Wadsworth Trog

[Tussockface]

Hmmm. I'm marshalling on top of High Brown Knoll for about four hours.
Meant to buy a warm jacket...might have to keep jogging round the trig point in small circles instead.

[Derby Tup]

Hmmm. I'm marshalling on top of High Brown Knoll for about four hours.
Meant to buy a warm jacket...might have to keep jogging round the trig point in small circles instead.

I've done some jogging (walking, more like) round High Brown Knoll on race day more than once

[racingsnake]

Tussockface/Derby Tup I have the utmost respect and appreciation for the invaluable job you and fellow marshals do, even more so when the weather is cold, wet and windy which it often is in Blighty.

[jellybabyfairy]

Here is the Met Office report for Boulsworth Hill (which is more likely to get the the Trog weather than Hebden)
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/w...e#?tab=fiveDay
Wind gusts of up to 50mph together with snow, sleet, and rain

Yes, I'm keeping an eye on the weather. If it is really bad, I might make the cut offs a little tighter to stop the marshals being out for quite so long, and if it's really really bad, the old Half Trog route is the bad weather option. Fingers crossed we don't need either. Bloomin' weather...bloomin' race in February...grumble...

[Manhar]

Hmmm. I'm marshalling on top of High Brown Knoll for about four hours.
Meant to buy a warm jacket...might have to keep jogging round the trig point in small circles instead.

Tussockface think we should have an unofficial comp to see which marshall is the most padded / layered - I'm planning on at least 6 layers if you allow me to include my 3 in 1 jacket as 3 separate layers

[johnmc]

Tussockface think we should have an unofficial comp to see which marshall is the most padded / layered - I'm planning on at least 6 layers if you allow me to include my 3 in 1 jacket as 3 separate layers

Isn't your 3 in 1 made up of 2 layers: a fleece and a waterproof? 1. wear together, 2. wear fleece, 3. wear waterproof.
This post comes over as very "anorakish"

[jellybabyfairy]

Bring your pocket money people! The bar will be open and Chris Goddard is going to come up with copies of his lovely book http://www.westyorkshiremoors.co.uk/ for you to buy. So, if you retire at CP1 you can always sit in the comfort of the cricket club with a pint and a nice book to read while you wait for your car-share to get round

[Bob the Dog]

Omens of dreadful weather, 500 mile round trips from Edinburgh, race cancelled, race run in icy conditions and I end up acting as stretcher party, jumpers for goalposts.........this is all beginning to sound very familiar. Someone will tell me next The Fox & Goose in HB has closed down (it was teetering on the edge when I last visited)and really ruin my day. 8th year in a row, I can't wait!

[jellybabyfairy]

jumpers for goalposts.........

I hope you're not suggesting I'm making it all up as I go along? I'll have you know there's some state of the art technology out there this year: clippers on *plastic* canes. I've even managed to get numbers made out of waterproof papyrus.

Ah...I suppose I'll miss this pre race build up next year when I've retired...won't miss waking up in the night going 'biscuits, I haven't bought biscuits' and so on.

[Fnstein]

Omens of dreadful weather, 500 mile round trips from Edinburgh, race cancelled, race run in icy conditions and I end up acting as stretcher party, jumpers for goalposts.........this is all beginning to sound very familiar. Someone will tell me next The Fox & Goose in HB has closed down (it was teetering on the edge when I last visited)and really ruin my day. 8th year in a row, I can't wait!

Fox and Goose still open and about to be bought out by the regulars.