Long Mynd Recce pdf gps file
If Carlsberg did fell runs…..
Consider this as an aspirant fell runner: 11.5 miles and 4500′ ascent. The road runner focuses immediately on the 11.5 miles and equates this to a comfortable half marathon. The experienced fell-runner would probably divide the ascent by the distance and nod sagely. Hang on?? Where exactly is all this ascent fitted in? On my stamping ground (Peak District), to achieve this amount of ascent would require a run of 20 miles+ (albeit with different demands, bog, groughs etc.)
Well, the LMV is a jewel of a run. Nothing much (in terms of physical demand) happens until CP5 at the base of Windy Batch. I had been warned to save my energy for this point onwards by Hel, and like some prescient Macbeth-ian witch (sorry Dave!), as I was taking in the scenery at CP5, Dave F from Mercia FR, galloping past, warned me of exactly the same – “Toil and trouble”, I think! We had a fine natter, both of us fully immersed in the surroundings and atmosphere. Then, nagged by his dog, he left me to it.
Three interesting climbs and three even more interesting descents later – back at Cardingmill and that intense feeling of having done something special. A fine winter’s day – take nothing for granted in these wonderfully characterful and atmospheric hills; few people, and an absorbing switchback route. Will I be back for the race in 2012? Probably.
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- East Side Haddon Hill from Ridge (SO 444 957) before drop to CP1
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- Caer Caradoc from SO 444 957
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- Lawley (Middle) and The Wrekin (Distance) Looking NE
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- (Possibly) Yearlet Summit peaking through (Haddon Hill on R)
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- From CP2 Ashes Hollow: The fine ascending path to Barrister’s Plain
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- View up Callow Hollow from CP3
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- Callow Summit looking South
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- Callow Summit: view to Hope Bowdler, Caer Caradoc, Lawley and The Wrekin
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- Descent route off Yearlet
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- Yearlet summit cairn: Barrister’s Plain (the col) , Grindle (L), Round Hill (R)
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- Yearlet summit cairn
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- Yearlet summit cairn: Callow peeking over the L shoulder of Grindle
Photos Nokia N8
Ha-ha, the roller coaster got you! Well done, many would be scared of this as even a training run! :0)