Pre-Dinner Moorfoots run 2002 
16th November 2002
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Willie Gibson
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20 People met up for the Pre-Dinner Moorfoots run. It was a frosty clear morning, there were lots of cars and 2 bikes (including a tandem) | |
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We headed off for the hills leaving JBF behind to wait
for Nick as he was a mile away on his bike.
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The views were wonderful as we headed up Jeffries Corse | |
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Looking back at Nick and JBF catching up | |
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We waited at the
'don't-go-any-futher-on-pain-of-death' sign. |
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The Carnethy Annual Club Dinner Dance is always preceded by a long run round
the Moorfoots. The run this year was organised by Keith Burns. It was 8:30 when
Moira and I set off from Roslin on a beautiful clear and frosty morning. The
tandem was cycled very carefully through Roslin Glen and along the back roads
to Gladhouse Reservoir where we met up with the others.
As usual there were people turning up from 15 minutes early to 15 minutes late.
It took us nearly 50 minutes to get there on the bike to find Brian Howie and
Jim McWhinie waiting. Soon there were 18 people and a few reported sitings of
Nick on his bike at various distances from the start point. In the end we decided
to head off up the hill leaving JBF to follow with Nick once he arrived.
We all jogged up the road past Moorfoot and Gladhouse cottage and headed up
the shoulder of Jeffries Corse and to the top of Dundreich .
After studying the views and waiting for JBF and Nick, our leader (mapless but
with a compass) led us off the hill in roughly the right direction towards the
valley of the River South Esk. We headed upstream past Long Scar and on to the
top of Blackhope Scar, admiring the new windmills. Willie Mykura thought that
they looked so good he headed off an extra mile to pass by them. Meeting us
at the top of the hill. Keith attempted to phone Cali who was to meet up with
us half way round but he couldn't get a signal despite standing on the trig
point.
At this point the lazier runners headed back for the car park, leaving 11 of
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on the rest of our round. We ran over the aptly named Rough Moss.
The mist had arrived by this time and navigation was becoming difficult. Our
galant mapless leader took us away form the good running of the fence line onto
the worst of the peat hags for about 20 minutes. Many of the map holders revised
this decision and we eventually found Garvald Law and made telephone contact
with Cali. We ran round the hill to meet her near the old shed at Windy Slack.
The club bivvy was opened and 9 of us fitted in for a hot sweaty lunch and
I handed round the Whisky-Mac and the Coffee.
It took a lot of will power to leave the comfort of the Bivvy and head up the
hill to the col below Torfichen Hill, but time was dragging on. We were already
out for longer than the published 3.5 hours. At the col Jim Russ and JBF headed
for home while the rest of us headed up Mauldslie Hill into the mist. The tiredness
in our legs must have been telling as we all thought we had gone far enough
and headed East onto Huntly Cott instead, leaving a kilometer of lovely tussock
to fight over before heading round a contour to the ruin of Hirendean Castle
and eventually back to the car.
Then it was back on the tandem and off to Roslin to clean up for the dinner.
A great day with the usual mix of sun and rain, fun and pain.
Thanks Keith. (bring a map next time please!)
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Brad showed off his running ability See The Video (double click on the Photo) |
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Nick MacDonald even ran up a hill. See the Video |