Prior to an event, it's traditional to have a thread musing about where the overnight camp will be.
Graham did include a clue elsewhere that there is not much flat ground available so best to arrive early. Now if I recall back to 1993 when the start was at Leyburn (well almost), the overnight campsite was a bit horizontally challenged!
I know the area reasonably well,
Not the same place we wouldn't be that daft would we? but the water will be from a stream with only sheep for company, I think it will have thawed out for the weekend.
The Red Lion In Leyburn will do for me.
Pints getting the idea now!I woulnd't touch the sheep in Yorkshire,there far too tight!Not like the Sheep in the Lakes,Good strong back legs from climbing those fells if you know what i mean.
Now now, Mr Draper! remember, you stole my lovely Parisian ewe on the French Polaris.
I am not normally a pessimist, but is the overnight campsite prone to flooding and is there a big stone wall to shelter behind?
The really nice thing anbout the Polaris is the huge difference in peoples attitude to competition. A couple of years ago, when running short of fuel, we popped into a pub to buy a choc bar of some kind, only to find several tables of competitors downing pints - instead of supplying beer at overnight why don't they just position the camp field near a pub?
Henry
well it's pissing it down over here in Cumbria,
Hissing down as well
That should get the ball rolling, as I don't know the area terribly well can anyone come up with any ideas?
By Tony F ( - 193.132.31.237) on Monday, March 15, 2004 - 04:21 pm:
We wouldn't be going back to the same place would we???
By lloyd ( - 62.172.110.114) on Monday, March 15, 2004 - 05:33 pm:
If last Autumn's anything to go by, next to a vehicel Ford, nicely polluting the water supply
:-)
That said prev Autumn's camp in Buttermere was a great location, some idiots washing their bikes in the stream, thankfully downstream from me that time. Also porterloos could hardly have been further away.
By GrahamL ( - 62.254.64.5) on Monday, March 15, 2004 - 08:36 pm:
By Steve Draper ( - 195.93.32.9) on Monday, March 15, 2004 - 10:41 pm:
The beers good and you can rent a high class sheep for a tenner!
Thats if Mr Gartside isn't pimping for them.
By Pathfinder general ( - 81.135.128.224) on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 07:18 pm:
I'm o/n camp Alston!!
By John Gartside ( - 81.168.75.68) on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 02:02 pm:
By Henry S ( - 212.219.143.113) on Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 12:55 pm:
By Paul Dodd ( - 213.18.248.23) on Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 01:09 pm:
By GrahamL ( - 195.173.68.132) on Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 01:37 pm:
Now that it has thawed out it is nice and soggy and yes it can flood!
no, there are no walls but there are some sheep pens and bunches of reeds.
Paul
Next you will be wanting a KFC/Macdonalds/Pizza Hut etc.
Perhaps this year it might be next to a brewery!
There will still be a queue for the bogs though.
By Paul.k.Allan ( - 81.131.58.11) on Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 07:55 pm:
Whats it doing in't Yorkshire??
By Graham L ( - 62.254.64.5) on Friday, March 19, 2004 - 07:24 am:
By fatboyslow ( - 81.77.112.26) on Friday, March 19, 2004 - 01:28 pm: