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From When guidebooks go bad...
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From The Wild Blue of Sardinia
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From Welsh 3000s and Remembering an old Friend
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From A Chamonix Painting Expedition
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From 2014 Rab Mountain Marathon
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From Summer in Les Contamines ... week 1
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From New year in Hawes
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From Rab Mountain Marathon 2013
Category: Running
Running! How else can it be described?
On the advice of Riky at the Lemon House, and with the weather looking better, I chose an adventurous trip featuring a spectacular gorge, some interesting shepherd's paths, and a circumnavigation of a small mountain range. Eventually, I did all those things, but it didn't look likely for much of the day.
A fantastic trail run through the limestone coast of Sardinia.
My old friend Graeme, who helped inspire my love of the mountains, died this week. I did the Welsh 3000s Challenge in his memory.
Time to Work Last week Ian and I went to the French Alps to get a load of apartment maintenance work done. The lounge area got a complete floor-to-ceiling paint job (there was a nasty crack in the ceiling to repair too), and Ian’s kitchen area got a new worktop… Here’s a shot of the …
A challenging weekend of running in a rarely-visited bit of the lakes (and a picture from last year's race)...
The first week of our holiday in Les Contamines
We spent the week after Christmas in Hawes, North Yorkshire with Tony and Catherine, our friends who are both runners and orienteers. Day 1 The holiday started with a 7.5 mile walk into Widdale from our cottage in Hawes. After a short time on footpaths we were beating our way through moorland tussocks to get …
This weekend was scheduled to be the Buttermere Shepherds Meet and Show. Disappointingly, due to an over zealous poor forecast which was wildly inaccurate, the show was cancelled
Two days of running in glorious sunshine in the Lakes...
