Pennine Fell Runners

Pennine Winter Handicap - 2011 / 2012 - Race One
Saturday 22nd October 2010 - Glossop

Starting at 10.00 hours from the Royal Oak pub at 049942 – the last pub on the left as you leave Glossop up the Snake Road. Parking in the pub carpark and down the lane opposite but PLEASE don’t block anyone’s driveway !!

Please visit the Checkpoints in the order given. Route choice between checkpoints is anybody's guess!

Maps will be provided and will contain the checkpoints, the boxes to be punched and, on the reverse, the detailed descriptions of each checkpoint as printed below.

Please remember this is a bit of a Tuffy, 9.5-ish miles & 2900 feet, so come prepared with suitable full body cover gear, whistle and sustenance.

Checkpoints as follows:

1.    079948   Vinney’s Cairn - a small cairn on the western edge of James Thorn.
2.    082946   Stream junction in Ashton Clough – east side.
3.    085942   Stream junction in White Clough – north side.
4.    093941   Waterfall at the top of Crooked Clough – east side.
5.    086947   Spring below Lower Shelf Stones.
6.    076956   Spring - south side of stream and 10 yards further south of fence.
7.    064976   South side of fence – 25 yards east from the stile above Reaps Farm.
8.    068971   South side of the brook, just past the culvert and up the climb between
                    the two rock buttresses towards Clough Edge.
9.    055951   In the reeds 10 yards north of the gate and on the east side of the wall.

There are kites and punches at each checkpoint.

Please ensure the correct Checkpoint square is punched on your control card.

The Junior race will start immediately after the last Senior runner has left - probably
about 11.30-ish.

As usual, adult assistance with the Junior race will be very much appreciated and especially so with this one as we’re using a new route up Shire Hill – in fact we can’t really run the Junior series without your assistance, so your presence will be most welcome.
Post-race Relaxation and Presentation of Junior Certificates will be in the Royal Oak.