Dockray-Hartside Fell race

Another brute in the fell racing calendar is the low-key race at Dockray-Hartside. Rarely attracting more than 50 runners, a lack of paths, difficult navigation and mind-sapping conditions underfoot mean this is not for the frivolous fell runner. My regular partner in fell running crimes, Penny, had to drop out, so me and a lot of wiry, fit and serious people shuffled to the start. It wasn't the most enjoyable of races- far too serious for that. I was on my own for most of the critical navigational parts of the course, which made it quite hard mentally.