September 26th, 2009
For people who just want the facts and none of what Paul calls my “poetic crap” (i.e. sentences), I finished the Nine Edges today, in about 3hrs 54 minutes. Which is just under my target of four hours.
Here’s the rest, for those of you gifted with textual endurance. It was perfect weather with blue skies [...]
August 20th, 2009
“The overlookers allowed their thumb and fore-finger nails to grow to an extreme length, in order that when they pinched ears, they might make their nails meet.”
Pinching through the flesh of children’s ears was just one of the practices at Litton Mill in the early eighteen hundreds. The children working in this cotton mill were [...]
July 17th, 2009
Bleak moorland scenery where a frisky philosopher once roamed.
July 3rd, 2009
A run from Hartington, once the home of Stilton but no longer. Click on the title above to see the full article….
June 19th, 2009
A fine run over the edges, and a showdown between two historical greats. Click on the title above to see the full article….
June 12th, 2009
A six mile run starting from the Snake Pass; a road with a long history of crashes, including mine. Click on the title above to see the full article….
May 15th, 2009
A run through the nettles with Frank Zappa. Click on the title above to see the full article….
May 8th, 2009
A run in the rain along Stanage Edge and past Redmires Reservoir, an area with a connection to World War One. Click on the title above to see the full article….
May 1st, 2009
Gripped by a fear of heights, aliens and hen races. Click on the title above to see the full article….
April 17th, 2009
An eight mile run, barely setting foot on tarmac, through undulating fields in an area with a history of revolution. Click on the title above to see the full article….