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From New year in Hawes
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From Four Lakeland Passes
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From A great day not to get out of bed for!
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From 18 miles running on iced peat
Category: Fell Running
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
This weekend was the Rab MM. I decided that I didn’t fancy chasing Richard around the fells, so I opted for an LDWA event called the Four Lakeland Passes. The route started from Borrowdale and went over Styhead Pass, Black Sail Pass, Scarth Gap Pass and Honister Pass visiting Borrowdale, Wasdale, Ennerdale and Buttermere. It …
Someone from Staveley once told me that there was no point going abroad in May, as it was the best time to climb in the Lakes. Well, that was a few years ago, and climate change has since been introduced by the government.
With the Fairfield Horseshoe Race next Saturday, Anna and I decided that it would be a good day to recce the route.
Being a glutton for punishment, Anna decided that today she would enter the Coniston Fell race
This time it was my turn to do the High Peak Marathon, and what a great adventure it was! Drama, subterfuge, danger, camaraderie, ...
This time last year we went for a run across Bleaklow. This Sunday we were back! Same route, same people, less snow, more wind.
I ran this race yesterday – one of the first of the year.
