Quote Originally Posted by Travs View Post


I was thinking the same last week in Shropshire... although when i got home my feet were that usual shade of brown despite the dry conditions.

I guess that says a lot about the state of my shoes.
After a walk around the original Bowland Fiendsdale race route on Thursday, in absolutely bone dry conditions, my lower legs were absolutely black - peat dust sticking to the sun block!
I remember similar in the very hot summer of '84 after running across Ward's Stone and Wolfhole Crag.