Another Clockwork Dozen ~ Sunday 20th April

(Yes I know it should be "clockwise" but I like the Kubrickesque sound of this)

Due to various other commitments it was convenient to schedule this for the Sunday, rather than the Saturday, apologies to anyone that this excluded.

The trio met at the top barn at 8.00 sharp and set off from the designated start line about ten minutes later. The choice of direction was based on the anticipated wind direction on Spittlers and to get the long approach run over at the beginning.

Healey Nab was gained in 43 minutes, Round Loaf 51 minutes later and Great Hill 15 minutes after that (1:49 in total). Thereafter Spittlers Summit (if that's not too grand a name for it) in a total elapsed time of 2:12. At this point yours truly baled out leaving the two Mileage Monsters heading for Old Adam, directly into a rather unpleasant easterly wind.

TF reports that YJ and she made it to Old Adam and thence to Winter Hill Trig, at which point YJ, (definitely not) fresh from Barbondale, also baled out. TF continued to Counting Hill then (in her words) "incorporated two slight variations on the route; from Counting Hill I took the reverse of the route we did a fortnight ago heading north, north east downhill towards the ramp and then along the drainage ditch to Shaly Dingle and then to Egg Hillock, I also turned left via the pidgeon tower to use the grassy descent (shouldn't that be right, coming from Noon Hill? Ed). The section from the shooting hut to 2 lads wasn't as bad as I expected, made easier by the wind behind me.

I don't think the two variations altered the mileage much, but were both a bit easier running after all the tough stuff. The first one meant that I did manage it to the top of the Pike and didn't just wave at it from Georges Lane!

Completion time exactly 5 hours".

Sterling stuff, TF, just sorry you had to finish alone

Sounds like YJ would miss his weekly mileage target of 90 (yes 90!), TF presumably achieved her 60, and EtU managed 51.

EtU/TF