BGs 26/27/28 June '09

[GeoffB]

Yes, well done Andy Green, Dave Harvey, Julien Minshull & Phil whatisname. There was some serious hard effort put in by you guys.

Bad luck to Mark, but don't worry, you'll be fine next time.

It was a pleasure to accompany you all on leg 2, even if we didn't see a thing until Seat Sandal! It was also great to be in Keswick to see you all come in.

Well done to everyone else this weekend, too.

[RobW]

Well done Phil 11th Dark Peaker this year I think And to Iain karl Julienne et al, It was a near perfect day if a tad warm. I was on Scafell at Midnight in shorts and a thin base layer. It looked a bit cloudy towards the Dodds but was really clear and very warm where I was.

Warm but good in Paddy Buckleyland too. Good to hear it was OK up north.

Awesome result Bobert . Well done all.

[IanDarkpeak]

Thanks Marv and Daz for such great help. You definitely pushed Me and Julian to the limit. Felt quite a lot of pressure was on me once I had helpers at Wasdale, so giving up was not an option, although I really felt pretty rough at the end of leg 3. It hasn't really sank in yet as there was no build up with recces etc, so pretty pleased really. I now need to work out where I actually went...

Anybody know if the Tring lot got round OK?

What time dfid you do Phil? and of course the boys from T'other side

[Stevie]

Anybody know if the Tring lot got round OK?

So that must have been you in the Planet Fear top I was chatting with briefly up Great Gable. Well done on your round. And to all the others.

As MarkR says, the Tring lads got round well in 22-31 (23hr schedule). They lost 20mins to navigation on leg 1 and were despondant about not making it up by Dunmail. But they pulled it back and more by Wasdale, maintained to Honister and pulled in another 20mins against schedule to Keswick. A storming finish, we went the cross country route to Portinscale and had a big gang out to get all the gates open. At 8 minutes to 10 they realised sub 22-30 was possible and both dug in, almost making 22-30. But the one minute seems a little academic after all that went before. A great day out. The views after the rain on Great Gable were incredibly dramatic - cloud hanging low in the valleys and hills silhouetted against a brightening sky.

[Storyteller]

Well done indeed Phil. If I ever try this, I think your approach would work for me - no pressure, just turn up and sort of end up doing it. I need to serve my apprenticeship first though and that hasn't even started!

PS Gather you have posted some fast times with the babyjogger? Have you done any fell races with it yet

3 children and about 2,500 miles on the clock when you took it over

[mountain bag]

Well done to the excellent and very efficient pennine crew. Particularly to Dave Harvey, you and your crew to bring the time back. Julian looked very comfortable - you'll have to find something harder next time.

Well done Tring, I was a little worried for your contenders over Great Gable (probably more about how I was feeling at the time!) but the looked like they got a good wriggle on towards the end.

Phil Wosit - not a bad effort having only to have done a 21 mile as your longest run this year...

[abd]

Well done all; fab efforts!

[RichT]

Did anyone leave a 10 litre water carrier at the Moot Hall on Saturday night? Tring posse perhaps? I can take it to the Saunders next weekend if it is a Tring thing and give it to Rick (full of water, and he has to carry it for the 2 days). All I need to do then is find a way to slow the other 39 entrants and I might be saved from embarrassment!

Cheers

Richard

[Marvin]

What time dfid you do Phil? and of course the boys from T'other side

21:37 for Phil and Julien after being about 20 minutes down on the 23 hour schedule at Wasdale. It was a storming finish. I felt a great deal of responsibility at Honister after they speeded up towards the end of Leg 4, and by Little Town I hadn't got much left (too many big hills last week) so handed over to Daz H to sprint in with them. Not sure of the exact times for the others.

[Marvin]

Well done indeed Phil. If I ever try this, I think your approach would work for me - no pressure, just turn up and sort of end up doing it. I need to serve my apprenticeship first though and that hasn't even started!

Yes, but Phil was in big trouble with the Mrs. He was supposed to have gone home for breakfast having completed the first two legs overnight. In the end he returned home just before 10pm feeling nauseous and not fit to take over childcare duties.