Quote Originally Posted by MBergerud View Post
Clough Head trod as mentioned in the first post - some history on it. There was a faint trod in the upper bowl for years but the line you see now right up the front really appeared - took hold - to the naked eye after last years Lakes in a Day event, procession of people and wet weather just like some fell race routes, it's not wrong just a fact. This is from the person who lives under Clough Head at Newsham, is my father in law and who's lived there for 40 odd years. That trods not going to disappear now as we are like flies to them, unless every new ascent walks away from the trod, but that's a personal take and not something that can be policed. It's the Meagn Hicks type thinking.
I did the race (nearish the front there, before my "wheels" fell off) and also supported a BG on leg 2 earlier in the year. It was definitely there before that race. On the day it was fairly solid underoot too. However there's no doubt that this race plus the Helvellyn race have worn it in further.