Bob Graham Round

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_andy 16 Oct 5:57pm, 16 Oct 2024 11,895 posts	0 _andy Just wandered through Keswick and, after thinking that no-one would head out on such a miserable evening, bumped into a couple of runners just heading off. 5pm start, 22 hour schedule. live.kongtracking.com
SimonF 17 Oct 10:48am, 17 Oct 2024 467 posts	0 SimonF Sensibly stopped at Dunmail. Were quite a bit down on a 24 hour schedule by then but they had managed to add in Calfhow Pike as an extra top.
paulcook 3 Dec 11:30pm, 3 Dec 2024 7,067 posts	0 paulcook New Winter record today. Gavin Dale. Ambleside. 14:57. Not sure how wintry it is, I'm certainly the wrong side of the country, but hats off. Looks fresh as a daisy on his interview afterwards too - I had to check it wasn't a pre-off interview at first!!!
flyingfinn 4 Dec 8:18am, 4 Dec 2024 3,745 posts	0 flyingfinn A lot more wintry than he anticipated according to the interview. They had snow from Great Calva and down leg 2, making it hard going with limited vis, and a lot of ice on the rocks of leg 3. For me one of the notable things about this round was that he didn't maximise his daylight, starting at 9pm. It's an interesting contrast with Kim's winter record in 2019 when he timed it to come off Robinson in the last of the day's light on what was a very clear weekend with everything frozen solid (along with NE, SimonF and others I was busy celebrating Bob's 50th in a house in the Newlands Valley trying to spot him coming off Robinson)
Northern Exile 4 Dec 11:00am, 4 Dec 2024 10,658 posts	0 Northern Exile I'm sort of glad he did get some proper winter conditions, it vindictives his fantastic achievement even more. We drove up the Newlands Valley last Friday and I was thinking about that exact weekend FF, what a place that was! @SimonF have you been able say "the maps are on the harpsichord" since then?
paulcook 4 Dec 11:03am, 4 Dec 2024 7,070 posts	0 paulcook flyingfinn wrote:and a lot of ice on the rocks of leg 3. Think that would take me 15 hours just by itself.
flyingfinn 4 Dec 11:38am, 4 Dec 2024 3,746 posts	0 flyingfinn Northern Exile wrote:I'm sort of glad he did get some proper winter conditions, it vindictives his fantastic achievement even more. Exactly my thoughts NE when I heard the interview.