Fair points. It's just that I've done a few snow/clagbound reccies of various routes and found that they don't help me recognise anything.
Knowing about the new fence leading to Deepdale is probably good info. Do you reckon that's the best feature to follow?
And nice one finding the quad tracks in the snow - that must be quite confidence inspiring.
What line did you take to the HellGap-Cray track?
And I agree with the "after that how bad can it be?" sentiment - good mental training.