Monday, 30 January 2012

Punch Drunk


Kinder Trial 2012
A great first race of the year for Ray and I. The Kinder Trial is a navigation based race, starting from Hayfield and heading up down the Western flanks of Kinder. 


In spite of mis-punching a control and having our first ever DNF we had a fantastic day out. It was a real treat being out in the snow and on returning to the scout hut we were rewarded with soup, bread, tea and cake. It doesn't get much better than that. We will be back again for this race.

Many thanks to Andy Howie and his team. You did us proud.

Other highlights:-

Catching up with  Tim  from globaltherapies and testedtodestruction.

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The cresta run down from Mount Famine

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Meeting  Nick Ham

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More race reports from Lynne and Ba Ba

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New shoooos. Inov8  Mudclaw 333s. Very comfy so far.

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Our playground for the day







The Mermaids pool

Surfer dude Tim must be heading for Sandy Heys 




Photo by RichT.
Thanks Rich




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Location: Hayfield, Derbyshire SK22, UK

20 comments:

  1. RW30 January 2012 at 21:45

    Those are some seriously good photo's.

    Looks like fun was had by all.

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  2. zephr30 January 2012 at 21:53

    Nice Pics mate. How on earth did you mis-punch a control? Stick it through your finger?!

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    1. sbrt31 January 2012 at 20:15

      I am still not sure. We have studied the map and are sure we visited all the controls. I think I may have punched one box twice Doh!

      After being out for nearly 4 hours we were more bothered about getting back in time for the soup.

      I am still kicking myself, looks like we will have to try again next year. :)

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    2. Nick31 January 2012 at 20:41

      I'll join you next year, Steve. You can drag me round ;-)

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    3. sbrt31 January 2012 at 20:44

      We can DNF together ;)

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  3. Lynne Taylor31 January 2012 at 10:18

    Brilliant photos as always sbrt...thanks for the links :)

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  4. Simon31 January 2012 at 11:11

    Great pics Steve. I'm having a crack at this navigating lark myself next month...do Team Ibuprophen fancy the New Chew in Saddleworth?

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    1. sbrt31 January 2012 at 20:28

      Thanks Simon. Hopefully we will see you there.

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  5. kate31 January 2012 at 12:44

    SNOW!!!! brill-i-ant, sounds like the perfect run out :)

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  6. Nick31 January 2012 at 20:04

    Steve, what happened with the punching? I was gutted to see in the results that you DNF'd. It was nice to finally meet you, all be it rather too briefly. Sorry you weren't still there for a chat afterwards. Hope to catch you again at another event this year.

    (BTW it was the western flank of Kinder where we played :-))

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    1. sbrt31 January 2012 at 20:37

      Nick. Great to meet you, we will have to have a propper chat next time.

      Thanks Nick. I will edit that(now you Know what a muppet I am you can see how I messed up).

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  7. toñi jordan31 January 2012 at 22:23

    Hi steve.
    CONGRATULATIONS!
    Often cold!
    You're a Brave!
    A kiss.

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    1. sbrt5 February 2012 at 19:22

      With no wind and the sunshine it didnt feel too cold but the hot soup was very welcome

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  8. magbueno2 February 2012 at 11:07

    It looks like a very nice race with all the snow, and your smile while running there...! Well done!

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    1. sbrt5 February 2012 at 19:25

      Our cheek muscles were hurting from smiling so much.

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  9. ultra collie3 February 2012 at 06:23

    looks grrrrrrr-eat!

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Steve

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