Im really not sure if its a good or bad thing, getting
obsessed with things so easily, however i am aware that its part of my
personality and therefore a part of who i am.
Cuthroat Bridge
The High Peak Marathon is a 42 mile night time navigation endurance challenge for teams of four. The route traverses the Derwent Watershed. Starting and finishing at Edale Village Hall, Derbyshire.
A couple of years ago i was lucky enough to compete in the HPM, this is definitely one of those races you can’t do just the once. If you can find 3 other people daft enough to join you its definitely worth a go.
Derwent Edge
This year our hardy team of 4 were successful with our application for a place, the race is on March 1st this year so only 2 months between finding out we have a place and race night. Bloody hell, 2 months is not enough to prepare for a night time navigation challenge that takes in Bleaklow and Kinder scout!!!!
Red dot in the distance is Ronnie.
Hence my obsession with reccies, 2 weeks after finding out we had a team in i have managed 3 reccies of Bleaklow. I should confess that Ronnie has joined me for 2, which just goes to prove neither of us is playing with a full deck. So Bleaklow, the name means exactly what its says, this is one of the bleakest area’s in the Pennines, it is a boggy hell on earth, a festering land of peat and mud designed to punish anyone daft enough to venture into it nest. Its a big boys playground.
Lost Lad
This weekend Ronnie and i reccied the section between Cuthroat Bridge and Snake Pass (A57), 19.5 miles, 3618ft of ascent in 5.42 hrs. Not a fast pace but we tried to focus on navigation as the race will be in darkness.
Boggy Hell
7 Weeks left before race night, hopefully enough time to reccie the whole route in daylight and perhaps repeat this route over night.
