The Nine Edges Endurance - Race Day

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 [...]

Consider Yourself At Home

“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 [...]

Like a Rolling Stone

Bleak moorland scenery where a frisky philosopher once roamed.

The Voice Of Cheese

A run from Hartington, once the home of Stilton but no longer. Click on the title above to see the full article….

Wellington v Nelson

A fine run over the edges, and a showdown between two historical greats. Click on the title above to see the full article….

It Was Acceptable in the Eighties

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….

Weasels Ripped My Flesh

A run through the nettles with Frank Zappa. Click on the title above to see the full article….

Gimme Shelter

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….

Seized with Appalling Apprehensions

Gripped by a fear of heights, aliens and hen races. Click on the title above to see the full article….

Four Beheadings and a Volcano

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….