I’d manage to miss this every year so far – it always falls
at one of the busiest times of year for fell races and I don’t like to do much
more than 1 or 2 a week (unlike some!). This year it fell well as Teresa and
Lewis were around and it’s in a beautiful corner of the peaks (near where we
got married – The Monsal Head pub) so it was a great excuse for a family
evening out.
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| Tideswell Fell Race Route |
And what a glorious evening it was! Being Summer Time in
Britain, it was a matter of deluge avoidance… thankfully most of the race did
avoid any rain and we were blessed with stunning views over the limestone dales
of Tideswell and Litton.
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| Tideswell Fell Race Profile |
The race itself reminded me slightly of the Cressbrook Crawl
which is in May and in the next dale – although this one only had one climb of
note. Sadly I’d not warmed up enough so that climb felt very very hard to me –
up through about 4 grassy fields before levelling off on the Bridleway tracks
around Priestcliffe which all looked absolutely stunning bathed in the evening
sunlight. The descent was damp which mixed with Limestone, steps, grass and mud
made me lose about 2 places on the drop down to the dale.
All in all, a lovely evening topped off with a pint or so in
the Monsal Head pub.
Strava link here
Results here 11/85 so top 12.9%.
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