John’s BG - Leg 4

Another great day out on the local fells support John on his BG. He was over an hour up on his 23 schedule coming into Wasdale, and continued to go well for the rest of the round. It was a hot sunny but breezy day, although waiting at Brackenclose there was a lot of cloud building up on the higher fells and we watched a stunning sight of Mickledore filling up with cloud. After a good 15 minute rest in Wasdale, we set off up Yewbarrow. I’d agreed to navigate (as much as you need to on a crystal clear day!), and Ann was general food and drink provider.

We made really good time along the leg, with John picking up a few minutes on each split. He had a moderately bad spell around Gable were he was only on split times, but we arrived in Honister over an hour and a half up on schedule. He eventually came into Keswick in 21 hours and 6 minutes – a fantastic effort on another warm day.