Blogging and trogging - Sat 12th Jun 2010
Si's general blogs on what's been going on...
Jun 12th 2010 The 21st Step
3 Peaks of Yorkshire
The Yorkshire Dales in full Summer attire relented again as tired pins pumped their way around the much trodden course of competition. I shared what was to be a solitary expedition with half of Merseyside who had signed up for a 3 Peaks Challenge Walk day. This was an unexpected bonus - company on the way round and tea and coffee set up at several strategic spots on the way round. Thanks guys.
No competition today though.
It was a personal push against the heat, the dehydration and a frenzy of beautiful photographs presenting themselves one after the other. Joy.
Limestone pavements are such refreshing foreground for the photographer, white crazy stone patterns just jump out, drawing any subject you put above them straight into the picture. Thank you. Add to that dark grey storm clouds that hover over your subject breaking the light into spotlight shafts and you are in photographer's heaven.
The challenge whilst running and taking photographs is to decide which you want most - a time or a picture. As I said today, there was no competition... 7 hrs 53 minutes is not a race time! But some beautiful results on the flash card and a fabulous memory.
Pen-y-ghent (694 metres - 2,276 feet),
Whernside (736 metres - 2,415 feet) and
Ingleborough (723 metres 2,372 feet) all in one circular route.
This qualifies as the 21st step as it was a push after a ridiculously long period of abstinence from any kind of serious exercise. It hurt and was hard for me.
