Deeside Runners Challenge 2008

Updates

2008-01-14T23:30:00.199Z

DRC 2008 Overview Map
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Jump to any individual point using this hyperlink and substituting marker number

If you want to keep your tally on the blog - enter in brackets in your updates.

Challenge Control Points

28/12/08 Ben (100!!!) , Clare (100!!!) and Andy 4

24/12/08 Ewan (10!!!) et al 97

22/12/08 Ben and Clare 3, 5 (99)

22/12/08 Ewan, Sarah and Jon 77

22/12/08 Michael 56 (50)

06/12/08 Sarah 74

01/12/08 Ewan, Jon and Sarah 91

30/11/08 Michael 91,87 (49)

29/11/08 Clare and Ben 6, 7 and 8 (97)
28/11/08 Ewan, Jon and Sarah 90
21/11/08 Jon (50!!!) and Sarah 67
10/11/08 Sarah, Jon and Ewan 92
09/11/08 Ewan and Sarah 75
02/11/08 Ewan and Sarah 55
02/11/08 Sarah 30
02/11/08 Evelyn and Derek 20 (100!!!!!)
02/11/08 Michael 61 (47)
01/11/08 Evelyn and Derek 10 (again) 9 and 10 (again)
11/10/08 Dave H 17, 18 (100!!!!!)
08/10/08 James 80
05/10/08 James 59
05/10/08 Evelyn and Derek 36, 28
04/10/08 Evelyn and Derek 30, 31
28/09/08 Sarah 75 (50!!!!)
28/09/08 Evelyn and Derek 44, 43
27/09/08 Sarah 35, 34
27/09/08 Evelyn and Derek 25, 26, 27 (92)
21/09/08 Evelyn and Derek 37
20/09/08 Evelyn and Derek 29
14/09/08 Sarah 44, 43
14/09/08 Evelyn and Derek 63
13/09/08 Evelyn and Derek 13, 12, 11
07/09/08 Gary 1,2,10 (73)
06/09/08 Evelyn and Derek 18, 17, 19, 21 (83)
05/09/08 Sarah 66
04/09/08 Evelyn and Derek 62
02/09/08 Evelyn and Derek 88, 87
01/09/08 Sarah 85
30/08/08 Gary 47, 48
14/08/08 Evelyn and Derek 40 (76)
13/08/08 Evelyn and Derek 41
12/08/08 Evelyn and Derek 60
11/08/08 Evelyn and Derek 38
09/08/08 Evelyn and Derek 16, 15
08/08/08 Sarah and Jon 83, 84
07/08/08 Evelyn and Derek 61 (70)
05/08/08 Evelyn and Derek 58
04/08/08 Evelyn and Derek 50
03/08/08 Dave H 47 (97)
03/08/08 Gary 28, 31, 36 (63)
02/08/08 Evelyn and Derek 46, 45, 47
31/07/08 Dave H 70
30/07/08 Evelyn and Derek 39
30/07/08 Dave and Gary 29
29/07/08 Evelyn and Derek 53
29/07/08 Dave H 73, 6
28/07/08 Evelyn and Derek 48
28/07/08 Dave and Gary 86
25/07/08 Evelyn and Derek 8, 7, 6, 4, 5, 3, 10 (again) - Heroes'R'us 2-nearly (61)
25/07/08 Dave H 66
24/07/08 Gary 52
24/07/08 Dave and Kathy 49
23/07/08 Evelyn and Derek 51
23/07/08 Gary 60, 90
23/07/08 Dave H 92
22/07/08 Evelyn and Derek 57
21/07/08 Dave and Kathy 10, 2, 1
20/07/08 Dave (87) and Kathy (51) 16, 15
19/07/08 Dave and Kathy 88
18/07/08 Dave and Kathy 100
18/07/08 Dave and Helen 30
17/07/08 Dave H 82
16/07/08 Dave H 19
15/07/08 Dave H 62
14/07/08 Dave H 36
13/07/08 Dave and Kathy 71, 72
12/07/08 Sarah 67
12/07/08 Dave and Kathy 38
08/07/08 Dave H 74
06/07/08 Kathy and Laura 44, 21, 20
06/07/08 Dave and Alan Sealy 13, 14 ,12 ,11
05/07/08 Michael 6, 7, 8
05/07/08 Dave and Kathy 45
05/07/08 Gary 12, 13 (53)
04/07/08 Dave and Kathy 41
02/07/08 Dave and Kathy 52
30/06/08 Karen 18,17
30/06/08 Dave H 60
26/06/08 Michael 64
22/06/08 James 6, 8
22/06/08 Michael 89, 90, 93
21/06/08 Michael 66
21/06/08 Evelyn and Derek 10, 1, 2 (53)
17/06/08 Evelyn and Derek 65, 67
15/06/08 Evelyn and Derek 69, 68, 64
14/06/08 Dave and Kathy 90
14/06/08 Dave and Gary 46
07/06/08 James 65, 63
07/06/08 Dave and Gary 8, 7, 6, 4, 5, 3, 9 (just call us the Heroes of the Cairngorms)
04/06/08 Karen and Colin 36
31/05/08 Kathy 92
29/05/08 James 55, 53, 54
29/05/08 Karen, Colin and ian 51
27/05/08 Karen and Colin 12,13
26/05/08 Karen and Jo 78,82
25/05/08 Karen 91
24/05/08 Michael 67, 70
23/05/08 Karen, colin and Jo 61
22/05/08 Dave and Gary 21, 20
22/05/08 James 91, 88
21/05/08 Karen and Colin 14
19/05/08 Karen and Jo 25,26
18/05/08 Sarah and Jon 38, 36, 37
18/05/08 James 61, 77, 79, 78
18/05/08 Evelyn and Derek 35, 34, 33, 32
17/05/08 Michael 03, 10
17/05/08 Evelyn and Derek 85 (41)
17/05/08 Dave H 27, 28, 31
17/05/08 Kathy 27, 26
16/05/08 Sarah and Jon 60,61
15/05/08 Karen and Colin 41
14/05/05 Gary 85
13/05/08 James 66
13/05/08 Karen, Colin and Moira 27
12/05/08 James 81,82
11/05/08 Karen, Jo etc 21
10/05/08 Evelyn and Derek 75
10/05/08 karen 49,11,29,30
10/05/08 Michael 28, 31
09/05/08 Sarah 91
08/05/08 Gary 51
08/05/08 Sarah and Jon 89
05/05/08 Gary 30
05/05/08 James 67
05/05/08 Michael 92
03/05/08 Gary and Hannah 14
03/05/08 Evelyn and Derek 59
29/04/08 Karen 80, 50
28/04/08 Peter 28
26/04/08 Sarah 54, 53, 55
26/04/08 Dave, Gary and Dave Sullivan 59
26/04/08 Evelyn and Derek 54, 55, 56, 42 (38)
25/04/08 karen 58
24/04/08 Sarah 40, 41, 42
24/04/08 Karen 68,31,28,86
20/04/08 Peter 56
19/04/08 Peter 74
14/04/08 Sarah 93
14/04/08 Evelyn and Derek 89
12/04/08 Sarah and Ewan 82
12/04/08 Dave H 98, 99 (51)
12/04/08 Evelyn and Derek 80, 84
06/04/08 Kathy 65
11/04/08 Sarah 77, 78
10/04/08 Gary 79, 82 (31)
09/04/08 Evelyn and Derek 90
07/04/08 Evelyn and Derek 70 (30)
05/04/08 Evelyn and Derek 49, 52
05/04/08 Michael 55
04/04/08 Sarah and Jon 98, 99
03/04/08 Michael 68
01/04/08 Evelyn and Derek 66
31/03/08 Evelyn and Derek 86
30/03/08 Michael 83, 84
29/03/08 Michael 79, 80, 81, 82
29/03/08 Gary and Hannah 11
29/03/08 Dave H 25, 26
27/ 03/08 Peter 68
27/03/08 Gary 68, 69
24/03/08 Dave H 87
23/03/08 Dave and Kathy 69, 68
22/03/08 Dave, Gary, Mark and Helen 67, 64, 63, 65
22/03/08 Evelyn and Derek 78, 77, 79, 83 (25)
22/03/08 Michael 53, 54
22/03/08 Peter 36
22/03/08 Dave and Kathy 39
21/03/08 Dave, Kathy and Ben 40
20/03/08 Dave and Gary 37, 57
18/03/08 Ben and Clare 71, 72, 73
15/03/08 Sarah 28, 31
15/03/08 Evelyn, Derek and Michael 23, 24, 22
14/03/08 Karen 46,35,79
11/03/08 Karen and Colin 42
09/03/08 Michael 94, 95, 96, 97
06/03/08 Gary, Peter, Warren, Sam 95, 96
05/03/08 Karen, Colin, Jo and Malcolm 75,76
03/03/08 Sarah, Jon and Ewan 100
03/03/08 Karen, Jo and Malcolm 40
02/03/08 Peter 78
02/03/08 Michael 77, 78, 88
02/03/08 Dave and Kathy 91
02/03/08 Dave and Gary 35, 34, 33, 32
01/03/08 Michael 69
01/03/08 Kathy and Dave 75, 76, 96, 97
01/03/08 Evelyn and Derek 95, 96 (18)
01/03/08 Karen, Kirsty etc 43
29/02/08 Gary 81
29/02/08 Sarah 88, 87
29/02/08 Dave H 86
29/02/08 Jo, Malcolm and Karen 81
28/02/08 Karen 32
28/02/08 Dave H 58
28/02/08 Peter 53, 54 (11)
27/02/08 Dave H 85
27/02/08 Gary 40
25/02/08 James 70
24/02/08 Sarah 65
23/02/08 Sarah 97
24/02/08 Dave and Kathy 61
24/02/08 Dave and Gary 43, 44
24/02/08 Michael 85, 86
23/02/08 Evelyn and Derek 97 (16)
23/02/08 Hannah and Gary 77 (11)
23/02/08 Dave H 51, 48
23/02/08 Evelyn and Derek 14
23/02/08 Michael 98
23/02/08 Peter 59
22/02/08 Sarah and Jon 79, 81
21/02/08 Dave, Gary and Warren 54, 53
18/02/08 Gary 80
17/02/08 Dave H 80
16/02/08 Dave + Kathy 23,22
17/02/08 Michael 99,100
16/02/08 Sarah and Jon 25, 26, 27
16/02/08 Karen + Kirsty 15
16/02/08 Peter 6,7,8
16/02/08 Michael 75, 76
16/02/08 Evelyn and Derek 73, 74 (14pts)
15/02/08 Karen, Kirsty 56
15/02/08 Karen 23, 60, 53
15/02/08 Gary 75
15/02/08 Sarah 69
14/02/08 Gary 44, 45
10/02/08 Sue & Star 88
10/02/08 Dan 19
10/02/08 Michael 72, 73
10/02/08 Dave and Kathy 94, 95
09/02/08 Michael 74
09/02/08 Dave and Kathy 55, 56, 42, 50
09/02/08 Evelyn and Derek 71, 72
09/02/08 Peter 28, 31
08/02/08 Dave H 93
08/02/08 Sarah 68, 70
07/02/08 Gary 55
07/02/08 peter 79
07/02/08 Dave H 89
05/02/08 Gary 91
06/02/08 Ben, Jane & Clare 80, 85
06/02/08 Dave H 84
05/02/08 Clare, Ben & Jane 42, 50
04/02/08 Sarah 76
04/02/08 Dave H 83
03/02/08 Gary 41
03/02/08 Evelyn and Derek 76, 92, 91
03/02/08 Dave 78, Dave+Kathy 77
02/02/08 Sarah 56, 94
02/02/08 Evelyn and Derek 93, 82, 81
02/02/08 Dave + Kathy 79
31/01/08 Peter 81
27/01/08 Warren 87
27/01/08 Evelyn and Derek 94
26/01/08 Evelyn and Derek 100
24/01/08 Warren & Sam 88
24/01/08 Gary and Peter 90
21/01/08 Sarah 95, 96
20/01/08 Gary 88
20/01/08 Sarah 90
20/01/08 - Evelyn and Derek 98, 99
20/01/08 - 00:00:01 Peter & Sara 70
19/01/08 Dave and Kathy 81

[1] NN 90471 84210 Carn an Fhidleir

2008-01-14T23:10:00.004Z

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07/09/08 Gary
Did this one and CP 2 & 10. Cycled past Geldie lodge and along the great single track until it started heading down hill the wrong way. Then I ran around the 2 peaks - bit boggy. With my new GPS I can give some stats : 27.6 miles, max speed 20mph -I don't believe it :-( moving average 7.1mph, overall average 5.8 mph, 1224m climbing. Still getting to grips with it but it was useful for relocating my bike hidden in the heather.

21/07/08 Dave and Kathy
Dropped 300m from An Scarsoch, then climbed it again to this hill. Great views again, and a lovely grassy run down. K thinks she might never again be seen running on a Munro, so here's a picture. Biked back over all the drains and fords, and got back in a total of 5.45. Got a bit sunburned, in complete contrast to yesterday.

21/06/08 Evelyn and Derek
Took about 1:20 to cycle in to Gelder Lodge (with a detour to point 10). The track climbs gently with the river but is never difficult. At Gelder, some tea-breakers ‘persuaded’ us to leave our bikes. Actually the fine single-track from here on is cycleable but whether it is any faster than a gentle jog is debateable.
At NN9255 8567 the track marked on the map doesn’t end but continues northwards but you now want to leave the path and head up onto the shoulder of the hill and then on to the top. We fell in with a solitary walker and kept each other company on the way up.
We spotted this fine fellow but have no idea whether he is common or rare.
After the heather gets shorter and then dies away, the going is much easier.

After the top you head SSE to the minor top (906) and then descend ESE into the col. There's a fairly obvious path to follow but we both found the section of traversing hard on the ankles.

[2] NN 93352 83690 An Sgarsoch

2008-01-14T23:09:00.003Z

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21/07/08 Dave and Kathy
Followed D+E from Chest of Dee along the track to Geldie Lodge, and we saw an adder as well along the way. From the ruin we biked on to the end of the single track - as they say, it is rideable, but how much faster it is depends on how good you are at riding over drains. Not much in any case. Left the bikes before the last descent and headed straight up the hill. No path, but the going was good after the first bit of heather. Fantastic views from the top, very clear, we could see all the Cairngorms and probably out to Ben Nevis. Went on to P1.

21/06/08 Evelyn and Derek
Heading down into the col between 1 and 2 was hard on the morale – having just climbed Carn an Fhidleir we were losing most of the height and An Sgorsach seemed like a big climb.
At this point we had picked up another three walkers to add to our original one. We’d had a longer break at the top but caught them on the way down and we all started the climb together – all looking for the best route. There’s no obvious path to start with but we, luckily, did find a faint path which eased our ascent and allowed us to claim victory. In the end we all decided the climb hadn't been so bad.
At the top we had another break while walker one had lunch and the threesome took off for home. After restarting we followed their route down which is where some more route choice comes in. They headed directly back to Gelder down the Allt Coire an t-Seilich (and we followed) but this is all cross country and it may have been faster to take a line back to the single-track since it would be runable after that.
Anyway we made it back to Gelder and got changed for the cycle out. It’s downhill so it’s a case of big-ring and crank it – but it is stony and with the wind now veering to SSE it wasn’t so fast as we expected on the way in. Back at the car in just under 6 hours.

[3] NN 94347 95855 Loch nan Stuirteag

2008-01-14T23:08:00.007Z

Deeside Runners Challenge 2008

Updates

[1] NN 90471 84210 Carn an Fhidleir

[2] NN 93352 83690 An Sgarsoch

[3] NN 94347 95855 Loch nan Stuirteag

[4] NN 95947 97855 Lochan Uaine (W)

[5] NN 96362 97250 Cairn Toul

[6] NN 98903 98980 Ben Macdui

[7] NO 00253 98040 Lochan Uaine (E)

[8] NO 02353 95410 Carn Crom

[9] NO 00713 91440 Sgor Mor

[10] NO 01423 88590 Chest of Dee

[11] NO 03564 86710 Carn Liath

[12] NO 05104 83210 Carn Bhac

[13] NO 08214 82410 Altanour Lodge

[14] NO 07989 80010 An Socach

[15] NO 09184 91250 Creag Bhalg

[16] NO 06964 96330 Dubh Gleann

[17] NJ 09275 00640 Beinn a Bhuird N top

[18] NO 11405 99230 Clach a Cleirich

[19] NO 14065 97750 Creag an Dail Mhor

[20] NO 12725 93870 Carn na Drochaide

[21] NO 15795 92880 Monument

[22] NO 15695 79200 Sron na Gaoithe

[23] NO 17435 80515 Carn an Tuirc

[24] NO 21076 80020 Tolmount

[25] NO 17966 88700 Creag nan Leachda

[26] NO 19936 88975 Feindalacher-Glenbeg path

[27] NO 22376 88880 Cnapan Nathraichan

[28] NO 24376 86150 Lochnagar Summit

[29] NO 23026 85595 Loch nan Eun

[30] NO 24026 81580 Broad Cairn

[31] NO 27096 83010 Glas allt waterfall

[32] NO 28627 79410 Dog Hillock

[33] NO 31247 78055 Lair of Aldararie

[34] NO 32497 81405 Black Hill of Mark

[35] NO 32312 83360 Allt Darrarie junction

[36] NO 27987 86540 Conachcraig SW summit

[37] NO 29917 89000 Meall Gorm (S)

[38] NO 26857 91585 Creag nan Gall

[39] NO 23911 92875 Princess Royal’s Cairn

[40] NO 32987 91160 Coyles of Muick

[41] NO 30287 93340 Sgor an h-Iolaire

[42] NO 31297 95470 Creag Ghiubhais

[43] NO 20376 91975 Meall Alvie

[44] NO 18476 94590 Meall Gorm (N)

[45] NO 19366 98840 Culardoch

[46] NJ 18626 02985 Loch Builg boathouse

[47] NJ 22106 04470 Brown Cow Hill

[48] NO 24636 99465 An Creagan

[49] NJ 29137 04370 Carn a Bhacain

[50] NO 26847 95815 Creag a Chlamhain

[51] NO 31967 98270 Carn Dearg

[52] NJ 33592 05860 Mona Gowan

[53] NJ 36347 00825 Peter’s Hill

[54] NO 37867 98440 Tullich Mast

[55] NO 36597 96560 Craigendarroch

[56] NO 35407 96555 R Dee NE of the Knock

[57] NO 32267 87440 Cairns of Cul nan Gad

[58] NO 36052 87620 Creag Dearg

[59] NO 40412 86760 Mounth Road W side of Mount Keen

[60] NO 37702 92740 Craig Vallich

[61] NO 40863 94240 Rocking Stone

[62] NO 43073 90520 Black Craig

[63] NO 46363 89730 Little Cock Cairn

[64] NO 48893 90590 Craigmahandle

[65] NO 46873 91720 Tom Ghiubhais

[66] NO 46988 95080 Hill above Glen Tanar House

[67] NO 49493 93760 Baudy Meg

[68] NO 52308 92280 Brackenstake

[69] NO 55458 92670 Lamahip

[70] NO 52018 95830 Fungle Seat

[71] NO 57938 80860 Shank of Mondair

[72] NO 62188 79235 Hound Hillock

[73] NO 63078 82025 Meluncart

[74] NO 62668 87100 Mount Shade

[75] NO 67897 93960 Scolty

[76] NO 64668 96280 R Dee opposite trustach

[77] NO 41118 98125 R Dee in Torphantrick Wood

[78] NO 43928 97315 R Dee in Muir of Dinnet