Whinberry Naze festive fell race 2023 – The Boxing Day Fun! 🥳🤪

Whinberry Naze festive fell race 2023, 26 December 2023 (Tuesday), 3.5 miles long with approximately 850 ft elevation.

Organised by Rossendale Harriers. Starts from Rawtenstall and goes up Cowpe Lowe Hill (440 m).

Very fancy dress run

Strava route:
https://strava.app.link/JESecmKORFb

Time Chapters:
0:00 – Welcome to the Jungle
0:05 – Introducing the race
0:41 – pre-introduction of some runners
0:59 – our impression of the race
1:39 – the highlights of the video
2:46 – meet the runners in their fancy dress costumes at the registration
4:11 – the runners in fancy dress costumes at the start
4:22 – the McDonald’s guy
4:29 – other runners near “The Christmas Dinner”
4:49 – Elf and the Scooby Doo
5:02 – The Minion and others
5:11 – a bit of Pamela Anderson
5:27 – Bob the Builder
5:25 – Massive Turkey and Andy Holden
5:38 – Pamela Anderson
5:53 – More Costumes – the Christmas Dinner, Shrek and Fiona
6:18 – The Voodoo family of three
6:30 – Irish John from Trawden
6:35 – real Antonio the legend meets fake Antonio
6:53 – pictures with me and other runners before the start
7:01 – the winners of the race
7:22 – ready to set off
7:31 – the start – with all the runners around
8:21 – Bill Beckett
8:31 – The Butcher, Mario, the Mexican and Co
9:09 – Shrek and Rochdale guy
9:29 – The McDonald’s guy
9:39 – Christmas Tree lady, Walley lady, Crocodile, Irish John from Trawden, SpongeBob
10:15 – Pigs in Blankets
10:30 – Clayton-le-Moors guy in a dress
10:35 – Andy Holden, Fiona, Shrek and the others
11:01 – Graham from Chorley, the Shepard and his sheep
11:15 – the Christmas Pudding lady
11:20 – some photos by Andy Firth of me and some runners ahead of me
11:36 – carrying on the ascent from the Christmas Pudding
11:53 – the Three Cairns (stone pillars) and Jan Czugalinski
12:12 – Princess Leia, Lady Elf, the Carrot and the sheep
13:03 – approaching the steep climb
13:08 – the beautiful horses
13:48 – carrying on approaching the steep hill
14:01 – Andy Holden’s costume malfunction
14:25 – up the hill on all fours – Graham
14:35 – up the hill on all fours – the Shepherd and his Flock
15:35 – meeting the Highlander
15:54 – the Highlander is actually part of Guns N’ Roses
16:22 – the Crackers and the Beer Bottle climbing up the steep hill
16:50 – Axl and Slash are approaching the top with Andy Holden and the Crackers
17:19 – Axl and Slash at the top of Cowpe Lowe Hill and their little musical performance
18:23 – down from the top
18:28 – running down with Axl and Slash, the Sprout, the Cracker and the Beer Bottle
19:09 – Sarah the Sprout behind me, we are nearly there
20:01 – Andy Holden is catching up with his costume mended
20:08 – my finish
21:00 – Grant the winner 🏆 at the finish
21:19 – the Crackers and the Beer Bottle are finishing the race