Still room!Originally Posted by stumpy
Must have taken my eye off the ball - failed to realise it was pre-entry only this year (doh!!).
It's not full yet is it? I know (now!) the the closing date for entires is 7th July....
If it is full I'd REALLY like a number if anyone's got one going(just persuaded the wife and kids to join me this year and bought a big tent today
)
Thanks Marrow - best get myself a 1st class stamp as soon as the shops open! Me and Borrowdale have got unfinished business
after reading this i entered on Monday and got my entry back accepted yesterday.
going to do a recce on Saturday morning and recce last bit of wasdale as well.
I have got the Pete Bland map for both so hope they are accurate. was thinking of stashing some water somewhere ready for wasdale. if it is hidden do you reckon it will be OK after a week to drink?
Sure it'll be safe. Let us all know where you plan to stash it and we'll check that it's not tampered withHonest
Have a good reccy and run at Wasdale.
Ha HaSure it'll be safe. Let us all know where you plan to stash it and we'll check that it's not tampered with
Have a good reccy and run at Wasdale.
safely stashed. just got to remember where i left it now. had a good recce today. went up Bessyboots and was stood by the tarn looking for the trod when a runner went past. thanks to him off we went on the right path. we were just walking today. had lunch at Esk Hause then dropped down to Styhead pass then dropped back down to seathwaite and back to the cat at Rossthwaite. 12.5 miles according to the GPS.
having collywobbles over great gable. it must be some climb after skirting Kirk Fell.
Reccied the route on Saturday - it's quite tough. After the initial shock of Bessyboot, it's a nice long gradual climb up to Scafell Pike, although getting the best line to Esk Hause could be navigationally tricky in poor weather, with the various bumps of Glaramara all looking a bit similar, and finding the right path round Allen Crags.
At SP you might be pleasantly surprised to be all-but halfway round the route, distance-wise at least.
Lovely lope down the corridor route and then the killer climb up Gable - where we bumped into the Wasdale leaders.
Stopped off for a brew at Honister slate cafe and were amused to be told by the girls there that they couldn't give us tap water because 'it's straight off the fells, health and safety'.
Had a job getting the legs working again for the sting in the tail up Dale Head which will be a tester on the day, as will the descent down to the tarn. But it's at least grassy, after a fair bit of steep rocky stuff on the previous descents.
Last edited by ZootHornRollo; 14-07-2009 at 10:37 AM.
Navigation is unlikely to be a major issue to SP Zoot. I started at the back last year, and had lots and lots of people to follow! Can get quite entertaining after Green Gable when the clags down though
I can't get across for a recce. Hoping someone will wait for me!
yes it's a bit of a minefield is the old brandreth / grey knotts area isn't itNavigation is unlikely to be a major issue to SP Zoot. I started at the back last year, and had lots and lots of people to follow! Can get quite entertaining after Green Gable when the clags down though
but if you hit the style in the fence after Brandreth ok then hold a NNE line skirting westside of Grey Knotts, with the fence well off to your right, and swing further east as the slope down to honister steepens, you're not going to go far wrong.
Can we hold hands all the way round?
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote