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Bob Graham Round

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Northern Exile Feb 2020 10:32am, 20 Feb 2020 5,968 posts	Quote Pin Northern Exile Pardon my ignorance, I've just seen a post on UKC - I guess he must have overnighted at Wrynose, does that mean he has to go back up and do PoB and Cold Pike? I suppose it must.
rf_fozzy Feb 2020 10:39am, 20 Feb 2020 9,560 posts	Quote Pin rf_fozzy Yes, but to be counted as a round, he'll have to go back over the Langdale and up to Long Top probably via 3 Tarns. Not sure if he's aware of this though. I was looking at how he might break it into days - If he does Crinkle Crags ->Seathwaite today (weather permitting), he could then do the Consiton range tomorrow, finishing in Little Langdale (and if he moves faster include Lingmoor). Then that leaves Sat to do the Langdale Peaks and Grasmere Common, Fairfield Horseshoe to Kirkstone on Sun, then to Troutbeck or Kentmere on Mon. Some potential long days after that though And the fact that he's not moved all morning isn't a good sign.
rf_fozzy Feb 2020 10:54am, 20 Feb 2020 9,561 posts	Quote Pin rf_fozzy As an aside, I didn't realise how expensive it was to hire a tracker from Open Tracking! £40 for a weekend!
zp Feb 2020 11:09am, 20 Feb 2020 597 posts	Quote Pin zp Aye, not cheap. Anyone know any alternatives to Open Tracking that still offer either OS map or OSM overlays? Interested for my round later this year.
flyingfinn Feb 2020 12:17pm, 20 Feb 2020 1,497 posts	Quote Pin flyingfinn He doesn't have to go back up to 3 Tarns. As long as he restarts at Stool End he can whichever way he likes from there. The round just has to be continuous, it doesn't have to follow a set line. Makes more sense to PoB, Cold Pike, Long Top, Hard Knott now.
oumaumau Feb 2020 12:18pm, 20 Feb 2020 1,524 posts	Quote Pin oumaumau There's these guys zp : gbracetracker.co.uk They did the tracking for an event I did last year - the kit isn't as compact as the open tracking, but I'm assuming they were cheaper as we'd used open tracking the year before
Rosehip Feb 2020 12:19pm, 20 Feb 2020 15,139 posts	Quote Pin Rosehip I think youngest's DofE hikes had Racedrone trackers for safety, zp.
oumaumau Feb 2020 12:21pm, 20 Feb 2020 1,525 posts	Quote Pin oumaumau And Tim who organises the Legends trail and Bello Gallico in Belgium also does tracking https://www.legendstracking.com/, no idea of the costs for either though
Rosehip Feb 2020 12:24pm, 20 Feb 2020 15,140 posts	Quote Pin Rosehip still hasn't started though, surely that's it now?
zp Feb 2020 12:34pm, 20 Feb 2020 598 posts	Quote Pin zp Thanks both, will investigate