Stolly's adventures 2009

[Stolly]

4th October - a cracking 9.5 miler up Ingleborough out of Clapham this morning. Through the spooky tunnel under Ingleborough Hall, up Long Lane and into open fell through Clapham Bottoms and then running parallel with the wall all the way up to Full Beck Head just below Simon's Fell to meet the main Horton - Ingleborough track and following that to the trig on Ingleborough. I found it hard going on the way up to be honest (maybe I'm going down with something) but the descent was brilliant, firstly along the extended ridge of Little Ingleborough, down to Gaping Gill, over the top (rather than down through the gully) to Trow Gill, past Ingleborough Cave and along Clapdale Drive all the way back to Clapham. Marvellous. A steady 1 hour 40 ish.

Long Lane (well a very little bit of it):



Pen y Ghent to my right as viewed from Brunt Riggs on the map:



With Little Ingleborough and Ingleborough to my left:



Simon Fell from the top of my route off Ingleborough with Pen y Ghent in the far distance:

[Stolly]

11th October – a magnificent trot around the three peaks this morning with pretty grim weather for the first 10 miles or so – low cloud, howling wind and sideways rain. By Ribblehead though things started to clear up and by the time I was trudging off of Ingleborough it was nicely warm and sunny. 4 hours 29 which I was quite pleased with, what with the conditions and the fact that my running speed is nowadays stuck in second gear.

Pen y Ghent trig



Pen y Ghent and Park Fell taken from somewhere near the start of my assault on Whernside



Blea Moor I guess and some other rolling hills



One of the best feelings going - running the ridge line of Whernside



A couple more pics to follow...

[Stolly]

Coming off Whernside and looking towards PyG



The top of Ingleborough



The frigging long run in after Sulber Nick - nice view though



Yet another flipping picture of Pen y Ghent!

[Big Compass]

Stolly
Does anyone believe that signpost saying one and a half mile to Horton.

[Mountain Goatess]

Stolly
Does anyone believe that signpost saying one and a half mile to Horton.

Definately not!!!! Some marshalls at PPP told me 'only one and a half mile to go'....so I ran for 15mins (in the right direction before any wisecracks appear!)....only for marshalls further down to tell me.....'only one and a half mile to go'!!!!

[Stolly]

The worst sign post is the one at Nick Pot saying 2 3/4 miles to go. I felt reasonably okay on Sunday but normally I'm at death's door at this point and, instead of it plainly saying 2 3/4 miles, I read it as 174,240 inches . And long inches at that!

[Stolly]

16th October - a good run out of Horton this morning - Horton--> Horton Scar--> Hull Pot--> Foxup Moor--> Plover Hill--> Pen y Ghent trig--> Hull Pot--> Whitber Hill--> Horton. Bright and sunny with a nippy breeze and about 1 hour 40 start to finish.

The Pennine Way track soon after the start



Looking back towards Horton Moor with Ingleborough in the far distance on the left and Whernside to the right



The track on top of Plover just starting to get back to its proper boggyness. The top of PyG is out of shot to the left.



Me sadly taking a picture of myself at the finish in the car park at Horton

[Stolly]

18th October - a jolly Sunday morning outing with Alf and Southernsoftie. Ingleton--> Beazley Falls--> Ewes Top--> an effing long way along the ridge to the trig on Whernside--> Hill Inn--> Humphrey Bottom (aka the slabbed path from hell)--> Ingleborough trig--> finishing with a rubble run all the way back down to Ingleton. About 15 miles all told.

The weather was damp, cold and misty with fine drizzle falling so, as far as scenery was concerned, all I could do was take a couple of pictures of my running mates

SS and Alf



Alf crests the 'frigging' slabbed path below Ingleborough, suffering flashbacks from April's 3 peaks in the process



SS ferreting about for a water refill at the top of the steep bit up Ingleborough



Anyway a darn fine run out if I say so myself.

[southernsoftie]

Is that the beginnings of a bald spot I spy? Last time I let you take a candid shot of me. I declare my right to veto all future use of my images!

*slopes off to contemplate his own mortality*

[Stef F]

Is that the beginnings of a bald spot I spy? Last time I let you take a candid shot of me. I declare my right to veto all future use of my images!

*slopes off to contemplate his own mortality*

Of course it isn't....it's just the wind blowing your lovely thick locks!