The following is from the FRA Forum (but the dates should probably be 15th & 16th):
Fred’s Round
Fred Rogerson put his heart and soul into the Bob Graham Round for over forty years.
It is because of Fred that we have the precious playground that is the 42 Peaks and any Bob Graham Club member must feel that he or she owes Fred a huge debt. And yet the sad fact is that Fred never managed to complete the Round himself.
Well now a suggestion has been made by the Rogerson family to the Bob Graham Club for a fitting memorial to Fred. And the Club is looking for the assistance of Fred’s friends and indeed the whole fellrunning family to bring this memorial about.
So it is that on Saturday July 17th a momentous event will occur. For that is the day on which we will take Fred on a journey round the summits which were so important to him. A part of Fred’s ashes will form the baton in a relay: ‘Fred’s Round’, which will finally take him the whole 72mile, 42 peak epic.
If you’d like to be a part of this event then all you have to do is let us know which section you want to do. Nobody will be excluded, so if you can only manage a single peak, or indeed if you just want to be with Fred for the final leg up Keswick Main Street (which will be done at walking pace) then that’s fine.
The timings will be approximately as follows:-
Keswick Moot Hall Friday 16th 10pm
Threlkeld Sat 17th 2am
Dunmail 6.30am
Wasdale 12.30pm
Honister 5pm
Keswick Moot Hall 7.30pm
Please email on Selwyn@craighouse39.freeserve.co.uk to let us know you’re coming.
Selwyn