Date:
Sunday, January 21, 2018
Club:
WCOC
Level:
Activity
Type:
Festive
Grid Reference:
NY060119
Safety:
Leave plenty of daylight and carry a decent torch.
Courses:
- LONG - about 12.5km straight line
- SHORT - about 8km straight line
Courses:
Long and Short
Courses Close:
Officially - 14th Jan (pm), unofficially - 21st Jan (cache not refilled)
Planner:
Pete and Barbara Nelson
Other Notes:
NOTE (14th Jan) - Beer Trail will stay open until Sunday 21st, but the cache will not be refreshed.
NOTE 26th December: Number 1 on Long course is not easy to find. Look on westernmost feature, on the south side.
BEER TRAIL 2017
We’ve come nearer home for our last Beer Trail. This is our 12th – who’s going to volunteer for next year?
Easier running than usual, and slightly longer courses. The long course will still visit some rough and remote fell. It can all be challenging in winter conditions.
Usual format – go to the first checkpoint (see below) where you’ll find a stake with the next grid reference. Carry on until you get to the beer & chocolate.
Leave plenty of daylight and carry a decent torch
LONG COURSE: about 12.5 km straight line
SHORT COURSE: about 8 km straight line
WE DON’T KNOW YOU’RE OUT THERE
YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY
You’re recommended to download the specially prepared O-map - but if you do, then take the full OS map as well, for emergency routes off.
The Long course needs both the East and West sheets of the map. The Short course can manage just on the West sheet.
Otherwise, It’s all on the OS 1:25,000 NW sheet - or take a map that is bounded by grid lines 03 (W), 10 (E), 15 (N), and 11 (S).
For GPS users, we’ve given grid references to 8 figures. For the traditionalists, just drop the figures in small writing to get a six-figure reference.
Recommended Parking: Lowther Park top gate NY 0608 1197
First checkpoint: Long and Short: Fence Corner NY 0610 1205
The course will open on the morning of Saturday 23 December, and close on the afternoon of Sunday 14 January.
Let us know if supplies run low during the main holiday period. We won’t top up the cache in the last week.
If driving conditions on the fell road stay bad, we’ll issue an alternative start point.
Please don’t give the game away by putting the whole of your route on Strava or similar. The location of the cache is a secret until you’ve put the effort in.
Pete & Barbara