British Fell and Hill Relays 2024 - Part 1 - Leg 1 and some leg 2 - featuring Trollers Gill

British Fell and Hill Relay 2024 in Appletreewick in North Yorkshire, hosted by Wharfedale Harriers.

19 October 2024

Leg 1 - solo, 5.2 miles, 1670 ft elevation, goes up Burnsall Fell and back to Aplletreewick

Leg 2 - paired, 8.7 miles, 3000 ft, goes up to Simon's Seat and beautiful fairytale like Trollers Gill

Leg 3 - navigation leg, paired, the map is given out 300 m after the start, about 7 miles

Leg 4 - 5.2 miles, 1650 ft elevation goes through Trollers Gill

Information about the relay:
http://ukafellrelays.wharfedaleharrie...

Event results:
https://www.sportident.co.uk/results/...

Time Chapters:
0:00 Introduction of the event with little sneak peek
3:16 - Appletreewick
4:16 - the the team tents' field, including introducing the running commentary presenters and some teams (e.g a rare one from the South).
8:53 - The start of Leg 1 - Alistair's footage - and what is going to be in this video
9:23 - Leg 1 start - my footage - up to the farm and the left turning
15:25 - watching from a distance Leg 1 runners ascend Burnsall Fell, talking to Andy from Pudsey and Bramley
16:54 - first finishers of Leg 1
18:40 - first teams on Leg 2 are starting their first ascent only up to Settle Harriers (including them)
19:29 - explaining the route of Leg 2 with some views while the Leg 2 runners up to Settle Harriers (and including them) are on their 1st ascent
21:32 - other random bits of the route (down the slight hill before the first road crossing)
23:39 - Leg 2: the muddy puble before the 1st road crossing and up into the fells up to Preston Harriers and Rossendale ladies
25:12 my shortcut beneath Simon's Seat
26:31 - Leg 2: 2nd Road Crossing (after the descent of Simon's Seat) and the strike crossing with another minor road - up to Lou Osborn's team (Ambleside)
29:23 - Leg 2: from Northern Fell runners - toward Trollers Gill
30:21 - Leg 2: entering Trollers Gill Valley, filming the runners running along the valley
33:17 - Leg 2: stream crossing
34:46 - Leg 2: the climb to the top of Trollers Gill and to the check point 2
42:56 - Leg 2: descent off the top of Trollers Gill - from Preston Harriers
43:40 - what I am going to show in my next video(s)