Night Navigation<\/p>\n
The route for the run was carefully planned, Pike Low We got round without getting rained upon or blown off our Thanks to both the master navigators!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Night Navigation The route for the run was carefully planned, Pike Low summit, the Sterling wreck and the big cairn on the Dukes Road. The map references were also given so there was no reason to go astray, except\u2026\u2026..the start venue on the web site was at Midhopestones but the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":730,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[155],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-warts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/730"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2742\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nsummit, the Sterling wreck and the big cairn
\non the Dukes Road.
\nThe map references were also given so there was no reason to go astray,
\nexcept\u2026\u2026..the start venue on the web site was at Midhopestones but the
\nintention was to start near the Ewden (Broomfield)
\nso we could enjoy the benefits of the rhododendrons. As the group of six
\narrived at the intended<\/strong> start, the
\nflashing hazard warning lights of a broken down car felt a bit foreboding
\nparticularly when the driver asked where he was. Maps were duly brought out and
\nhe was given detailed advice and a few answers, Mortimer Road, Ewden, Broomhead but not
\nMidhopestones where a group of three DPFR cars had gathered. A few phone calls
\nand ten minutes later, the now nine DPFR alternative warts were as one, ready
\nfor the rhodos. These had partially been cleared at the start but, further on,
\nwere still, as ever, nicely overgrown, slippy and rocky. Only the Cap\u2019n, king
\nof the rhodos, can navigate through them to lead us to the girders where the
\ncrawling ritual gave us a downward, head torch lit view of a rushing and
\nturbulent Ewden which set us up for the night. In a master class of strict navigation
\ngiven by Ian W using map, compass bearing and features, we followed the Cap\u2019n
\nto reach Pike Low. There was no signing in there, nor had there been at the
\nstart. The next compass shout was about 210\u00b0 so on we went, though it felt as
\nif we were drifting rightwards but after some correction by the Cap\u2019n,
\nCandlerush was reached and crossed. Tom\u2019s (W) tree was next and was apparently
\nseen so it could only be a short way to the wreck. Distracted by some white
\nposts, the wreck was not to be found except for a small piece in a tiny gully.
\nIt was deemed sufficiently close to be counted as a find! 130\u00b0 was the next
\nshout and, after a fairly uneventful stretch apart from the lone lady of the
\ngroup disappearing down a mini sink hole, we were soon sprinting on the quad
\ntrack towards the Dukes Road.
\nOnly three of us made it to the road and then on to the cairn. The others went
\non the cross country route. Feeling smug about the route choice the three of us
\nhad just made, it was only a matter of a short run over the rocky heather to
\njoin another track and then on to the car. However\u2026\u2026\u2026, the master navigation class
\ngiver set off at high speed, veered left and disappeared. We also went leftish
\nand, yes, we did find the track but only by the time we were at the car park.
\nMeanwhile, the master navigator had corrected himself, found the track early
\nand was changed when we arrived!<\/p>\n
\nfeet and some, though not all, of us enjoyed the tropical conditions. The Cap\u2019n
\ndid confess that his navigation was based mainly on very detailed local
\nknowledge of, I imagine, groughs, bogs both green and brown, stream crossings,
\nwhite posts, one tree and the feel of the terrain. So the night\u2019s outing was a
\nmaster class in both NS and LK. <\/p>\n