Muddy Bottoms

Phil, looking a bit toooo pleased with his number....

Can't imagine why!

Muddy Bottoms...

A 17 mile, off road event starting at Bamber Bridge, just off the M6 south of Preston.

With a name like Muddy Bottoms, you'd expect plenty of mud...there was mud in abundance

Running buddy David splashed round the 9 mile route in 2hrs 24(he lost an hour somewhere, something to do with the clocks going forwards, he said) whilst Phil, Paula and Cary squished and slipped and slid the full 17 miles in 3hr 49mins

Their efforts were well rewarded with pie and peas!

Jenny had a 'vigorous' walk along the prom prom prom with a checkpoint stop at the cafe for coffee and scone.

Sweeping up...

Today was the second running of the Cartmel Ultimate Trail Race...18k of slippy, slidy, sticky MUD, MUD, MUD!!!

Paula and Jenny were taking it easy at the back, collecting signs and flags as they ran.

The great thing about this course is.... they can run it any time they wish!

Trollers Trot Report

The day started with registration in a smelly, overcrowded school hall full of runners and walkers of all ages. An 8 am start saw us heading out with a steady climb onto Threshfield Moor, almost missing the first unmanned checkpoint(a clip on a post)....we were looking out for the pile of cakes.

The route continued across the moor, passing Winterburn reservoir and on to checkpoint 2..a man with a clipboard...we were beginning to wonder if we would ever find any cakes!
After passing Rylestone church we came across a sight for empty bellies...a checkpoint with cakes and chocolate. Hurrah!

After re-fuelling, we were off again with a climb up on to Bardon Moor, passing Upper Bardon Reservoir and then a long hard descent to Bardon Scale and the next feeding station...sorry, checkpoint.(delicious jam sarnies!) At almost 13 miles, we were now past the half way point.
Crossing Bardon Bridge, we then had a leisurely trot alongside the River Wharfe(The Dales Way) to Howgill and Skyreholme. A quick stop at the next checkpoint and we were off again, the route taking us through a lovely valley and up through Trollers Trot and the next checkpoint at 18 miles. We declined the hot dogs in favour of energy gels...yum!

A steady descent to Hartlington and we were at the final checkpoint where we were told ''it's just a trot along the river back to the finish''..........a long, long trot back on the Dales Way through Burnsall, over a suspension bridge and finally the welcome sight of the school we had left 5hrs and 59 mins earlier.

An even more welcome sight was the chilli and wedges... and it wouldn't be a LDWA event without the rice pudding and peaches.

We were told that this year will be the last time this event will be run......let's hope not!

A wonderful route with great support...

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Trollers Trot

Trollers Trot eve...

A belly full of pasta... toe nail clippings on the bedroom floor...alarm set for 5am...inov8's by the back door....it can only mean one thing!
Another LDWA challenge event tomorrow morning...The Trollers Trot.

...and now it's time to trot off to bed.