Friday, August 20, 2010

Dennis Stitt Memorial Race

Did this because it's in the Horwich fell championship and I thought it would be a good wheeze to grab a few points and move further up the rankings than my miserable form justifies.

The venue, Cartworth Moor Cricket Club, high on the moors above Holmfirth, at 1,014 ft above sea level, is reputed to be the loftiest cricket ground in the north of England and possibly second highest in the UK ~ do they play cricket in Scotland?

This altitude gave the race (which I don't think should be in the fell calender at all) a strange character, in that the first quarter of the race was downhill, the second quarter was back uphill to the start and the second half (similar to the second verse of Joe Brown's song "I'm 'enry the Eighth") was the same as the first. At no time were we on open fell, just tracks, fields, a wood and road, twice.

Despite this, a fun evening; Tony Varley picked up first V60, Albert was third V50 and I was last man and, job done, now equal sixth in the Horwich fell championship.

Wonder what the Tour will bring.

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