Hi folks, Berni & Anja here (and Sky the dog) just got in from pacing leg 1 with Gary so here's an update........
Clear cool conditions, light winds.
5 minutes up on Skiddaw, great views of lights of Keswick and over towards helvellyn and surrounding fells.
Bumped into a party of pretty knackered guys finishing off a lakeland 3000's attempt, they looked a bit confused to see us!
Steady trot over to Calva whilst chomping on a nutella sandwich, in fact Gary didn't stop stuffing himself with sweets and drink all the way round.
Sky had no problems locating trods in the dark, every bit as good as my compass and route card.
Bit of a slog up back of blencathra as expected but could clearly see the saddleback to aim for once on the common.
Great line off halls fell down sneaky ninja route off to the right.
Gary opened up on the bottom half of the ridge to finish bang on schedule in Threlkeld
Gary left for leg 2 2 minutes early
Looking strong mate, keep it up and we'll see you at black sail pass (after some kip!!)
Berni & Anja
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If you would like some additional support/pacing I'd be honoured to help. Just drop me a line and I'll join you on a recce.
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