Nice run up the Beacon with Stef. The recent training seems to be working :thumbup:
Nice run up the Beacon with Stef. The recent training seems to be working :thumbup:
Poacher turned game-keeper
Brisk run out tonight from the Lion under a tiny sliver of new moon. I always have mixed feelings at this time of year but tbh looking forward to the 'light nights' :thumbup:
Poacher turned game-keeper
Ditto. I'm almost headtorched outOriginally Posted by Derby Tup
Wasn't that sliver of moon beautiful tonight?
Great night last night over the "Streak in the Peak" area. cold with plenty of snow but hardly any wind.
Nice circular run up to the trig at Trough End Edge (Freeholds top) with the regular Bat Run last night. Quite clear but the moon was obscured so we couldnt spot the comet. Will have another look on the run home tonight.
Dan
Last night, Bowland Bats "feral" Thursday run was our version of the Settle Loop from the cattle grid near the entrance of the farm lane down to Upper Winskill. 2 bats settled for exploring around Jubilee & Victoria Caves. 6 of us ran S below Attermire to join the Stockdale farm road at s.h. 369m. Ascending above Stockdale Farm we had snowflakes the size of 50p coins. Once up on the moor, we were crunching along in 2 - 3 inches of crisp virgin snow, with the tail wind piling snowflakes in behind my spectacles. At the Langscar junction, we turned W and followed a single set of bike tracks, not more than a few hours old, in the fresh snow. By Jubilee Cave, we bobbed N ove the stile and headed back to the cars. About 1 hour - 45 mins at a very steady trot.
Ian.
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Last night, Ilkley Moor, The Calf, Badgerstone, Keighley Gate, White Wells. Followed by a pint in The Listers Arms.
I knew you lot would be coming over Ian and I timed my head torch run last night to try and bump into you at Attermire (blue circled bit on my route map below) but, when I got there, there was no sight or sound of you. That said the fog and snow made it difficult to see more than twenty paces. You may have seen my mud claw prints in the snow though going the other way? My run was already going to be 5 miles so I wasn't planning on going round your full loop you as well (probably another 8) but I would have trogged along with you for a bit. I love running in weather like that last night - wonderful
Last edited by Stolly; 15-03-2013 at 08:50 PM.
Brian, that segment of your run that is within the blue circle, is the only bit that overlaid any of our route. It's so muddy and chewed-up around there with some slippery, short, uphill efforts, plus the clag, the falling wind-driven flakes and the lying snow; we probably weren't even on the "actual trod / path", other than at the gates. Certainly did not notice any studmarks. We would have been in your blue circle about 19.15 - 19.20. The only person that we saw, was on the way out, a dog walker in heavy / industrial high-viz waterproofs at the gate across the bridleway, before we headed S on the PFP along Attermire.I knew you lot would be coming over Ian and I timed my head torch run last night to try and bump into you at Attermire (blue circled bit on my route map below) but, when I got there, there was no sight or sound of you. That said the fog and snow made it difficult to see more than twenty paces. You may have seen my mud claw prints in the snow though going the other way? My run was already going to be 5 miles so I wasn't planning on going round your full loop you as well (probably another 8) but I would have trogged along with you for a bit. I love running in weather like that last night - wonderful
It was a fabulous night to be out; but one of those nights when you needed the confidence to know that all of the group had the fitness to keep going and keep generating heat.
Ian.
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