After a couple of days' recuperation following the Fellsman, I started getting the urge to get out again, and a fantastic warm Spring evening found me at Lothersdale just south of Skipton to run in the Keighley and Craven organised fell race.
The course is a short, fast out and back to Pinhaw Hill, and for the first 5 minutes my quads were asking what I was thinking of sending them out again so soon. I soon got through this and really enjoyed the return descent, finishing in 31:47 and then spending another pleasant 30 minutes chatting to old and new friends in the sunshine. I hope to do a lot more of these this year.
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| Near the end (c) Woodentops |
On Saturday morning, exactly a week after the Fellsman, I had a run out on Ilkley Moor from the Cow and Calf.
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| Posing at Buckstone |
On Bank Holiday Monday I got out to the Lakes very early and walked the Kentmere Horseshoe with a friend. The conditions on the round were not what I had envisaged when planning the walk; we had 5 hours of mist, wind and drizzle with zero chance of seeing the great views I knew were out there.
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| Froswick in the mist |
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| Thornthwaite Crag in the mist |
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| Going up Harter Fell in the mist |
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| Between Harter Fell and Kentmere Pike in the mist |
30 minutes from the end as we descended from Kentmere Pike the cloud started lifting and we got to see the full route we'd run as we headed back to the car.
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| Two fell runners descending from Kentmere Pike |
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| Clear too late |
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| Kentmere |
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