You head off in a SE direction to cross Crabdale Beck and up the other side next to the wire fence which unfortunately often has a barbed wire top line. You now do a loop of the moor heading off in a NE direction and gradually turning to [CP1] at 471994 which is found as you reach the Drover’s Road also known as High Lane Track.
Here you head due south to pass ‘Solomon’s Temple,’ [CP2] and reach ‘Chequers.’475971. You can cut the corner a bit just before Chequers to reach the gate at 474969.
From here you descend into Oakdale to 469963 [CP3] then head in a general easterly direction north of Oakdale reservoir. At the end of the reservoir, cross the beck in a SE. direction following the footpath through the wood. After only 100M. follow a SE route some 30metres to the east of the beck, until you reach the gate at 479955. Follow the footpath known as Hambleton Street until you have ascended a fairly steep section and are almost opposite the cairn at spot height 399M. At 479946 change direction and head due east to the Cairn. You are now at the top of Black Hambleton 481955 [CP4].
You should return to the road at 479959.[CP5]. Once here the road is out of bounds and you should take the footpath towards Jenny Brewster’s Spring, at a point some 100M. before the spring you will need to head North so that you can cross Jenny Brewster’s Gill on a footbridge at 477963. [CP6]. Now ascend the ravine up towards ‘Middlesbrough,’ once at the top of the climb you need to run on the path that heads along the wall side in a NW direction.
You will now retrace your steps from earlier in the race for about one kilometre, past Chequers, Solomon’s Temple and onto High Lane/Green Track. At 473981 you need to turn NW through a wooden gate and descend to Green Lane at 468982. Here you need to follow Green Lane in a Northerly to NNE. Direction for 800M until you reach a ladder style over the wall, leading to lower Pamperdale Moor. Once over this style you need to head NW for about 300M. where you will find the Start/Finish area.
Ossy Oiks (short bad weather route)
The normal race
route will be followed through Chequers and down to Oakdale. Once runners
reach the end of the top reservoir at
Ref. 474961 they should not continue to cross the bottom of Jenny
Brewster’s Gill via the footbridge but bear left to ascend on the West
side of the gill, towards the top of the gill, just below the road. On
leaving the reservoir there is a path that goes through some gorse and
then through a drystone wall. Once through the wall run just above this
for about 100M. At this point you will have to ascend in a NE direction
following the top of the ravine up to a large holly tree that is sited
above the footbridge that you would use on the full route. Once here turn
at 90 degrees and climb up towards 'Middlesbrough'. Once you reach the top
of the climb follow the line of the drystone wall that leads back to
Chequers. (The road is still out of bounds until you reach Chequers.) The
rest of the route is as previously described.