Cockup
Location & Terrain
Competition
Long 4.8km 260m climb
Short 2.7km 140m climb
Red(Trail) 4.0km 160m climb
Easy(Spark) 2.2km 120m climb. The easy course has a taped route between two controls down a steep rough slope.
Starts and Finish:
- The start is 1.2km from parking with 100m of climb.
- The finish is 700m from the parking.
- The walk to the start passes the finish.
Important Safety Notes:
- You must come and register before starting your run and you must return to registration to download even if you retire from your course.
- If you travelled to the event alone, you must state this at registration or leave your car keys.
- The area is high and exposed. Please come prepared for bad weather and carry a whistle.
Online entry for all courses on Racesignup HERE
Entry on the day is available for the Easy(Spark) and Red(Trail) courses ONLY.
Dibbers will be available to use on the night.
Practical Info
Horsemoor Hills Farm:
Parking will be on hard standing and fields at Horsemoor Hills Farm.
£2 per vehicle, which the farmer will donate to Air Ambulance. There will be a pot at registration.
Grid Reference: NY252333
Googlemaps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Gk5ZvxjwtWCFdVd17
Post Code: CA7 1HL
W3W: /// monument.stall.imitate
Map Note the green stripe screen is used to show runnability not vegetation type.
- Undergrowth: Slow Running is bracken between approximately knee height and waist height.
- Undergrowth: Walk is bracken above waist height.
- If the bracken is below approximately knee height it is not shown on the map as a green stripe.
- There is an area on the map shown as Undergrowth: Slow Running, which the Long course goes near which is deep heather.
Undergrowth: Slow Running
Undergrowth: Walk
According to ChatGPT
The name is much older than the modern slang meaning of "cock-up." It is thought to derive from Old English place-name elements referring to a valley associated with wild birds, rather than a mistake or blunder.