Coope's Dozen

Firstly, a big thank you to all the 19 folk who played a part in this year's CD, with the biggest of those thanks going to the support team of Elaine and YJ.
 Two very similar pictures of the starting line-up:-

This one with FSS suffering from shyness...

...and this one with Josie suffering from being rather short. But who is the guy at the front, obviously not suffering from shyness?

There were 15 of us at that point and we split into a fast group of 8 and a slow group of 7 soon after the start. On the high level crossing from Noon Hill to the Pike we (the slow group) spotted the fast approaching TYC (young beardie in some earlier photos) who had, as he often does, set off late, but had done the proper thing by bagging NH on his way to the Pike. t'Y, also a regular latecomer, met us on Two lads, and it was at that point (I think) that CW turned for home, having only recently returned to running after a health problem.

Apart from a few choice words from TYC after he had made the mistake of allowing t'Y to choose his route, we all carried cheerfully on to the excellent feed station at Hordern Stoops. t'Y then turned for home and soon after we split split into two groups, depending on whether we fancied Old Adam or not. We regrouped somewhere near Spitlers summit and continued on our united way.

Soon after Round Loaf TYC got tired of hanging around and disappeared over the horizon. Passing through White Coppice, we were treated to the sound of willow on leather, then it was the feed at Waterman's Cottage, courtesy of of YJ, where we again split into two groups. Just three of us opting for Healey Nab; KLM, Chorley Tom and yours truly finally trundling back to the barn together, having completed the full round in a time of 6 hours and 18 minutes, so much for "5 hours ish".

Presumably TYC did find Healey Nab and completed his dozen somewhat more quickly.

The fast group haven't reported yet.

Once again, thank you to everyone who turned out for a super long (very!) morning out.