Paddy's Pole fell race 2024 - Parlick, Fairsnape Fell - Forest of Bowland

Paddy's Pole fell race 2024, organised by Preston Harriers with me as the race director

3.7 miles long, 1100 ft elevation, goes up Fairsnape Fell (aka Paddy's Pole) and Parlick Hill on the way back. AS category race. Starts from Chipping Fellfoot, Bowland fells, Lancashire.

Tuesday evening, 4 June 2024 (7:15 pm start)

Time Chapters: (work in progress)
0:00 - in this video
0:45 - introduction
1:01 - Chipping village
2:07 - Chipping Fell Foot and Paddy's Pole
2:31 - about the race
4:08 - at the bottom of the hill - at the race registration, meet the runners and the marshalls
9:11 - counting the runners before the start of the race
9:39 - the start of the race
10:12 - organisers and supporters near the finish while the runners are running including 88 heated George Arnold and the knitting lady (supporting Jude from Bowland)
12:48 - showing where the runners were running straight after the initial steep ascent and the views onto the fells on their right
13:19 - runners at the first marshalling point (gate) - filmed on my husband's phone
16:26 - explaining why the Forest of Bowland is a "forest"
17:21 - Paddy's Pole (510 m) aka Fairsnape Fell
18:14 - in anticipation of the first runners down
18:28 - the runners on the last descent
28:56 - 10 year old Author Shaw on the guitar (IAM Shaw's son)
29:44 - at the finish
30:51 - Arthur on the guitar 2
31:21 - more runners who were not featured before
32:44 - race aftermaths
33:44 - Arthur and the guitar 3