time we had a healthy debate!
sorry sand dunes should be on there too!
favourite terrain
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andrew T - yellow
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I cant really say because some of the best (and my favorite) areas are a variety. eg Ham Hill - a personal favourite of mine, is very different to Graythwaite, which is very different to Inshriach.
Personal favourite individual areas would have to be:
Ham Hill
Place Fell/Angle Tarn Pikes
Lossie
Inshriach
Craigbui
Loch Vaa
Wharncliffe
Crich Chase
Graythwaite
Penhale
basically I like a good variety but nice and technical!
Looking at that list though a fair few are open areas so I went for that.
Personal favourite individual areas would have to be:
Ham Hill
Place Fell/Angle Tarn Pikes
Lossie
Inshriach
Craigbui
Loch Vaa
Wharncliffe
Crich Chase
Graythwaite
Penhale
basically I like a good variety but nice and technical!
Looking at that list though a fair few are open areas so I went for that.
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helen - junior moderator
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Scots pine, birch or oak wood on glaciated or glacial deposition terrain.
Favourites include : Coille Mhor (lost for many years sadly)
Twenty Shilling Wood
Graythwaite
Loch Vaa
Achlean
And yes, I like sand dunes.
Dislikes: flat bramble infested heavy clay horrors, worst example Great Breech Wood, Somerset. First event and it scarred me for life
Favourites include : Coille Mhor (lost for many years sadly)
Twenty Shilling Wood
Graythwaite
Loch Vaa
Achlean
And yes, I like sand dunes.
Dislikes: flat bramble infested heavy clay horrors, worst example Great Breech Wood, Somerset. First event and it scarred me for life
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ryeland of doom - blue
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ah yes we love our trees
after sunday's race I think I shall add Wharncliffe to my list of favourite areas...a nice mix of lovely forest and open marshy/tussocky thing...my favourite area has got to be days 3+4 of the fin5...mmmm
after sunday's race I think I shall add Wharncliffe to my list of favourite areas...a nice mix of lovely forest and open marshy/tussocky thing...my favourite area has got to be days 3+4 of the fin5...mmmm
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rororosie - white
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rororosie wrote:
after sunday's race I think I shall add Wharncliffe to my list of favourite areas
are you absolutely deranged?
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bendover - addict
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I always enjoy running in some of the old industrial landscapes like you get in the forest of Dean because they don't obay the rules if you know what I mean - the natural shapes have been distorted and messed about and often hold some surprises. i also love sand dunes and deciduous forest. not so keen on open moorland but ironically often do better there.
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Mrs H. - nope godmother
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I like Gullane, with a its mix of deciduous and coniferous woodland and open sand dunes. Which box do I tick?
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Test races at SprintScotland (Alloa/Falkirk) and Euromeeting (near Stirling).
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graeme - god
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robbo > we dont, this person does.
technical but not overly physical, i dont mind what the trees are as i avoiding running into them because it slows me down.
of course my New Forest is the best area in the world, but sometimes you have to settle for less
technical but not overly physical, i dont mind what the trees are as i avoiding running into them because it slows me down.
of course my New Forest is the best area in the world, but sometimes you have to settle for less
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mharky - team nopesport
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i like fast easy running areas that have some technical bits, so the north scottish sanddunes are good, i also like hambledon, the new forest and graythwaite, bigland in addition to these
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rob f - yellow
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Wharncliffe was pretty bad at the event I thought. The open bit was really tussocky and good for spraining ankles and the woods were full of bracken and brambles apart from a small section of the steep bit. The undergrowth was so much worse than when the British was there last year.
Some of my fave areas:
Lossie
Pwll Du
Graythwaite/High Dam
Great Tower Wood (but used too much)
Bigland
Some of my fave areas:
Lossie
Pwll Du
Graythwaite/High Dam
Great Tower Wood (but used too much)
Bigland
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trebor wrote:i like fast easy running areas that have some technical bits...graythwaite
Uh? Did you have track runs there or something?
Graythwaite is great although too steep for fat me to do well. My favourite areas is pretty much anything in Scotland. Looking forward to next summer!
Bad areas for me is anything open fast and steep, no matter how techincal it may appear to be.
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