Carshare

Margery Hill.

Pennine Bridleway Relay:-  No surprise at all that this has been cancelled. With Saturday night snow forecast, travel was going to be some problem. And it’s one thing running slowly over icy bits, racing is completely different.  The organiser’s have gone about this well, and get our respect and thanks for all the work and difficulties involved.
Always to remember the fruitless work put in by Tony – or just keep the same team for next year, maybe?

Stolen Campervan:- Stuart Walker has “ had my campervan nicked. It’s not worth much but is of large sentimental value, so I would really like it back! It’s a small white Suzuki Carry, with black wheels and lots of stickers (including round DPFR on one the windscreen). It was nicked from Cross Lane, Crookes, on Sunday between 11am and 6pm. I’ve put a post up on the TWOC website, which has information and pictures. I’d be very grateful if you could put something on the site, just in case anyone has spotted it or heard anything! Please e-mail if you can help! “

Amongst the Woolpacks. “Here is another Guardian Country Diary, from Sheffield resident Ed Douglas: t has evocative descriptions of the Woolpacks in the mist. Many other forms appear, but there’s no mention of the famed Pig Rock.”

Next weekend – anyone thinking of travelling to Shropshire for the excellent Long Mynd Valleys? Or doubling up with Saturday’s good Titterstone Clee?
    Yes, Rhys is expecting to be lurking around….Carshare has a map and Route Notes if anyone needs them….

Sunday – Mickleden Straddle. Any room left? Seem to think there usually is….

Ilkley Moor – is a good AS race, Sunday 26th February, with right good Juniors races. Pity about the starting bottleneck, though. Pre-entry only, and opens this Wednesday, 1st February. Entry Form. Though also on that weekend is Bleasdale Circle (Bowland) , now pre-entry, New Chew, and Ian’s car should be going to High Cup Nick, hopefully with Carshare going along.
  Also, Anniversary Waltz (21st April)  entries come along on 17th February….presumably that will also involve Teenager with Altitude…It’s the same weekend as Kinder Downfall, another pre-entry race.

Northern Cross-Country at Pontefract – anyone there? results.  Indeed – have a read of Neil’s Comment, “Fantastic run from Lizzie Adams to take 1st in the Senior Women’s Race.” ……………

Kinder Trial –    results.               
Blakes Heaven – results out on DPFR results. Rhys 4th, Mike 11th. Yet another record field, this popularity , leading to increased pressure on the moors we run on, becoming a major issue? Publicity for fell running then?

Tigger Tor. results….and as for huge fields….

 Park Run on Saturday. Very impressed indeed with this. 3km, 9am start. As a main run it would be insufficient, 3 laps of The Stray in Harrogate, but as a flat speed burst, coupled with a Sunday fell effort, these could be extremely useful. No registration fuss, just set off, show your barcode at the funnel, and the results are online when you get home – almost. Plenty of park runs around, including Concord and Endcliffe Parks in Sheffield.

Chesterfield’s Market Horse.  Carshare’s Chesterfield correspondent sadly reports that the market horse is no longer needed, due to cutbacks. Pity, I always thought it’s an attraction to the market place?

Wadsworth Trog:- A while off, Saturday 11th February, but a good, gruelling trip round the Bronte Moors. Pre-entry. Greg is expecting to be there, so please get in touch if you wish to share travel. e-mail . Looks like people are going, and get that trip over from Cock Hill sorted out. As ever, Route Notes are available – just send through!

Youth Hostel booked …Phil has, as usual, booked the Youth Hostel in Newcastle. “now reached the allocated 13 spaces , so if people want to come now, they should contact the hostel direct.  There might be rooms, but Calder Valley and Cheshire Hillbillies have taken most of the rest (if not all).  All the people who asked for a space have one.”

The British Championship race this year is Slieve Bearnagh, as usual in the Mourne Mountains. Although it is classed as short, there’s enough hard running to justify going over, and the whole weekend is superb. Much later this year, Saturday 12th May. Even if you don’t want to complete the series, totally recommended.
   Nearer the time I’ll sort out a map, slightly different course this year…

Jon Morgan sends:-“1 or 2 places remain in my car if you want to share for Slieve Bearnagh in Ireland next year on the car ferry. Definites so far are me, Dave Taylor, Helen Elmore. Gavin is a possible so that leaves one space or 2 if Gavin can’t make those timings. I need names to make the booking.
Details: Total cost £472 to be split between us. Only extra will be petrol to Holyhead, then Dublin to Mourne and back again. Timings are ferry leaving Holyhead 1715 on Friday 11th May, arriving 1904, returning from Dublin Sunday 13th May 1430 arriving 1630. Might get time to run the Snowdon Horseshoe on the way home!.  e-mail ”

Calderdale Relay is the same weekend, but commitment to that event this year could well be extremely limited. With Fairfield, Cressbrook and Mt Famine being attractions, getting worthwhile teams out may not be viable….

Keswick 3 Peaks:- Mike has sent the results from this, going on DPFR Results, – taking in Catbells, Walla Crag and Latrigg. Sounds good!

Stanbury Splash. – results. 369 runners, some huge, huge field.
Ian’s Langsett Race – to be re-instated, hopefully, as a regular event on some empty weekend.

Pennine Bridleway Relay:- from Tony Heron. “Here is a list of people who have been in touch to say that they are available for selection for the Pennine Bridleway Vets team on Sunday 5th February:
Tony Heron, Mike Nolan, John Boyle, Gavin Williams, Nick Kirk, Dave Taylor, Mike Robinson, Richard Patton, Steve Bell, Darrell Bradbury, Karl Marshall,
Ian Winterburn .
If your name is not on this list but you are eligible and available for selection please to get in touch and I will add you to the ‘squad’. e-mail  , or 07709443975”
  DT – looks to me like we’re out in force for this….

Chelmorton Results. The set on DPFR results only show the first 100 runners,Oops! Does someone please have a full set of results, so that those missed off can be rightfully added on? Or were there exactly 100 runners then?

Wadsworth Trog:- A while off, Saturday 11th February, but a good, gruelling trip round the Bronte Moors. Pre-entry. Greg is expecting to be there, so please get in touch if you wish to share travel. e-mail . Looks like people are going, and get that trip over from Cock Hill sorted out. As ever, Route Notes are available – just send through!

Edale Circle. Route Notes  (though these may well change with the new organiser…). Sunday 19th February.
Great to see that this race is being revived. It began as a local, hard sharpener for the imminent bigger races, and at 9miles, 3650 ft (didn’t Richard Hakes establish this at some time), it’s good value running. If Gavin provides frozen sprouts, as suggested, that will be a definite improvement on prizes provided by the erstwhile organiser ….

Carshare is getting too kind-hearted, it seems, or just mellowing after Mike’s poser.
Correct answers from Neil Northrop, John Dalton, Greg, Mike Browell, Rob Cole, Ian W, …..
Perhaps you could scrounge a winner’s prize off Lewis?

What is the number on the trig point? “ S **** ”.
Answers, please, direct to Carshare, e-mail  
This was to be the Christmas Competition, but Mike Browell’s grouse trough problem took some answering, with Ken finding the missing number, 14, written on the rock. This link from Mike, called Hallam Moor New Hagg grouse troughs 1 – 27, shows all the nearby grouse troughs : essential viewing if you want to find some others.

Lewis has sent this in, so if you know where he’s been wandering, it will help.
Clue 1 – “Long Journey’s End”. (end of the Lyke Wake Walk)
Clue 2 – The sea is behind the photographer.
Clue 3 – Ravenscar Trig Information.  – the excellent trig points website, will help check any possibilities…The photos there will match up nicely, and the required number is also there, S 1521.
Clue 4 – it’s in Yorkshire.

The Trigger. “Oli won today in 3.13, Neil Northrop 3rd, 4th Jon Morgan (making DP 1st team)”. Full results .
Ashurst Beacon:- results. 4th place for John, and 2nd V45.
Lamb’s Leg: – results.
Trig Points:- results. No problems here at all for Rob Little, first home and 5 minutes clear!

White Holme Circular:- Clear, frozen and cold tripping round the reservoirs, bits of ice and plenty of frozen tussocks up and down the hillside. A good event, about 9miles.

Website- how much we depend on this, and eternal thanks must go to our illustrious webmaster for the time and headaches keeping this to such a high standard…

Route Notes:- a reminder that there are Notes for most races, for anyone from anywhere, just send through. The “biggun” will be the Gt Lakes Run, and runners will be lost all over the place should the clag be down. I got lost in perfectly clear conditions, making a scenic visit to Cold Pike, amongst other beauty spots. I’ll keep any newly learnt secret lines club internal….

End of February – don’t forget High Cup Nick, not in the Calendar but on the FRA website, almost a replica of the Downfall. “seniors 9 miles,  2 pm start,  £5 Entry on day. Juniors 1 pm -  free soup and roll for all,  plus lots of yummy cakes to buy” . Also Dufton. “12.30 start for seniors,  10.30 for juniors”.  ( Carshare wonders if this lapse of getting sorted out might spread amongst other Borrowdale runners? )
    Although Dufton is a trip out, these are two very good events, and with no Noonstone, worth thinking about. There’s the shove, hustle and crowds of Ilkley Moor, pre-entry – but Carshare might well meet a car in the traditional A1 layby if anyone is thinking of going?
Ian Winterburn – see Comments – is hoping to be at High Cup Nick…

Skyline Entries – are now open…

Three Peaks Entry  . Hurry up! You either likes this race or don’t likes this race…..Teams did very well last year, so every hope of maintaining this…(but not on Carshare’s list…)

Saturday:- Ovenden.

Sunday -  Shining Cliff Woods:- results.  
                  Dark and White MM (2). Hathersage. Results. With no club listed, you’ll need to sort these out for yourself…

Congratulations to Ken Jones, anyone else going to manage it?

Clue 5:- Head out to furthest rock NW from the Headstone….
Clue 6 :- I’ve marked the required boulder on Mike’s map, you need to find it and remember the number….

“Perhaps they are all too absorbed in searching for the Roving Lunchbox’s December location? “

Mike Browell has kindly sent this photo, fortunately with the answer. The original photo has the number of the Grouse Trough in the centre of the rock face. All we need is the correct number of this Grouse trough Rock.  Expecting this to baffle everybody and anybody, I’ll divulge more clues gradually, it’s part of a sequence and will make a good trip out finding them all. Please  e-mail me any answers to enter the Hall of Fame – or even negotiate a prize off Mike….

Clue 1:- Running around the Headstone moors will be in the correct vicinity….
Clue 2:- This is Mike’s map of where all the 27 Grouse Troughs are. I’ve had to scan a copy in, as the original photo lists all the numbers, with photos. Each of these markers shows the site of a grouse trough, all you need to do is find the one matching the picture, and remember its number, clearly visible in the centre of the rock face. The road at the top is the A57, the conduit clearly visible lower down, and in the centre is the Headstone.   
                  
                            
Clue 3:- the wall in the background of the photo may help?
Clue 4:- Starting at the Headstone will help, and it’s a solitary, lonely(ish) grouse trough.

 Auld Lang Syne.  from Penistone quarries…Alastair being 11secs ahead of his brother.

Mike Robinson has sent results from Really Wild Boar (6th November) : Sale Fell (19th November) : Crag Fell (3rd December).
And also the Tour de Helvellyn, (17th December), 2nd place after 38 miles. Full results are here , and people may well have been missed off, as no clubs are shown. Just get in touch if things need to be sorted.

And also catching up, Mortimer Forest (further South Shropshire), 11th December, results…..

Sunday:- Moz’s Birthday Run.
                Giant’s Tooth – a short blast above Halifax…

2012 English Championship Entries. No need for a mad frantic panic, but anyone with serious intentions can consider putting entries in for:-
   (1) – Lad’s Leap – AS – 17th March. Closing date is 17th February, can’t just see a limit on numbers…
   (2) – Coledale Horseshoe – AM – April 14th. English and British. Closing date is 2nd April. Entry limit.

Carshare’s entries are  in the post today….