When I was a boy Saint and Greavsie had Tranmere Rovers as their Friday Night Favorites and frequently played their match highlights. In an era when match highlights weren’t available instantly this was a novel approach by the Prenton Park club which got them more publicity. Fast forward 30 years […]
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Saturday 1st July has been marked in my calendar for a few months now. A weekend away in the Highlands helping Ewan complete the Charlie Ramsay Round. An injury sustained last week meant I was unable to travel. The attempt was eventually rescheduled due to a forecast of rain, snow […]
Flaming June transitioned into just right June over the last week and we are back in the lakes for another Bob Graham support. I’m back on leg 3 with the twist that this time it is anti-clockwise. James has been training hard for six months and should have a good […]
We all fail. Failure and disappointment are a fact of life. Whatever your goal it doesn’t always go your way however much you want it to, I’ve not played football 100 times for England, ran a sub 3 hour marathon or for a more recent example failed to stop the […]
I first met Tricia on 30th January 2019. The weather was cold with snow more than a half metre deep in places slowing our progress up Clough Head, Great Dodd and Watson Dodd before we turned around retracing our steps. It was a memorable day when we saw more skiers […]
Scott had been looking forward to a day on the fells, escaping from Stanley and enjoying somewhere new to run. Adrian was hoping to tick off a few more hills. Neither made it to the start line through illness so I’m on my own. Adrian wanted to do Kentmere so […]
As a republican I usually avoid anything to do with the Royal Family but on this occasion we are making the most of the additional Bank Holiday with a run and football double header. With the number of available games rapidly decreasing ticking off new grounds in 2022-23 is becoming […]
Fifty Wainwrights to go and fifty one weekends to bag them before my next birthday. Sounds easy but lets find out how difficult it is. In some places I’ve got a loop I can do to bag new tops in other places it is a pair or an single outlying […]
Another run up the coast and a match which is potentially very significant for Blyth. After our fun in the sun at Whitley Bay a couple of weeks ago we move up the coast to see the uniquely named Blyth Spartans the most northerly outpost of the National League North. […]
In 2021 I decided to climb 45 new Wainwrights for my 45th year. This idea came from completing a round of 43@43 (Bob Graham Round with addition of Skiddaw Little Man) in 2019. After completing this task the next year became 46 @ 46. Progress has been steady throughout the […]