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Yes, I do need to retrieve Voices from the Hills from my pile of "books that I am going to read some time in the near future".

12.27 miles, 2,304 feet, 3 hours 20 minutes: Rothay Bridge - Stagshaw Gardens - High Skelghyll - Low Wood - Mirk Lane - Wain Lane - Fell Lane - High...

Yes I recall in the cloud one year it happened to the leaders. The opposite problem is dropping into the valley where it's heavy going. Take a due...

That went better than I thought, especially after getting the number 13 at registration. How some races seem further than you remember them, this...

There is a lot about her, including a long interview, in Steve Chilton's excellent and, in my view, important book on the pioneer women fell runners:...

So, with my Light Blue Darwin fitted with flat bars and mini cow horns, a Brooks saddle and 29x2 tyres, do I count as a born again cyclist? It's not...

Tricky clothing day today, wet but warm. Take a cag and be hot, or no cag and risk getting wet and chilled.

Press-ups (on toes) with hoops, both arms, 10 sets to failure, no specific rest period, session took 35 minutes: 9 - 10 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 6 - 6 -...

10.01 miles, 2,912 feet, 3 hours 9 minutes: Ambleside - Rydal Park - Low Sweden Bridge - rock step - High Sweden Bridge - Scandale - Red Screes -...

12.5 miles, 3,577 feet, 4 hours 4 minutes: Fairfield Horseshoe clockwise from/to Ambleside. Sunshine and blue sky, a couple of tiny clouds, hazy in...

Remember to go the right way at RWB, its very easy to head off too far left on the way down.

It was as horrible as ever, but I wasn't last. Some lad broke the record in under 7 minutes!

Thanks Mr B Had a crack at the Lowther trail race on August 11th and felt steady, 2hr 36m, this was 5 mins faster than my 2022 time. Although...

10.59 miles, 3,044 feet, 3 hours 35 minutes: Ambleside to the top of Scandale and back, ascending via Low Sweden Bridge, the rock step, and High...

10.19 miles, 2,957 feet, 3 hours 28 minutes: Loughrigg trails, including down the race route from the top to the road at High Close, down through...

Pressups - with relatively fresh arms - using the handles/rings/hoops - 5 sets to failure; rest - until I felt I'd recovered. 13 - 11 - 8 - 8 - 7....

11.78 miles, 2,730 feet, 3 hours 17 minutes: Rothay Bridge - Roman Ruins - Borrans Park - Stagshaw Gardens - High Skelghyll - Skelghyll Lane - Mirk...

It was indeed a black top - but still of Italian manufacture - and, of the six I wear, my choice when I am venturing forth incognito. After all,...

Long way for you to travel for around 10 minutes agony.

A mixture today. 2 sets of 20 archer press-ups, alternating sides. 10 sets of one armed chest to floor knee press-ups, alternating sides,...

10.21 miles, 2,006 feet, 3 hours 1 minute: Loughrigg trails, ascending/descending via Fishgarths Wood, Todd Crag and Lily Tarn, and doing a loop of...

50m recovery ride up to the craven arms and back on sunday. I took the Alan, which in its anodised gold aluminium splendour, turned the odd head. A...

I marked this race down as a potential for 2024, due to the uphill nature. Sadly, decided it was too close to my race abroad.... maybe next year!

The last time I saw Mr Breeze was at the Incline. Will he appear next Wednesday?

Not The Horsforth Hero?

Well I was pootling along through Bolton Abbey on a 40 mile ride to Kettlewell when a tall, slim blonde vision appeared powering towards me in a...

10.01 miles, 2,931 feet, 3 hours 4 minutes: Wansfell Pike from 2 sides, including up via Blue Hill Road/Lane and the race route steps, down to the...

Perfect conditions for the Longshaw race yesterday: temperature just right, no rain, good visibility. And, of the many Category BS races in the Peak...

Nice one MrB.... I did think 45mins was a bit of an under-estimation of your abilities.