In reply to Fredt:
> Surely Parkin Clough doesn’t figure in either the Hope or Edale start? Why include it at all?
I did the Edale horseshoe with my son a couple of summer ago. Scorching hot weather - for some reason we started/finished at Yorkshire Bridge. The start/finish via Parkin Clough sticks in my memory as much as going over Brown Knoll in blizzard conditions in the race* a few years earlier. Both made for a memorable outing, which I guess is as good a reason as any.
* If only for the realisation that so many runners seemed to think that you don't need to be able to navigate competently in a fell-race!
Post edited at 17:50