Today's Training

[Pinno]

20 miles 2,200ft over the hills Back just in time to pick daughter up from school.
Route included Black Hill-Crowden- Bleaklow-Barrow-Grinha, very wet and very drained (Fells are the first bit I'm the second) ran between 5 aircraft wrecks. great day out,

Just up from your house AJohns

Well done with your run today Ian that it one hell of a run and time to be out on the fells, not surprised you are drained after that.

[(notsomuchofa)Fellrunner]

Set off at 9.00 in very thick fog. Sunshine broke through as I got to Blackhill. took Tankies route down but went over Silsden to the two Meteors-Crowden Dinner by TPT up Stable Clough to turning circle over moors to Birching bank (Wellington) - Black Moss(Blackburn)- Nr Bleaklow Stones (Defiant) then Watershed to Featherbed and over Roundhill for 3.00.

Some searching for wrecks that weren't obvious so not running then. Also tried to find some tea Plants FOUND 1 only 6 to go.

Total time 6.00

Good running Ian, but could you explain the "tea plants" please?

[XRunner]

Good running Ian, but could you explain the "tea plants" please?

There are supposed to be several labrador tea plants growing on Bleaklow.

[(notsomuchofa)Fellrunner]

thanks

[IanDarkpeak]

Good running Ian, but could you explain the "tea plants" please?

There are 9 known Labrador tea plants in the Peak National park, I have Grid Refs for all, So far I have found three, but on checking my info I'm annoyed because the was another only 20 meters away from my route today They are Green and grow in big mounds like heather. so they are easy to spot on the moors!!! They are native of America and as far as I am aware no one knows how they got there. They are part of the Rhododendron but they grow extremely slowly.
More Pics here

I like looking for them as they take you to places on the hills where you wouldn't normally go just like the wreck and they are good Nav practise.

If any one has any other unusual objects on the hill let me know.

[Grouse]

The tea plants look really familiar to me, I'm sure I have seen some, so I'm surprised there are so few known. I will keep an eye out and report if I make a definite sighting.

[Ady In Accy]

7.5 misty & wet miles/3000' on Pendle CP's 5 to 11. Not many peeps up there today.

[Alf Tupper]

7.5 miles Baydale loop, flat by river, bombed around second half in finished it in 1 hr. Not bad a few days after Marathon.
the Labrador tea plant sounds interesting , thought it was only found in Scottish Peat Bogs.
Have you heard of people collecting whats called 'gale' on the North york Moors. think it's bog myrtle. A tea is made, an old fashioned remedy type thing i think. Think a beer is made too.

[daz h]

10 miles tonight over the hills
first time ive listened to the prodigy on my i pod

to much take your brain to another dimension
pay close attention

[Ady In Accy]

Another wet and misty session today - on the bike though for 59 miles around to Airton & Hetton. Pleasant loop on some very quite lanes for the most part. Got plagued with clouds of tiny flies on the back lanes, never had as many dead flies pasted round my eyes and on my head!