Joss Naylor Lakeland Challenge

    Leg 1- ‘Cuckoos, Larks and Deer’ (Pooley Bridge to Kirkstone Pass) I’m off at 5.30am on a beautiful morning accompanied by four fell f...

  Pooley Bridge Pooley Bridge - 7.50 am. The forecast strong winds and heavy rain overnight had not materialised into anything too bad, ...

  It was 3.45 on a beautiful morning as George drove me and Mike Wallis down to Pooley Bridge where Ivan Whigham and Mick Dobson were waiti...

  11.30pm on Saturday 21st June. Two JNLC contenders, Roger Smith and I, both of Lakeland Orienteering Club (LOC) and our respective suppor...

  It was only thanks to my training group that I survived the six months of preparation. But the Joss Naylor Challenge more than repaid tho...

  It was good to have a resting week, leading up to the big day, but I got so rested that, by Saturday, I was also getting nervous, thinkin...

  When I was 52 (14 th June 1996) I went for the challenge which had to be completed in 14 hours. It all seemed quite feasible having done...