Yes, that's where it usually is. Fingers crossed for you all that it is again this year!Originally Posted by DinoF
Yes, that's where it usually is. Fingers crossed for you all that it is again this year!
It's not a race but is great fun with cakes and buns on the way round. I ran most of it last week and there was no mud, just ice and snow. There is no easy way up the Chevin. It's worth doing a recce of the moors and the Chevin just to let you know what you're in for. Oh and it's about 22. Good luck!
Donkey - plenty of mud up there just now! I was up there the other night, near the aerials/stone circle and I was slipping, sliding and sinking up to me knees in places.
Yep Ditto that ! we ran the whole route on Sunday and across the top was a big bog ! up to the knees once or twice...shoes off ect !...On the checkpoint list some places are marked refreshments, are they also checkpoints or just refreshments ?.....and i still havnt found that one on the Chevin marked "Above stile" 195 443
The places marked refreshments are also checkpoints.
The 'Above stile' checkpoint isn't near a stile but is placed on the climb up the Chevin from Otley just before you enter the wood. It is usually a self clip on a wooden stake. You'll have to go past in on the day so it will be easy to find.
Ok..thanks for the info !
...and today up there? Frozen solid - didn't even get me shoes wet! Absolutely beee-yoo-tiful day for it. Lovely and sunny on the top, calm, blue sky and looking down to a cloud-shrouded Ilkley. Marvellous.
Anyone know much about the wolf that's appeared above Silsden? Nice to see.
Not seen a Wolf !....hope the weather is same on the day then...no snow mind !
?what's that? I'm off for a recce tomorrow about 10:30 so I'll keep my eyes peeled.
It's a big wicker style sculpture of a wolf that appeared about a fortnight ago, fixed onto a rocky outcrop looking down over Silsden/Addingham at the Windgate Nick end of the moor. Dunno who put it up, or how long it'll stay there, but it's quite impressive as a bit of temporary moor 'art'...
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