I went for a walk in our local woods this morning. The cold, crisp air that carried us through a somewhat alpine-like Christmas and New Year has been washed back by Storm Christoph. Clear skies and hard ground has given way to a grey blanket and mud. As the rain beaded down from the canopyContinue reading “Living Free”
Tag Archives: Running
Running the West Highland Way
You’ll take the high road – but for once I took the low on a run along the West Highland Way
More than a race: Devil’s Burdens 2020
Mud, tents, colourful vests, a field and a hubbub of noise. You’d be forgiven for thinking it was a music festival.
Starting 2020 with a bang – and a bump
2020 kicked off with a race around Scout Scar near Kendal. I left with more than sore legs.
Meall a’ Bhuachaille Race 2019
Meall a’ Bhuachaille – 1:15.10
Stairway to Heaven – Ring of Steall 2019
The wind on my face, the sun on my neck – I wanted to lie down and crack open a cold beer right there and then.
Between control and chaos – Ben Nevis 2019
In some ways, I wonder if that is what caused Eddie Campbell and his rebels to report the fine weather on that wild day in 1980: a fire that has blazed for 123 years.
The giant’s playground
In the Cairngorms, “one does not look upward to spectacular peaks but downward from peaks to spectacular chasms”
Of rounds and Lakeland fells
The glory is in the doing, they say, but sometimes the end is just as sweet.
Skye highs – The Trotternish Ridge Race
After 32km, 2100m, four hours and 26 minutes in the rain and wind – how good was that? Incredible.
Ross Runs Wild 