair, the farmer bumped it up when he saw that his fields were wet and thought he'd have to bring in contractors to make it right again (the weather was horrendous on Thursday, and it was still raining on Friday morning). Any money he doesn't spend repairing damage (most of it, as it happens) he donates to charities of his choice (Leukemia and athritis, I think). The farmer doesn't personally keep a penny of it, which seeing he's been working hard moving sheep into and out of fields, to accomodate us lot is pretty decent. Hopefully it'll also encourage us to car share, and keep the impact on the valley and our fuel bills down.Originally Posted by Goldie
On a similar note, I swept the route with Fowlup and Woger, in the company of the lovely Sharon, and we didn't find a single bit of litter, which is pretty encouraging really. Presumably, not only are runners not dropping stuff themselves, but other runners are picking up the accidental escapees and even walker's rubbish. Somebody had even picked up Fleeter's old washer. Given that fell races in the lakes are being looked at with a critical eye at the moment, it's all to the good.
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