Fetch Fell Runners

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Paul N Jan 2020 12:43pm, 3 Jan 2020 669 posts	0 Paul N More Trail than Fell, but a nice little video of the New Years Day Race Over the Glens in County Antrim. Thankfully I didn't make the final cut of the film..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYKJA6-FhtA
Northern Exile Jan 2020 7:04pm, 5 Jan 2020 5,760 posts	0 Northern Exile Weather was terrible. FTOP in winter, must be flipping mad! relive.cc
flanker Jan 2020 1:20am, 6 Jan 2020 18,842 posts	0 flanker Nice route Must try it some time!
flyingfinn Jan 2020 10:09am, 6 Jan 2020 1,383 posts	0 flyingfinn NE I think doing FTOP in January is a case of self-certification!
Derby.Tup Jan 2020 10:21am, 6 Jan 2020 37,411 posts	0 Derby.Tup It’s bad enough at any time of the year
Northern Exile Jan 2020 10:40am, 6 Jan 2020 5,762 posts	0 Northern Exile It was truly horrible, we were soaked through and freezing by the time we got back to Barley. Had to divert to Gargrave for chips and to stand by the cooking range!
flanker Jan 2020 1:12pm, 7 Jan 2020 18,844 posts	0 flanker For those that haven't already read it, a warm-up for next week jasminfellrunner.blogspot.com
Derby.Tup Jan 2020 2:22pm, 7 Jan 2020 37,429 posts	0 Derby.Tup Ace
rf_fozzy Jan 2020 3:37pm, 8 Jan 2020 9,366 posts	0 rf_fozzy Anyone done Tigger Tor? Was looking at possibly doing it. Supposedly a "navigational" fell race, but looks relatively straightforward (ish) - wondered if basically everyone followed like Jack Bloor or whether it did require a modicum of nav.
flyingfinn Jan 2020 3:45pm, 8 Jan 2020 1,385 posts	0 flyingfinn No nav needed fozzy unless you're right at the front or way off the back. It's just like Jack Bloor, a big field and you'll never be more than a few yards from someone in a decent sized train. I guess if it was zero vis and the train went awol at the front you could go wrong but otherwise you won't have a problem. On a decent day there are also lots of supporters out and about as the route is so accessible, so I suspect you wouldn't have to go far off line before your error was pointed out to you. Local knowledge plays a bigger part than actual nav as there a few places where knowing the right micro line will save you time and gain you places. But basically a x-country race on open moorland with a few rocky bits thrown in.