Quote Originally Posted by JohnK View Post
Well that`s a bolt from the blue
Ha ha.

I suspect this would not have happened before the revised safety rules were introduced following the death of Brian Belfield, following which the routes of a number of long lakeland races eg Borrowdale, were amended on the day.

A week or two ago I was running past a trig point on Ilkley Moor (so very exposed) in the rain when there was a virtually simultaneous thunder clap and lightning flash. I recalled my "O" level physics and decided to head for lower ground - and quickly.