Copeland Chase

[The Cumbrian]

WCOC are still accepting entries for this years Copeland Chase, a traditional Long-O in the Western Lakes offering 20k, 15k and 10k courses, pre marked 1:15000 O maps, SI punching and refreshments for just £8 or £6 for BOF members on Sunday November 13th.

Full details on www.copelandchase.org.uk

[Jethro]

Anyone seen/heard anything about Copeland Chase - final details, start times etc???

[ER]

Email I received from the organiser in reply to my entry is that starts are from 9am to 11am. Location is NY087183 - Kirkland.

[The Cumbrian]

I don't send any formal final details out to competitors unless weather or other situations dictate...we try and keep this low key and relaxed!

ER has posted the key info on starts and parking but I would add that we prefer Long course competitors to start in the first hour where possible and that parking will either be in the show field or on the road dependent on the condition of the field when I check it tomorrow...and it's raining here tonight.

And when it says limited EOD...thats what it means. We have just short of 80 pre-entries this year and only a few spare maps...on the plus side we have a lot of cake!

[Duncan]

Great race today. Unseasonably good weather for mid-November (warm, sunny, light breeze). Very pleasant bit of the lakes you wouldn't normally get to go to. Good courses with some long legs and interesting route choices. Nice laid-back organisation, with just sufficient pre-event information (start time window and parking grid reference - what more do you need?). And lots of cake at the finish. Thanks WCOC.

[ER]

Thank you to all who made it happen for all the reasons in the previous post. A great day.

[The Cumbrian]

Controls all collected in

Results are up on copelandchase.org.uk...Thanks to Kate (you'll need to reload/refresh your page if you've been there recently. Thanks also to Pete (the gnome hat) for the map, and Barbara for the tea and cake. Hopefully routegadget to follow.

Off to the Curry House. Cheers !

[gaw]

What a great event. I don't often see 3 almost equal route choices on a 3 km long leg, and that was just the first control, and control 4 gave a similar but longer experience.Great course, great route choices, and views, weather, tea and cake. Thanks to John et al!

[Jethro]

Have to agree with above comments - what a great day to be out on the fells. I even decided to take what I knew was going to be a less than optimal route to go via the summit of Hen Comb (leg 4-5 Medium). I even stopped for a few seconds to admire the crackin views!