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Northern Exile Dec 2019 4:30pm, 31 Dec 2019 5,755 posts	Quote Pin Northern Exile Well, it's not that I'm averse to the use of elbows where necessary... I am the product of an organisation where it's socially acceptable to use fisticuffs in a game of ludo 🙂 * the Royal Navy's traditional game is a version of ludo
Hark the Heleg-Advent Angels Sing Dec 2019 4:42pm, 31 Dec 2019 6,702 posts	Quote Pin Hark the Heleg-Advent Angels Sing Goodness, you make the army sound civilised
rf_fozzy Dec 2019 7:59pm, 31 Dec 2019 9,346 posts	Quote Pin rf_fozzy Definitely no fighting. Today.......
rf_fozzy Dec 2019 8:00pm, 31 Dec 2019 9,347 posts	Quote Pin rf_fozzy That was 12 ALS's in a row. Hopefully, despite it being in the 50@50 race series next year, I can make it 13.
swittle Dec 2019 9:21pm, 31 Dec 2019 59,989 posts	Quote Pin swittle So you ran the v snowy one, ooh, 8-9 years ago, fozzy?
rf_fozzy Jan 2020 3:56pm, 1 Jan 2020 9,348 posts	Quote Pin rf_fozzy My first ALS was 2008, Swittle, and I've run them every year since. From memory - 2 versions of the "alternative" route via the conduit and top'o'stairs and back to the stoop, and one v v v cold one (2008) where you came out the stream and your shoelaces had frozen before you were halfway back up the fields.
swittle Jan 2020 3:58pm, 1 Jan 2020 59,998 posts	Quote Pin swittle 2008 - that was the one!
rf_fozzy Jan 2020 5:11pm, 1 Jan 2020 9,349 posts	Quote Pin rf_fozzy The air temperature was cold that day (as was the ground), but there was one year where it was v v cold on Penistone Hill purely because of the wind. Mind you, it's always 2-3C colder up there than anywhere else!
swittle Jan 2020 5:32pm, 1 Jan 2020 60,004 posts	Quote Pin swittle Might well have been 2009, fozzy. As the pic shows, it was white all over, drifting to 4-5 in. in places.
rf_fozzy Jan 2020 6:17pm, 1 Jan 2020 9,350 posts	Quote Pin rf_fozzy Sounds about right - my training log suggests that that was a "snow" year using the alternative route to the stoop via top'o'stairs because the main route was too icy 2008 was extremely cold, but with only a bit of snow and ice 2009 was deep snow, but warmer.