splendid time on Friday
took pretty cruddy line up Wetherlam, ended up struggling across boulder fields and up ludicrously steep bits - but should have people to follow on the day going a better way!
why did nobody tell me what an AWESOME spot Swirl Hawse is? I was prepared for the view back into the valley, but the view over Levers Water and Lake Coniston all the way out to Morecambe Bay was a pleasant surprise!
followed Prison Band up to Swirl How but thought I could see a different line, although doubt it'd be any quicker
think I did quite well round the back of the Carrs and down to 3 Shire Stone
which I reached in 2:08, so to make the 2 hour cut-off I'll need a better line up Wetherlam, drier underfoot/better choice of shoes plus "race head" on - I'm predicting 1:57
there look to be quite a few possibilities up/off Blisco - will probably just follow if poss, but if I'm spaced out/clagged up at that point I at least have a vague plan
I pre-reccied the wall descent to Blea Tarn back in April, but spotted a couple of access stiles so thought I'd try the path down to the back of the woods... DO NOT recommend - mainly due to some RAZOR SHARP stones/boulders higher up which would be LETHAL if you slipped and fell on one
the weather deteriorated somewhat over the last hour up/down Lingmoor, culminating in hailstorms and nearly getting struck by lightning, but my Montane Atomic jacket did it's job admirably
SO looking forward to race day now...
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