NEWS: Rob Woodall Is First To Bag All 6000+ Trig Points

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Moley 16 Apr 2016
Congratulations to Rob Woodall, now completed all the trig points (over 6000).

Managed without falling over and putting in a compensation claim!


Editor 20/04/16: You can read all about it in our interview with him on UKHillwalking here: http://www.ukhillwalking.com/news/item.php?id=70404

 d_b 17 Apr 2016
In reply to Moley:

Quite an achievement. How long did that take?
Moley 17 Apr 2016
In reply to davidbeynon:

I know he's been ticking them off for years, along with every hill in the country that rises a few feet above sea level
Jim C 17 Apr 2016
In reply to Moley:

> I know he's been ticking them off for years, along with every hill in the country that rises a few feet above sea level

I live at sea level, and have a earth mound in my garden , as I never spotted Rob in my garden, should I give him a call
 bouldery bits 17 Apr 2016
In reply to Moley:

Jeez Rob. That's outrageous. Top effort!
 Dave Hewitt 17 Apr 2016
In reply to Moley:

Amazing achievement, as others have said. Impressive mix of big hills, middling hills and trigs in hedges etc. I was invited along to yesterday's finish on Benarty but couldn't manage; I asked Rob however what was his last "new" trig, given that he'd clearly been to Benarty before during his Marilyns round. He said that although Staffa or the Dutchman's Cap would be better answers, it was actually "a refound one near Redditch".
Moley 17 Apr 2016
In reply to Dave Hewitt:

He will have more time to spend looking for flush brackets now, I think there's a few thousand of them to go!
 Dave Hewitt 17 Apr 2016
In reply to Moley:

> He will have more time to spend looking for flush brackets now, I think there's a few thousand of them to go!

He's the keenest person I know (and I know a few), certainly in terms of linear bagging. Very impressive CV of stuff, and a nice bloke too.
Moley 17 Apr 2016
In reply to Dave Hewitt:

> He's the keenest person I know (and I know a few), certainly in terms of linear bagging. Very impressive CV of stuff, and a nice bloke too.

Totally agree, he stays with us as a "base" a couple of times a year whilst bagging whatever he's currently bagging in this part of Wales and he was a damn fine runner.
Removed User 17 Apr 2016
In reply to Moley:

Chuffin' Nora! That's some effort.
Moley 17 Apr 2016
In reply to Removed UserDeleted bagger:

I do wonder about those trig points that are on MOD land, might have been interesting and his running background may have come in useful
 Dave Hewitt 17 Apr 2016
In reply to Moley:

> I do wonder about those trig points that are on MOD land, might have been interesting and his running background may have come in useful

Funnily enough a friend (not Rob) and I once decided we'd like to visit the trig point that's inside the TA base in Dundee. We thought we'd better do it properly (to reduce the risk of getting arrested or shot), so we presented ourselves at the sentry box and tried to explain what we wanted. The bloke on duty seemed to semi-grasp what we were after, and knew what we meant by the trig point across in the corner of the yard - but it wasn't within his gift just to let us in, so he phoned his commanding officer. When he said "Sir, I've got two civilians at the gate" this amused us no end. In due course we were escorted 50 yards or so to the trig, and it was all very amicable.

Suspect Rob did something similar with that one, but the trig on a seriously fenced-in hillside above the Coulport MOD base might have required more furtive tactics:
http://trigpointing.uk/trig/4620
Moley 17 Apr 2016
In reply to Dave Hewitt:

When it comes to accessing unorthorised access parts of Britain, Rob has probably set a benchmark.
 Siward 18 Apr 2016
In reply to Moley:

I would start out emulating him but I understand that many trig points have now vanished? Oh well....
 d_b 18 Apr 2016
In reply to Siward:

One of the trig points in the black mountains was turned over a few of years ago, and appeared as a concrete mushroom last time I was up there. I have absolutely no idea how it was done or how many people it took, but I'm certain alcohol was involved.
 RHW 20 Apr 2016
In reply to Moley:

Hi Moley & Co, thanks for your kind comments! 13.5 years work, since you ask. Good piece on Grough too: http://www.grough.co.uk/magazine/2016/04/18/happy-birthday-to-the-trig-pill...

Thanks to Dan for the interview - he asks good questions.
 Fat Bumbly2 20 Apr 2016
In reply to RHW:

One of Rob's trips that I was on involved being escorted to the two trigs at Porton Down by Landy. He is very good at getting into places that are obviously difficult. Wondering how that one at Coulport went?
 lorettocourt 03 May 2016
In reply to RHW:

Well done mate - stumbled on this post by chance and just realised you must be the RHW on the Haroldstreet site - an awful lot of hills climbed!
 deepstar 03 May 2016
In reply to Moley:

Well done Rob! your effort has inspired me to try a much less onerous task of visiting the trig points in my home county of Somerset, the first difficulty seems to be knowing what the terminology describing them means, ie Bolt, Intersected Station, Buried Block, Pillar, Passive Stations. Some of the Intersected Stations seem to be church tower flagstaffs, would this mean I would have to get permission to climb the church towers?
Moley 05 May 2016
In reply to Moley:

Rob has just declared his 10,000th P30 summit (isle of Lewis) today.
Not exactly taking a rest from his endeavours!
 aln 05 May 2016
In reply to Moley:

> P30 summit

What's that?

Moley 05 May 2016
In reply to aln:

I think it's a hill of any size with a drop of 30m on all sides - so there's lots of them to bag and guess who is leading the table?
http://www.haroldstreet.org.uk/members/bagging-league.php?list=tumps
Lusk 05 May 2016
In reply to Moley:

Does he ever go home?!
 aln 05 May 2016
In reply to Moley:

Thanks for that. He's a busy guy!
Moley 19 Jun 2016
In reply to Moley:

Apparently has now just completed the "Haswells"? A list of islands around Britain.....I think, anyone know anything about them?
Must have involved a lot of boat trips and scrambling up lumps of obscure rock!
 inboard 20 Jun 2016
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I imagine the 'Haswells' will refer to the islands covered by Hamish Haswell-Smith's book 'The Scottish islands: A comprehensive guide to every Scottish island'. HHS does define what he considers to be an island worth discussing. Although I can't remember exactly what that definition is, I do seem to recall that it excludes Skye because of the bridge, as well as some of the smaller lumps of rock.

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