Richard Hanley, Andrew Phillips and Mark Smith were our fell runners and Fiona Barras, Kerry Swindon and I were the swimmers. The Frog Graham is a running / walking / swimming event around The North Lakes, it covers 60km including 3,350m or so of swimming, 4,714m of ascent and the idea is that the person doing it is self supported (i.e. The Frog Graham is the ultimate swim run challenge involving 40 miles of fell running and around 6k of open water swimming across the fells and lakes of the beautiful, and for this weekend only, hot and sunny Lake District. The swimmers were fantastically supported by canoe and motorboat by John from Platty Plus on Derwentwater. Horrocks Farm Market. We had loads of fun and did 6.72k of fantastic lake swimming. Andrew Phillips joined the fell running team at leg 3. A Bob Graham attempt? The basic ethos of the Frog Graham Round is one of self-support on the fells and in the water, but it's up to YOU to decide how you are going to do it. Mark and Richard set off on their run over Skiddaw and a couple of other fells at 4am. Unfortunately part way through this leg Mark’s knee popped and he had to hobble down to Buttermere. Bassenthwaite was quiet and relatively warm (compared to the North Sea) so we had a lovely swim with of course the odd Lakestand (hand stand in a lake) and many photos and selfies (all credit to Kerry and her underwater camera)! Fiona, Kerry and I had an hour’s shut eye before heading over to Bassenthwaite to meet the runners and Platty Plus in time to start swim one at 6.30 am. We tagged them in and off they trotted onto leg 2. Alison Smith has provided an excellent report on the recent Poly ‘Frog Graham’ round. The challenge is divided into 4 fell runs and 4 swims over Bassenthwaite, Crummock Water, Buttermere and Derwentwater. Family owned and operated local business. It was great to have so much Poly support from the roadside too – thank you all, it was great to see you all! Mark met us after the final swim and we went to Keswick to join in the celebrations with Danny J Richardson and co. Danny has just completed the Bob Graham Round in an amazing 21 hours and 11 minutes. This time we were attempting a Frog Graham Relay. In summary we will be back to conquer the Frog! Respect to the Froggers who were attempting the whole challenge in hot conditions this weekend. Fill your teapot up with tea, and read on. Offering fresh produce, gourmet coffee, candy, beer, wine & a full nursery and floral department. This is just over 40 miles of fell running and lake swimming starting and finishing at the Moot Hall in Keswick. NSP is an Amateur Athletics Club specialising in Track and Field, Road and Cross Country. Well done Danny! Another Poly post race night out? As the UK Goverment slowly eases lockdown measures the Frog Graham Round Club has been taking advice from various authorities and as of 4th July 2020 we will be able to resume ratification of Frog Graham attempts subject to certain conditions. carrying their own gear). Of course this includes much parking around, lakestands, selfies, mermaid underwater swimming and of course some ‘very fast swimmming’ – a real comment from a passing tourist!! Photos courtesy of Kerry Swindon. Somehow or other we ended up with the Frog Graham being this year's charity fund raising event. It's in roughly 4 sections and is incredibly challenging; Stage 1: … August Bank Holiday Saturday at 3.45 am. Undeterred we swimmers carried on and enjoyed 2 wonderful swims across Buttermere and lastly Derwentwater, where we ran across the islands and emerged from the mangroves in a swallows and Amazons style. North Shields Polytechnic Club (NSP) was founded in 1903 as a walking club and reconstructed 1908. Mark did brilliantly, completing 31 miles of fell running and 11000 feet of climbing, just a couple of months after finishing his 268 mile Pennine Way Ultra. But what’s this Frog Graham business, you ask? As an example, some people prefer company with them on the fells, some like the assurance of a canoe/boat leading them in the water. As we were doing a relay due to logistics we had to swim there and back across Crummock water. Mark and Richard were waiting for us on the shore of Bassenthwaite. And so the run swim fun continued over Lords Seat, Grizedale Pike, Earl Crag and some more lovely mountains and we had a beautiful, sunny swim over Crummock Water and back. The Frog Graham is the ultimate swim run challenge involving 40 miles of fell running and around 6k of open water swimming across the fells and lakes of the beautiful, and for … Since I completed the Frog Graham Round there have been over 30 further individuals who have successfully completed it and in retrospect I realise that I could have saved a lot of time on the day with a few minor tweaks to my planning, however the round … Q: Do I … An intrepid and adventurous group of Poly peeps meet at the Moot Hall in Keswick. Thank you to Kerry and Fiona for being brilliant swimming buddies and to all of the fell runners especially Richard and Andrew.

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