Only very limited intelligence on this one. An out and back clockwise loop (race route here) from near Bulbys Wood car park, Ingram Valley, nr Powburn, Northumberland – 5 miles, 1300 foot – and no evidence whatsoever on the DP site that anyone from the Dark Side’s ever run it. But surely one or more of our north-eastern residents must have given it a go at one time or another?
It’s a very early start if you’re doing a there and back in one day – the race kicks off at 10am and it’s a good 3.5+ hour drive from Sheffield – so I’m planning to travel up Friday night or Saturday morning, staying at Wooler YHA (£15 per night, and within spitting distance of several pubs), and having a potter up to the Cheviot on Saturday daytime. May also throw in a recce of the Yetholm Scottish Brit Champs counter on the Sunday afternoon. I’d welcome any offers of company – not least because the team prize will very likely be beyond my grasp otherwise.
Lewis is travelling up separately, en famille, earlier in the week/weekend, and Carshare himself plans to break his carshare league duck if he can persuade someone to pick him up en route on the A1 – there and back on the day, I believe, Carshare?
I’m thinking this may be one of the less well attended league races, so if you’re up for a slightly different weekend in Northumberland, do get in touch via the comments – or calendar@dpfr.org.uk – and we’ll see what we can do to fill at least one car.