Sun August 2nd to Fri August 7th
Lost Property
Remaining lost property is
Shorts 32” navy Workwear
Buff,red and blue, “Doddie Aid. 2024”
Soft flask 500 Kalenji
Pair of folding scissors
Leatherman Glasses, varyfocal, reading bit only
If you wish to claim any item please contact Sue Birkinshaw on the "entries at lakes5 dot org dot uk" email address.
Lakes 5 Days finish.
Thanks to Jon Hateley for some extremely challenging courses on Bigland's wooded slopes on Day 4, where it mainly stayed dry.
We wrapped up the week on Hampsfell's limestone being tested by Simonas Sakalauskas & Fraser Dixon to maintain map contact whilst watching your feet.
We hope to put up some prize giving photos in the next few days.
Hope you all have a safe journey home & see you again for Lakes 5 Days 2030.
Richard Tiley
L5D26 Co Ordinator
Lost Property
• Please claim tomorrow
– INOV8 Trail Fly
– Salomon pair shoes
– Red Patagonia quilted jacket - small
– Pair of "Work Gear" shorts
– RNLI Cap
– 2 Insulated bottles
– Description holder
– Compass
We would prefer not to throw these items away.
Reflections from first 3 days of Lakes 5 Days.
Firstly apologies for the queuing on entering and exiting todays Day 3 parking field.
Thank you for your patience.
I hope that when you managed to start your course you enjoyed the extra challenge provided by the rain and low cloud restricting visibility.
Given that there has recently been a fence erected through the centre of the area then Planner Pete Owens must be commended on still delivering a great technical challenge.
Askham Fell on Day 1 was a replacement area and Planner Paul Watson delivered some great courses in a limited time frame.
Bessyboot and The Combe on Day 2 sit in the Borrowdale Valley which is reputedly the wettest place in England. Not that you would have known during the unexpectedly warm weather – even 48 hours before the weather apps were predicting rain!
Roger Thomas had over 25 visits up and down the slopes in previous years during the creation of the maps and many more whilst planning your courses which I thought were amazing.
Fingers crossed that today was the worst weather day and that the sun will shine on Days 4 & 5.
North West Junior Squad are hosting the Rest Day event tomorrow (Weds 5th) as a Score event on Birkrigg Common, near Ulverston. Online & EOD entries still available – see Rest Day web page for details.
Finally there is still some pre-ordered merchandise to be picked up. Either at Day 4 Enquiries or Day 5 NWJS Cake stall.
Richard Tiley
L5D26 Co Ordinator
Start layout
The Start layout will be the same every day.
Event details
The details on each Event Day page are now complete.
There will be a Final Details summary published on the Home page 48 hours before each day.
Those for Day1 – Askham – will be published here on Friday July 31st.
The other days following on.
Results and Reports will also be published here.
A very simple Summary would be
- Days 1, 3 & 5 have parking adjacent to Assembly
- There is a walk from Parking to Assembly on Days 2 & 4
- Days 2 & 3 have the longest walks to the Starts
- There will only be clothing dumps on Days 1 & 2
We hope you enjoy the week.