Nice try!Originally Posted by Stef F
Of course it isn't....it's just the wind blowing your lovely thick locks!
Nice try!Of course it isn't....it's just the wind blowing your lovely thick locks!
I believe its wrong
20th October - a lung buster of a run with Ady from Accy out of Horton this afternoon; the same run that I did last Friday but in far bleaker weather and with a fair bit of added pace - Horton--> Horton Scar--> Hull Pot--> Foxup Moor--> Plover Hill--> Pen y Ghent trig--> Hull Pot--> Whitber Hill--> Horton.
Having done a few good runs with not a great deal of recovery in the last couple of weeks, choosing to run with Ady was always going to be a toughee but, fortunately, he went easy on me and, once we'd got to the top of Plover Hill after 50 minutes (of me clawing for breath), I managed to find a second wind from somewhere and ended up finishing in fairly good nick.
Ady wallowing like a hogin the bogs on Plover
and Ady again (spot in the distance) leading the way down coming off of Pen y Ghent
A barn stormer. 1 hour 37 with mucho mud.
Last edited by Stolly; 20-10-2009 at 11:22 PM.
24th October. I had to take my car into for some minor body work repair yesterday - unfortunately the best guy, Silver Star, is in the middle of Carleton, a small village a mile or so outside Skipton.
I wouldn't say there's much to do in Carleton but, to give you an idea of just how sleepy that place is, when I got there at ten past eight in the morning the newsagents wasn't open (bang goes my mid run mars bar), the post office wasn't open nor obviously the pub. When I returned 3 or so hours later, the newsagents wasn't open (bang goes my post run lukozade), the post office wasn't open nor the pub!! You can almost imagine tumble weed blowing through Carleton and (unopened) pub signs creaking in the wind.
Anyway back to my run. My car would take 3 hours ish to be sorted so I decided to pretty much run as the fancy took me for 90 minutes and then head back hopefully in a loop. First off I ran through the (cow infested) fields from Carleton to Skipton, through the industrial estate, past kwikfit, over the canal, through Aireville Park, through Rockwood and then through the fields at the top of Skipton to Tarn House Caravan Site. From here I got onto Bog Lane before finally hacking off onto proper fells on my way up to the trig on Sharp Haw:
I then hacked down through some tremendous mud and bog following the track towards Flasby
When I reached Flasby I hooked north following the farm track and then never used before and kind of tricky to follow (especially without a map) footpath (hah!) through the fields to Rylstone. From Rylstone I followed the main road back towards Skipton for a couple of hundred yards before taking the farm track all the way to the top of Rylstone Fell. By now the cloud had lowered even more and a fine drizzle was falling. Crap visibility but totally awesome from a mud point of view as I followed the ridge line trod/morass all the way along and then down to Embsay Reservoir. Looking up to Hellifield Crag in the gloom from the bottom of Waterfall Gill:
Once in Embsay I didn't have the energy (no mars bar you see) to continue an off road circuit back to Skipton, so from here I ran to Skipton on the main road, past Skipton Castle and straight down the middle of a bustling Skipton High Street. Quite funny really as I was a complete mud monster at this point. From Skipton it was a quick mile scoot back over to Carlton for a finish. The teeming metropolis of Carleton comes into view:
A wonderful run, even though it got a bit 'roady' near the end. 3 hours 7 minutes and probably 16 miles or so.
Last edited by Stolly; 25-10-2009 at 10:26 AM.
I agree with you about Carlton Stolly. When I worked abroad for a few years I booked a "holiday cottage" in Carlton for a trip home. It turned out to be a damp terraced housewe ended up spending as little time as we could in! The rest of the place, as you describe it, sounds the same though but you missed out the great view of the Crematorium
Carleton actually Alf. Check Stolly's spellin' of the village
errrrr you don't live there by any chance WharfeeCarleton actually Alf. Check Stolly's spellin' of the village(rapidly trying to dig himself out of a hole
8th November - after a week of not feeling quite right - no running but I had the runs if you know what I mean - I finally forced myself out for a run this morning. A 10 miler from Bolton Abbey, following the Wharfe for some way past the abbey ruins, past Cavendish Pavillion, through the woods past the Strid, past Bardon Bridge, past Howgill Campsite before finally hacking up to the top of Simon's Seat. From there is was a lovely muddy and rocky trot across the top of the moor, down through a little pine forest, through the valley of desolation and back for a quick hop back up the Wharfe to the starting point at Bolton Abbey car park (£6 ffs!).
I was feeling pretty rubbish to be honest but the run did blow out some of the cobwebs. My running partner for the trip was running even rubbisher, having had a long run out yesterday, so it may have been the slowest 10 miles I have ever run. 2 hours 30!!!
The Strid running quite high after all the recent rain
Looking back towards Appletreewick with Burnsall Fell beyond
My 'rubbish' running partner bringing up the rear, viewed from the top of Simon's Seat
Fabulous run out and great to see you again Stef
You too.....but oy! x 3!8th November - after a week of not feeling quite right - no running but I had the runs if you know what I mean - I finally forced myself out for a run this morning. A 10 miler from Bolton Abbey, following the Wharfe for some way past the abbey ruins, past Cavendish Pavillion, through the woods past the Strid, past Bardon Bridge, past Howgill Campsite before finally hacking up to the top of Simon's Seat. From there is was a lovely muddy and rocky trot across the top of the moor, down through a little pine forest, through the valley of desolation and back for a quick hop back up the Wharfe to the starting point at Bolton Abbey car park (£6 ffs!).
I was feeling pretty rubbish to be honest but the run did blow out some of the cobwebs. My running partner for the trip was running even rubbisher, having had a long run out yesterday, so it may have been the slowest 10 miles I have ever run. 2 hours 30!!!
My 'rubbish' running partner bringing up the rear, viewed from the top of Simon's Seat
Fabulous run out and great to see you again Stef
Stolly, there's usually a few free parking spots just across the river from Bolton Abbey at Storiths which I've used before for runs along the river and/or up Valley of Desolation/SS/Hazlewood Moor.
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