Fetch Fell Runners

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Northern Exile Jun 2018 3:59pm, 6 Jun 2018 4,668 posts	0 Northern Exile Any Yorkshire-based runners doing Kettlewell tomorrow? It's a cracking little race and I am going to try and make it. Last year I stood and watched as everyone disappeared up the fell, barely able to walk properly due to what was then undiagnosed arthritis. I hope to do a bit better this year nlfr.co.uk
Derby Tup Jun 2018 6:06pm, 6 Jun 2018 25,976 posts	0 Derby Tup I’d love to say yes but it’s highly unlikely I’ll be there. It is a cracking do though
Oranj Jun 2018 10:32pm, 29 Jun 2018 929 posts	0 Oranj Looks as though Nicky Spinks is attempting the double Ramsay this weekend: inov-8.com Tracker here, starting at midnight Friday: live.opentracking.co.uk
Derby Tup Jun 2018 10:33pm, 29 Jun 2018 26,178 posts	0 Derby Tup Decent run out Go Nicky
flanker Jun 2018 11:41pm, 29 Jun 2018 17,655 posts	0 flanker So maybe I'll be able to keep up with her for a couple of miles in the UT55 next weekend. But probably not!
zp Jun 2018 5:20pm, 30 Jun 2018 371 posts	0 zp Arrochar Alps for me today, fantastic day out, hot and cloudless. 40 min PB and lovely soak in the river afterwards Anyone else been racing?
Derby Tup Jun 2018 10:27pm, 30 Jun 2018 26,195 posts	0 Derby Tup No, but have a 50 mile walk next weekend. Have fun!
Northern Exile Jul 2018 9:42am, 5 Jul 2018 4,684 posts	0 Northern Exile Posting this for Stu Little who asked if I could describe the "loop" off Great End. For the Cumbrian Traverse or Joss Naylor Challenge, the conventional wisdom is to take "The Band" descent off Great End down to Styhead, however this is far from easy and looking at the timing splits from people who have done it, it's easy to deduce that it doesn't buy you much unless a) you are a very good, fearless descender and b) conditions are good and the rock is dry. Apparently Joss himself is of the opinion that the "loop" is the better way to do it. Flying Finn used this route on his recent (fast) JNC, I recall getting from the Great End summit to the Styhead stretcher box in 23 minutes - and the impact on his legs will have been less than if he'd gone via The Band. It's very straightforward. Assuming you're at the southern summit, head off at about 200 degrees on what would be the "normal" BGR line, then drop down to the old shelter lower down on the col. Pick up the main Scafell Pike highway and head east, but before you reach Esk Hause shelter go off-piste to the NE, shaving the corner of the regular path that would take you down pas Sprinkling Tarn. Don't shave it too much or you end up among some naughty little crags, it's an easy grassy descent for the most part, eventually you rejoin the main path. There's a little gill up there that provides good clean water, not marked on this map but it's there alright.
flanker Jul 2018 10:23am, 5 Jul 2018 17,659 posts	0 flanker saved for future reference :-). Thx.
Derby Tup Jul 2018 12:31pm, 5 Jul 2018 26,249 posts	0 Derby Tup Ditto NE