Penyghent - Friday 22nd April

Not run for a few days, but had a round of golf on Wednesday and played some badminton Tuesday and Thursday. Nick rang Thursday and suggested a run so run it was.

Friday am Nick was at the door at 6.55am. After a quick brew off we went towards Horton in Ribblesdale for a run up and around Penyghent.

We parked up down a little known side street, the sun was shining, what a way to spend a morning.

We followed the path out towards the farm, before taking the path upwards through the fields towards the bottom of the mountain. This bit always reminds me of the 'drag' to the bottom of Pendle from Barley car park - tough running.

Once through the fields we passed a few walkers, one replied to my "good morning" with "bloody idiots, running up here!"

The ground was really dry and dusty, not ideal for fell shoes. When we go back, if the weather is anything like then road shoes would be better.

We followed this path, climbing all the time.

Before we new it we were at the steep climb - this was tough!

The path turned into steps and up we went.

Virtually at the top we had a 1/4 of a mile run to the cairn.

We took the style over the wall and headed right by the wall in the direction of Plover Hill - a great run out to this point. Coming off Plover hill was a man made path with steps. I soon left these much preferring the fell to run on. On such a steep descent, my thighs were really feeling it.

At the bottom was a sign showing the way back to Horton in Ribblesdale. This we took, upping the speed over every mile.
The last couple of miles were over very rocky paths, not good / easy running!

Overall a fantastic run!
2000+ ft of climbing, over 8 miles in 108 minutes.
Not quick I know, but mile 2 we did in 23 minutes, because of the steepness of the climb, admiring the views and being slowed down by walkers.
The last few miles we did in about 7.5 minutes each - not bad for a recce.