Fetch Fell Runners

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Derby Tup Jan 2019 9:27am, 31 Jan 2019 28,778 posts	0 Derby Tup Thanks both ^ There’s a lovely little terrace above Arncliffe that is heaven on Earth. I’ve always fancied a light snooze up there funnily enough 💤
Northern Exile Jan 2019 9:53am, 31 Jan 2019 4,915 posts	0 Northern Exile Apparently there once was a fell race in Middlesmoor, I have been unable to find the route of it though. Possibly it was part of the annual bell festival. A couple of us have thought about the possibility of a Nidderdale Fell Race for years, however the topography of the area really doesn't lend itself well, land access is another massive issue. Rob Jarman suffered lots of abuse and negative feedback as a consequence of his "Frostbite 30" ultra, eventually he just said enough was enough and binned it.
Derby Tup Jan 2019 10:01am, 31 Jan 2019 28,779 posts	0 Derby Tup A feral after-hours outing sounds like it might be the way NE?
rf_fozzy Jan 2019 10:08am, 31 Jan 2019 8,340 posts	0 rf_fozzy Yeah, all the moors around there are shooting areas aren't they - I can see access being an issue. A Meugher - Great Whernside race from Ramsgill would give a reasonable route - although not necessarily huge amounts of climb. The other one would be up towards Little Whernside to the N, but parking/access v difficult at that end of the valley.
Derby Tup Jan 2019 10:11am, 31 Jan 2019 28,782 posts	0 Derby Tup Maybe not huge amount of climb but tussocks and wet ground aplenty - one for the bogtrotters
flanker Jan 2019 8:04pm, 31 Jan 2019 18,104 posts	0 flanker I wondered what had happened to the Frostbite 30!
Derby Tup Jan 2019 8:05pm, 31 Jan 2019 28,813 posts	0 Derby Tup Sounds like it got frozen out . . . I’ll get me coat. It’s the one with the taped seams
Northern Exile Jan 2019 8:37pm, 31 Jan 2019 4,919 posts	0 Northern Exile D - it wasn't just the hassle he got from local landowners (which I know was significant), the final straw was getting pilloried by a local club that shall remain nameless. A load of non-off road types did the race and didn't like the weather, the autonomous nature of running between the checkpoints, the river crossings, the food provided .... they really panned the poor bugger. And seeing as he was doing it for the joy of it rather than the money, he decided to chuck it. I've thought about reviving it under the auspices of our own club, but we'd probably run into the same problems.
rf_fozzy Jan 2019 11:47pm, 31 Jan 2019 8,341 posts	0 rf_fozzy DT - good job you've got the correct kit to post on this thread. Taped seams only.
flanker Feb 2019 12:21am, 1 Feb 2019 18,106 posts	0 flanker NE - that's a bit like entering a cycling event and saying you don't like riding a bike.