Blubberhouses 25

[Derby Tup]

It's a belting route. Very scenic plus it passes within a couple of miles of home

[Jez Hellewell]

Chris, if that "Map Posting" offer is still up for grabs, I'm a taker ! I usually run with Toni Melechi who is my GPS, but he's doing the Baildon Boundary Way this year.

Saw you at the start of the TT on Saturday & then you just faded into the distance ! You were looking good !

[Brotherton Lad]

I'm entered. It's anti-clockwise. OS Explorer 297:
Start 207531 at 0830
CP1 Swinsty Reservoir 193528
CP2 Thruscross " 154574 refreshments
CP3 Rocking Hall 111579
CP4 self clip 076542
CP5 Banks Farm 081543
CP6 Deerstones 088531 refreshments
CP7 Beamsley Beacon 092522 on the road
CP8 Timble Ings 165529 refreshments
Finish 207531

[Jez Hellewell]

Cheers Brotherton Lad ! Looking forward to this one !

[Brotherton Lad]

Well, that's Blubberhouses recce finished from CP3 at Rocking Hall to CP 7 at Beamsley Beacon and back to Bolton Abbey. Lovely scenery, all the snow has gone (but still on the high tops like Gt Whernside), though the ground is still pretty hard. East off Round Hill will of course be boggy.
If you're local, you might be interested to know (if you don't already) that parking at Bolton Abbey is free mid-week in the winter and you get straight out of the car on to the Dales Way by the Strid.

[Jez Hellewell]

What times are people anticipating running for this ? If anybody's kicking around the 3.45 mark & is looking for some company I might tag along. I've not done it before & am not entirely sure of the route !!

[Brotherton Lad]

I'm looking for slightly faster than that, did 3:35 on Troller's Trot over a similar distance but then I'm doing the Edale Skyline next weekend, so it depends how I bounce back from that. Haven't run the event before but have recced all of it less the mile after Timble to Swinsty dam which I'll do next week. So maybe we could set off together and see how it goes, the trickier nav is in the first third anyway.

[Dru]

Does anyone have a route description for this? I'm planning to enter on the day but would like to mark up a map beforehand. Presumably there is a set route to follow rather than making our own way from checkpoint to checkpoint?

[Derby Tup]

Does anyone have a route description for this? I'm planning to enter on the day but would like to mark up a map beforehand. Presumably there is a set route to follow rather than making our own way from checkpoint to checkpoint?

A pm to Chris Brown might yield a map I met him at this event last year and he's usually got a map sorted for the races etc he does

[Alexandra]

Does anyone have a route description for this? I'm planning to enter on the day but would like to mark up a map beforehand. Presumably there is a set route to follow rather than making our own way from checkpoint to checkpoint?

http://www.mcrosolv.demon.co.uk/ldwa/blubber.html

This is not quite a route description, but nearly, and I thought entrants might enjoy reading it. I do have a route description somewhere, but it dates from the time when the course was run in reverse, so could get you into bother.