Duff, it's great to put a name to the face, even if it's not your real one (name, that is). You take a good picture
safetypin, sorry about your navigational and injury woes. Good on you for finishing anyway.
Unusually for me, because of the nature of this event I navigated the whole thing by map, with a bit of route description to get me to dibbers and down the lanes to the finish. I managed to keep on route. It only works if I set out conditioned to navigate by map, though.
How else do you navigate - by smell?I was with a guy over Back Tor and Win Hill who didn't have a map and told me he had committed it to memory - seemed to work, he didn't make the mistakes I did!
Yes, I lost my map and descriptions somewhere between Druid stone and Back Tor. Living in Bradwell, I had kind of mentally placed the checkpoints and descriptions - still went past CP13 though - familiarity breeds... complacency maybe?
My first ultra, couldn't not do it, starting 50m from my front door. Boy was it hard running past the house another 400m to the finish - could have stopped right there.
Great route, dibbing stations worked in keeping us all on the route the organiser had agreed with 'the powers that be' but the Dark and White 'Trailquest' pedigree was evident.
Two days on, legs are recovering and I'm hoping this will be part of the series again next year, and it may be my second ultra!
Was that you who I was with going up to Back Tor then - do you run for Dark Peak? - you said you had done a rce in S Wales where one of our lot (Pennine) won?
aye Grouse,
I do run with DPFR but I haven't been to wales for a bit.
Not good at looking after maps us dark peakers... Must have been another.
Would have been nice to meet you. Maybe next time...
Tee Hee. Telepathy. I close fingers and thumbs, close my eyes and hum and it usually comes to me. Smell, hum - you weren't far off.Originally Posted by Grouse
How else do you navigate - by smell?
Seriously, since most of my events are LDWA-style, I use the route description and carry the map as a back-up and rarely have to refer to it. I should navigate by map more because it gives a much better picture of where you are in the countryside, rather than where you are on your particular piece of trail. Maps only fall short in the fiddly navigation around towns (I'm thinking Calderdale), so rather than having to chop and change I stick with the one that works in all cases (usually).
The web site for this seems to indicate the route is not issed until the day - when you register. Can anyone PM me a copy of the route from last year (assuming it is the same route). Thanks.
Would grid refs and route description do, MM?
S/F 174817 (start is down the road a bit, s/w of event centre)
Down the road(B6049)then right on track past cement works (heading nw)towrds Pindale
CP
1. track(?)(sorry can't find control descriptions)162824
Continue on track SW above Pindale past Hollandtwine mine to Junction with Limestone Way to:
2. 135813
Head NE To Castleton
3. 151827
Follow Hollowford Road NW out od Castleton over Hollins Cross through Edale to Grindsbrook
4. 123862
Up to the nab and track below Ringing Roger to Druid's Stone
5. 135875
Down Lady Boothe Brook, Nether Booth, over railway, Backtor Bridge, onto ridge towards Lose Hill
6. 152853
Lose Hill, down towards Lose Hill Farm (SE) to
7. 172839
Head East over Railway, Birchfield Park, Fairfield Farm, Aston, then at Aston Hall left turn (to head NE) to Track junction at Thornhill Carrs (very easy to miss - lost loads of time here!)
8. 193845
Continue N over Parkin VClough to
9. 196859
Head SE then over dam to
10. 202854 down A6013 then left onto New Road to
11. 206844
Continue on New Road to
12. 215839
Continue on road up to junction with Stanage Edge path to
13.235849 (another tricky one - cp is BEFORE climb!)
Follow edge path to trig point then E to Upper Burbage Bridge
at
14. 261830
then S along Burbage Brook to Burbage Bridge
15. 262807
Follow path along brook (SE) to Bole Hill
16. 250793
through Bole Hill Wood, over railway line the follow path between railway line and B6001 to
17. 234806
back down (S) B6001 past Leadmill then right on road to Hazelford Hall, R onto track past Tor farm (W), follow track to
18. 791795 (junc. of Abney Clough and Bretton Brook)
follow path w along Abney Clough to Abney then turn right after Fold Farm/telephone box. Follow road to junction, turn left, past quarry left on track towards Robin Hood's Cross (I didn't. Oops.)
and follow the track NW into Bradwell and to finish.
I was wondering about this one too...
Thanks Grouse, that's brill
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