Quote Originally Posted by Yorkshire Thug View Post
Personally, I would dearly love to go back to the old ways (and don't think these things didn't happen, they most certainly did) - but I fear that there are some folk on here who would quickly go back to road running when they tasted reality.
Actually even the old ways often weren't as people remember them...

Fellrunner report of Fairfield Horseshoe 20 May 1973 ie 35 years ago.

" Although the rain through the night was heavy enough to make the committee think of postponement...when race time arrived....Fairfield was almost clear of cloud".