Summer Challenge

BCR Summer Challenge: Shap to Silecroft Sunday 9th July 2006 45 miles total

Detailed route descriptions are given below the table and updated timings. Good luck, and enjoy yourselves! You and your partner/family are invited to a BBQ at Ken's house from 7pm onwards. Take your own food and drink: Ken will provide the Barbeque facilities.

Leg		Dist (miles) climb ft	Runners	Estim. Stage Time	Shed Start	Shed Finish	Act Start	Act Finish
1	Shap to Kirkstone Pass via High Street	13m	Dave Parminter Phil Newton	3hr 45m	0630	1015	0615	1007
2	Kirkstone Pass - Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, Langdale (cycle road section)	11m	Val Gill Cynthia Crawshaw Gill O'Connell	55m	1015	1110	1015	1114
3	Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, Langdale to Jubilee Bridge, Eskdale via Three Tarns	6m	Ken Lindley Dave Hobbins	1hr 50	1110	1300	1117	1321
4	Jubilee Bridge, Eskdale to top of Corney Fell Road via Devoke Water and Buckbarrow	8m	Will Ross James Goffe	3 hrs	1300	1600	1321	1641
5	Corney Fell Road to Silecroft via Black Combe	7m	Cath Sibbald Peter Grayson	1hr 30	1600	1730	1633	1759

Section 1: 13 miles. From the car park in Shap village head for Keld (553144). On joining the fell take the path up Stackhouse Brow. Traverse White Crag and Seat Robert before dropping down to Mosedale Beck. Following the path up Mosedale and over Gatescarth Pass head for Harter Fell and on to Mardale Ill Bell. Round by High Street to Stony Cove Pike and on to the Kirkstone Pass Inn car park.

Section 2: 11 miles. This is a cycling road section to ODG Hotel at the far end of Langdale

Section 3: 6 miles. From the ODG Hotel head up The Band, passing by Stool End Farm to Three Tarns. Down to Lincove Beck. Follow until it joins the Esk. Follow to Jubilee Bridge car park at the foot of Hardknott Pass.

Section 4: 8 miles. Traverse to Birker Fell Road. Take direct route to the Corney Fell road summit at Stoneside.

Section 5: 7 miles. To Silecroft over the summit of Black Combe.