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[zarkoff]

hi there i wondering how far the scott accualy runs , they say it is about 80 miles but if you get a map out i just wonder how you get that many miles out of that part of yorkshire .

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zarkoff, on Oct 23 2008, 07:19 PM, said:

hi there i wondering how far the scott accualy runs , they say it is about 80 miles but if you get a map out i just wonder how you get that many miles out of that part of yorkshire .

Last Saturday was listed as 83.6 miles, (Perce can maybe correct us) once you put a few twists and turns in on some of the moors 80 miles is straightforward. Mind you the looks on some of the faces as they crossed the finish on Saturday.. maybe it was more

Another thing that struck me about it and highlights the speed and intensity needed to complete the trial is the attrition rate. Only 60 finishers from a just under 200 start list, that's a pretty horrific 70%. Most of these riders are strong, fit, good club/Centre riders to World Champions (sorry Doug). Your respect for an event like this and the people with the courage to try just increases once you see it. I always reckoned the Scottish was the toughest event on the calander, I'm reconsidering that.

[PERCE]

Last year ran at 85.5 miles, the Motorclub have a Gps system which I usually give to a rider that I'm fairly certain that will finish. Sorry but I don't know what the mileage is for 2008 as the Gps failed to work, it can be a bit flakey dependent on how it is carried. When I did the pre event route by hand altering last years route to the course alterations that had been planned, the estimate was 83.5 miles. The course is shorter now than it has been, some of the runnings have approached 90 miles. It's not bad considering the event is never more than 20 miles as the crow flys from the start field.

[zarkoff]

PERCE, on Oct 23 2008, 08:37 PM, said:

Last year ran at 85.5 miles, the Motorclub have a Gps system which I usually give to a rider that I'm fairly certain that will finish. Sorry but I don't know what the mileage is for 2008 as the Gps failed to work, it can be a bit flakey dependent on how it is carried. When I did the pre event route by hand altering last years route to the course alterations that had been planned, the estimate was 83.5 miles. The course is shorter now than it has been, some of the runnings have approached 90 miles. It's not bad considering the event is never more than 20 miles as the crow flys from the start field.

yes as you say there must be alot of twist's in it as you say it's no more than 20 miles from the start but as we know riding across the fells is a lot harder than roads, cherers anyway.

[Nigel Dabster]

As the crow flies, my ar$e.(Said in a royle accent)

Seriously though apart from the twist and turns the ups and downs must add a fair bit aswell, don't suppose the gps gets that does it?

Bl00dy great day though and I'm beginning to know where it goes now.
Beginning.

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[PERCE]

Nigel Dabster, on Oct 23 2008, 10:20 PM, said:

As the crow flies, my ar$e.(Said in a royle accent)

It is approx 20 miles from Gunnerside Ghyll to the start field. I suppose the crow that you used had the same sense of direction as you.

Edited by PERCE, 24 October 2008 - 02:51 PM.

[Doogle]

I went to watch the Scott for the first time this year. I have been in or around trials for a long time now, and have ridden in that part of the country a fair bit.

I have had a crack at the Reeth 3 day and various other trials up there, and had an image of what the Scott must be like. Maybe an eased version of the 3 day sections to take into the fact that it's a T&O. How wrong could I be! I was amazed by the severity of the sections. The trial is simply awesome, and as far as I am concerned anyone who attempts it gets my respect. Although it's obviously a lot shorter than the Scottish, so you can't really compare the two the intensity of the riding must make it tougher. I don't think that I can complete either of them, but if I had to go for one I think I had more chance of finishing I would go for Scotland. Maybe someone who has ridden both will comment.

Congratulations to the club aswell. Organising it must be a mammoth task. There can't be many other clubs that host so many brilliant trials each year.

[Hillary]

I've ridden four Scotts and four Scottishs.

I've finished four Scottishs but retired from four Scotts!

It's the ONLY event that has beaten me - and that includes an ISDE and World Championship enduro

[Montman]

I have heard very experienced riders say that the 6 days is a 'Stroll in the park' compared with the Scott.

[Andy]

It was described to me last weekend by a first time spectator as "The SSDT on steroids"

[Cota Kid]

I wonder what gave Grimbo the greatest satisfaction and which was the harder event. The Scott or the Red Bull Romaniacs?