For a few hours three weeks ago I’d completed the Far Eastern Fells. Then I hadn’t, missing the summit of Sour Howes. Today was a revenge mission, a walk with Tracy to bag Sour Howes and reclaim the completed badge. On a sunny August Bank Holiday Monday we had a […]
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Today I’m hoping to be a teenager again. If it doesn’t go to plan I’ll be 21. I’m not really getting any younger but the number of Wainwrights left to bag is decreasing. Five new ones today (hopefully seven if the weather is OK). I’ve asked John to come along […]
Adrian is moonlighting as a bricklayers mate and hasn’t been out running as much as he would like. His extension is allegedly coming along nicely though. I decide to show him Styhead and a nice climb to Scafell Pike with three new Wainwrights in it. If we can get round […]
A July weekend in Ulverston with a disappointing weather forecast left me with a conundrum. Try a long run in the rain and clag and risk getting lost or choose shorter options with guaranteed success. With 9 months left in this challenge I chose certainty over adventure. Coniston Fells Saturday […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Apologies to any Warrington Town or Hyde United fans reading this post but the title is misleading. Run and football 7 Jon’s Paddy Buckley would be a more effective heading for this one. Jon is aiming to complete the four big UK 24 mountain rounds which would drop him into […]