I'm doing this deliberately as this is going to be the third shortened attempt at the blog with some photos from my phone. I'm not as clued up a NLN and t'other one on this software.
Any road up; EtU and JtY had invited me along to cheer on the latest WFDBWGUA graduate to take on the Bob Graham Round last Saturday. It was to be a very early start but thanks to a late evening text from Mark Sammon we all got an extra 2-3 hours in bed before the trek up north.
Th EtU plan which seems to work perfectly but for one tiny flaw was to ascend the beck from Dunmail up to Grisedale Tarn, passion our good wishes, drop back to Dunmail and await the coming off Seat Sandle, enjoy the atmosphere at the road team tent and support team handover then scale Steel Fell in pursuit of the BG steam train. Finally finishing off our day with an extended hike.
It was cold and damp with the odd shower so we thought TYC might have slowed some but apparently not as he bounded down Doll' in his usual springer spaniel fashion following the wall down to the path round the tarn.
Ater parting company with the BG team we heard a cry and some shouting and it later transpired that TYC had slipped or tripped and banged his head. At Dunmail he seemed to have got over the worst of it except for a dark blue ear!
With sustenance inside we all set off up Steel Fell with the BG team steaming up. By the time EtU and I had reached JtY on the Summit the BG team were but dots on the grassy slopes below High Raise - going well and looking good.
As for us, we continued around the head of Greenburn before dropping into Greenburn bottom to the end of the valley below Helm Crag ( Lion and the Lamb) before contouring round the lower reaches of Steel Fell parallel to the main road and back to the car.
In true Wallace fashion we had a grand day out with some fine views to boot and in my case some cracking' cheese. More importantly we witnessed another successful attempt at the round.
Well done Andy and well done his fell support team and just as importantly his road crew, who even provided us with some pork pies.
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A couple of days later I was re-reading last week's copy of my Westmorland Gazette (dated 7 May) when I spotted this weather forecast;- 'A weekend to avoid going outdors, let alone braving the fells. Heavy rain is expected to be a constant feature throughout the weekend - and watch out for the squally storms.' They got that one right!
Kev, what 'tiny flaw'?
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