It's a long way from Dunmail out to Sca Fell and back, with the return from Sca Fell to the Pike to factor in too. What are you looking at 8 to 9 hours total?
It's a long way from Dunmail out to Sca Fell and back, with the return from Sca Fell to the Pike to factor in too. What are you looking at 8 to 9 hours total?
Poacher turned game-keeper
Dunmail to Scafell on a 23 hour BG schedule is about 5.5 hours. If you're reccying and navigating you could easily turn that into 6.5 hours. Hitting the turn on Scafell and figuring out the "quick" way back will be fun; I'd guesstimate the return journey would take at the very least another 4 hours
My preferences for reccying leg 3 and assuming only one car, are:
Dunmail as far as either Pike o Stickle or Langdale Combe: start & finish at Dunmail
Calf Crag to Bowfell/Esk Pike/Great End : start and finish in Borrowdale
Sergeant Crag to Bowfell: start/finish in Langdale
Bowfell to Scafell/Wasdale: start/finish at Boot/Brotherlikeld
If someone drops you off at Dunmail and is prepared to pick you up in Borrowdale then you can cut down to Borrowdale at almost any point depending on weather conditions/tiredness/time constraints.
Hoping to do the full route as I'm supporting Daz on leg 3. Want to get round it 2 or 3 times before then.
Bob,think it'll be a solo one with just one car.If its not going well I may do the first of your suggestions
Need some long days though, got the Vegan Welsh 3000s to prepare for.
Thanks everyone for the advice
a way I was told is seathwaite ,esk hause ,esk pike ,bowfell decent and ascend then out to the scafell,s hitting all the tops on way to great gable give you chance to do some of leg 4 as well all high ground together back down to seathwaite 6-7 hours correct me lads if im wrong anyway that out of the way.
great reccee on saturday except for hamstring went out again sunday catbells to robinson the route nigel goes fantastic apart from conditions cant understand why i never seen you nigel
old un you are right no rest back out today on bike
Whoops I forgot to post my garmin track. I was mostly stopping my watch when we were milling about on various summits, waiting on injured runners to catch up and undertaking dog rescue missions. Even with the tricky climb up Bowfell my net time to Bowfell summit was 3:16 which pretty much a 23 hour schedule time.Originally Posted by Arkel
Garmin track
What time did you set up Catbells, Roy?
Hi all, it's Steve from Saturday's leg 3 recce. It was an amazing day out and great to meet everyone. My spaniels said that they were glad they stayed home for that one....
Good luck to all of you on your rounds; I hope to be able to offer some help over the next few months.
9.30 nigel good run out
Another update on my blog about this weekends recce of leg 4 :thumbup:
http://adventuresofafellrunner.blogspot.co.uk/
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