Bob Graham Round

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SimonF Feb 2020 9:59am, 28 Feb 2020 123 posts	SimonF He’s not hurt. It was the winter weather.
flanker Feb 2020 2:27am, 29 Feb 2020 18,982 posts	flanker Seems to be wandering South of the usual line off Skiddaw / up Skiddaw from what I can tell on the tracker? Maybe an indication of how wet it was, trying to look for (relatively! more solid ground). Also looks like he went straight down the LHS of the fence from the top of Calva? Is that common, as I've always backtracked and gone down the RHS?
Northern Exile Feb 2020 9:02am, 29 Feb 2020 6,004 posts	Northern Exile Well, I don't know if it's common per se, but I've certainly jumped over the fence straight from the summit on several occasions and cut a diagonal line until I reached the fence, then it's always been a LHS descent. It's rough underfoot from the top though.
flyingfinn Feb 2020 10:42am, 29 Feb 2020 1,517 posts	flyingfinn That's my line off Calva too NE. His line over Hare Crag and up Calva does look a little further south than the normal line. I think the ground had a good covering of snow on Thursday night given some of the pictures I'd seen for Blencathra and surrounds on Thursday so it might just have been a case of whoever was breaking the trail finding the path of least resistance rather than there being a new trod.
flanker Feb 2020 3:58pm, 29 Feb 2020 18,983 posts	flanker Thanks - will try that next time up there rather than backtracking to the fence corner. (and yes, I meant off Skiddaw, up Calva, not running back whence he'd came ) Had been hoping to get back on the Lakeland fells tomorrow (been nearly 5 months ), but with wind speeds predicted to be 70 mph plus on the summits, and -18 deg C with the windchill, I might be staying low!
Totriornottotri Mar 2020 3:28pm, 9 Mar 2020 31 posts	Totriornottotri On the subject of trackers there's inReach and mini from Garmin which requires subscription but may be value for money if out a lot.
phal Mar 2020 7:06pm, 9 Mar 2020 2,647 posts	phal We’ve got an HDMI cable finally! 😂 Time to play catch up on YouTube 👍👍
phal Mar 2020 10:10pm, 9 Mar 2020 2,648 posts	phal That was excellent - good to see a few familiar faces on there as well 😀😀
Totriornottotri Mar 2020 6:26pm, 13 Mar 2020 62 posts	Totriornottotri If they keep cancelling races and I keep training I think a BGR could be a suitable way to get rid of my/your/our excess energy?
Totriornottotri Mar 2020 6:27pm, 13 Mar 2020 63 posts	Totriornottotri Or the Tea/Espresso Round?