Tour de Helvellyn

[BritNick]

The forecast for Friday and Saturday is looking much better now. The intense low pressure is passing much further to the south. No hurricane this time.

[Toreador]

Ssshhh!

[BritNick]

sorry

[Toreador]

Right on cue, the Met office have just released a weather warning for NW England on Saturday.

Luckily it's just for icy roads

[Tom R]

so whos carrying Nee bothers pie to swirl then?
I'm staying over at Penrith Travelodge with another runner (seperate beds) planning to start running / crawling through deep snow at about 8am

[Toreador]

We're staying at the Mardale Inn in Bampton, going for a 7am start as it'll be touch and go whether I can fo fast enough to make the cutoff!

MWIS latest:
Northwest or northerly 30 to 40mph gusts 45 to perhaps 60mph.
Very likely only isolated, if any snow flurries. But small risk of widespread showers, most likely southwestern fells.
The fells largely cloud free, with fragments on higher fells only occasionally
Bright sun, probably widespread. The air very clear indeed, but visibility very poor in snow and cloud.
Freezing level more or less valley level, with terrain more or less frozen. -3 at 750m

http://mwis.org.uk/ld.php?fdate=111217

[Hank]

We're staying at the Mardale Inn in Bampton, going for a 7am start as it'll be touch and go whether I can fo fast enough to make the cutoff!

MWIS latest:
Northwest or northerly 30 to 40mph gusts 45 to perhaps 60mph.
Very likely only isolated, if any snow flurries. But small risk of widespread showers, most likely southwestern fells.
The fells largely cloud free, with fragments on higher fells only occasionally
Bright sun, probably widespread. The air very clear indeed, but visibility very poor in snow and cloud.
Freezing level more or less valley level, with terrain more or less frozen. -3 at 750m

http://mwis.org.uk/ld.php?fdate=111217

Careful you don't get to Patterdale before the check opens at 10am... I reckon it's the easiest 10 miles of the route and three hours is a long time to allow.

[Toreador]

Careful you don't get to Patterdale before the check opens at 10am... I reckon it's the easiest 10 miles of the route and three hours is a long time to allow.

I thought it was 13 miles (on the basis that the route is 38 and the cutoff is 25)?

<wanders off to measure the map>

Hmm, according to Bing, it's just under 10 miles to Patterdale, and the whole route is about 35.5 miles.
I guess if we arrive early we can buy some pies from the shop

[Hank]

I thought it was 13 miles (on the basis that the route is 38 and the cutoff is 25)?

<wanders off to measure the map>

Hmm, according to Bing, it's just under 10 miles to Patterdale, and the whole route is about 35.5 miles.
I guess if we arrive early we can buy some pies from the shop

My recce of Askham to Patterdale and back gave 32k (20 miles) and the Patterdale loop 28km making 60k altogether, so a tad over 37 miles. Garmin info for Askham-Patterdale:

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/121455125

[old un]

It will be a cold wait too. Dry weathers a blessing if it keeps to it. Were stopping at clifton and looking at an 8ish start and a steady plod and a natter. 10m in 3hr is a possibility if its deep powder snow. In keswick fri afternoon for a wander round and bag of chips too