The Witch of Pendle

A few weeks ago, the TF and I did a first recce of the Stan Bradshaw round. We found all the checkpoints ok but were not too happy with our route choice, so TF arranged another recce last Wednesday.


 The plan was to meet at Barley at 9am. I arrived at 8.55 to find the TF and EtU already there (NLN sadly had a cold so couldn't join us) and we were about to set off when my phone beeped. It was t'Y saying he was en route. Now clearly time keeping is not t'Y's strongpoint, and the  TF quite rightly pointed out that 9am does not mean 9.20am. Luckily for t'Y, the TF is a nice person; if she had been one of the local witches, she might have turned him into a frog.


The recce was a big success. We tried a short cut along the summit wall but decided that the 200m it saved was more than offset by having to run on tussocks. We found a much better line for the long stretch down to the reservoir and also up the long hill. All told we did just short of 9 miles and 1700 ft of climbing. A good day out was finished off with a nice cuppa at the café.


So thanks to the TF for arranging it, and to EtU and t'Y for the pleasure of their company. The race is on March 7th and entries close on March 1st. I do recommend the course, so if you fancy entering, I will see you there.