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9.82 miles, 2,844 feet, 2 hours 45 minutes: Loughrigg trails. Overcast and misty, visibility down to about a quarter of a mile. Constant light...

How long do you blanche them for? Whenever I've frozen parsnips they have gone mushy when boiled.

Mine have been a bit hit and miss this year. Some massive, some small. I lifted the last bucket load last week before the ground froze again. It was...

I've no reason to doubt my wrist based heart rate. Seems accurate enough for my needs and don't need any additional kit. The only time I have noticed...

I'm not sure on exact leg times, but i managed to keep up (and even gain) on some of the lead guys, who included a couple of the better fellrunners...

I'm surprised you were the only one who went up and over Travs as it looks the obvious choice to me. Unless,of course, one would be certain of a...

Huge example of this came on the first South Wales Mountain trial... a leg of 2-3 miles across to the other side of Fan Fawr. Everyone except for...

Most people i've spoken to are of the opinion that the chest-strap for Heart Rate provides much more accurate and useful results. I can't comment,...

Still pleased with my Garmin instinct. Ticks all your boxes I think. Battery life is about a week in normal use. Recording activities will degrade...

I'm reviving this thread as I'm beginning to look for a new watch and wondering if anyone has recent thoughts and ideas. I've not bought one for...

Ooops!:)

Tut tut G, riding your mtb on footpaths.

OK, I've sent you my article with all the analysis. Indeed: in my published work, I have been careful to acknowledge that there are many...

I don't dissent from my esteemed forumites. I would get an adventure/gravel bike and you can fine tune the tyres. A dealer might let you trade what...

He might be on to something that fella.

You are spot on Marco. The only thing I would add Fellbeast is that a gravel/adventure bike is great off road if that off road is relatively smooth....

Yes, I think you're right. A road bike probably wouldn't take the width of tyre you're likely to need. It's worth saying that if you bought an...

Call My Agent is truly wonderful if you love French cinema - so in the birth scene in Series 3 the music is Georges Delerue's Grand Choral from...

I think there's more to it than maths, especially on a long run or MM. Over or round is the classic problem. I tell people on FRA nav courses it...

Sparing Anthony's blushes may I point out to others that The "Critical Gradient" Should we go straight up hills or zig zag? is in the Autumn 2010...

Yes please Anthony that'd be interesting. my email address is watchcave at hotmail dot com

My lucky wife saw three otters in the River Wharfe at Otley today, good sighting both in and out of the water. To say I'm jealous is an...

I've also done some work on the conical hill problem. If you're really interested in the maths, I can send you a copy of what I've done.

That's what Naismith's rule is, Hank.

Possibly me - I mentioned it on a thread a few years ago, back when my factor was actually 10!

For MMs I've always gone with something like 100m of climb = 1km of flat, so 2km of flat running might be 12 minutes and 1km with 100m climb about...

Phil also once set a problem for his students - assuming a conical hill and all things equal, if you are to get from one side to the other, is it...

A cloudy but milder day for todays outing on the Arkose. Youlgreave and Friden again before a change of direction to Pike Hall and then Aldwark....

Due to a knacked knee, and being off running for a while, I’ve now taken the huge step of getting on my bike (well my daughter’s very old bike to be...

It might have been worse Graham. You could have been tip toeing alongside your Bianchi!