I left the North Barrule Fell Race without knowing the result last night. But Simon Skillicorn, Tom Cringle and Nigel Armstrong were all pretty close together and I wondered what the outcome was of an exciting finish.
As I was editing the video Nigel, a former Liverpool season ticket holder, called around the house
As I was editing the video Nigel, a former Liverpool season ticket holder, called around the house
and I asked Robbie if he would make him a cup of team. He appeared with a massive Chelsea cup!
Nigel described the race as one of the most enjoyable he had taken part in for a long time. He was pleased to be so close in third and later told the story of the race:
"Simon and Tom went away early on and had around 8 seconds through the fields at the foot of the main climb. I slowly clawed it back and by the wall 3/4 of the way up we were together.
Tom then took a lower line ( which turned out to be the better as it held him in the lee of the wind ) and Simon and I went straight onto the ridge.
Tom came in and was 4secs clear at the cairn with Simon a little more behind me. All changed on the descent where it was hats off to them. Their speed was incredible leading to around a 200m gap at the bottom to myself. Simon stayed clear though I started to reign Tom in but only got to his shoulder at the line."
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