Borrowdale

22 Oct 2018
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Vests in the breeze

Sticky Post By On October 22, 2018 With 3 Comments
DPFR avec P&B forming a lovely sandwich with an Ilkley filling
A recent post on my Instagram feed got me thinking (I am, shamelessly, my own best muse at times) about the importance that I seem to place on ‘belonging’. The more I’ve thought of it, the more it seems to…
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26 Feb 2018
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Who scared off the Beasts?!?

Sticky Post By On February 26, 2018 With No Comments
Treat yourself to a rarity here for I have ‘done my research’. Well, some anyway. It’s patchy at best if I’m honest and consists of reading a book and half-heartedly glancing at spurious headlines from potentially unqualified sources. But. It’s…
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21 Dec 2017
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Racing: Styles, Secrets and Tips

Sticky Post By On December 21, 2017 With No Comments
Racing is a dark art. Fell racing the most noir. Arguably the cauldron of art and science. Monet, after all, did not mix his own paint. What does that mean? No-one knows. Mystery. Conjecture, from which all good debates must…
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18 Oct 2017
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Seal Cub Clubbing Club

Sticky Post By On October 18, 2017 With 2 Comments
Who's who......fellrunners are a stylish lot.
What’s with all these clubs huh?! What even is a club?? Fell-running’s got its fair share right? What are they? Where are they? And are they any good? Who’s the best? Who’s the worst? Who even cares?!………….me. I do. So,…
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18 Jul 2017
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‘Ard

Sticky Post By On July 18, 2017 With No Comments
Well that was shit. Had a meeting, no coffee, with the Man with the Hammer. Disaster – noun – a calamitous event, especially one occurring suddenly and causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship…. Sums up my day fairly…
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09 Jan 2015
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Fellrunning: A Punter’s Guide No. 4 – Carnethy 5

Sticky Post By On January 9, 2015 With No Comments
No getting in Fin's way!
Right, you’ve read the shite about the relays but that’s not gonna be a flash in the pan. Oh no. There’s going to be a heck of a lot to get through this year, it’s only January after all and…
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07 Nov 2014
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Fellrunning: A Punter’s Guide No. 2 – The Bob Graham Round

Sticky Post By On November 7, 2014 With 6 Comments
No, that's not Lingmoor behind him....
I was reminded today, whilst Instagram stalking a certain Mr. Rickey Gates, an American man – or ‘Ameriman’ if you will – of the Bob Graham Round (BGR in hip parlance) and, more specifically, Billy Bland’s frankly ridiculous record. I…
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14 Oct 2014
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Fellrunning: A Punter’s Guide No. 1 – Langdale Horseshoe

Sticky Post By On October 14, 2014 With No Comments
Ambleside's finest...him wit crazy name
The first in a new series of posts where I look at various races around the fell running calendar, make up spurious and illogical data, which I then present as historical fact, in order to support outlandish conclusions and finally…
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24 Apr 2014
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What’s in a club?

Sticky Post By On April 24, 2014 With 4 Comments
Who knows? And frankly who gives a f@*k? Turns out I do at the moment. So I’m a bit of a romantic at heart (bit gay but go with it) and like the idea of staying with one club throughout…
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