Quote Originally Posted by Sherpa View Post
Is someone really having a dig at magazine written by people who give up their time voluntarily to do it? We pay £12 or whatever for our subs, we get awesome magazine, a website, an association that represents fell runnning and so on.

Runners World costs a bit under £4, repeats content about how to run your best London, 10k, great north run every year zzzzzzzzzzz. So just think about the value for money we get!! If you didn't like the articles as much this time then get your best typing hat on and write in with something you do like and you think others might like too!!

And no I didn't write anything for fell runner, just think we should be glad that someone gives up their time to bring us the mag at all!!

I susbscribe to be a member of the fell running association and get the handbook etc. I receive the magazine whether I like it or not. Yes it is good I get a free glossy magazine along with the handbook, but just because it is "free" does not mean it is beyond comment - this implies whatever is in it must be good because it did not cost me much .

Yes it is fantastic that Britta and her team give their time up to do this, however she does ask for comments suggestions and feedback which I will do constructively.

One of my points was the call for more editing yes its good that people write in and even better that you can be printed even though you are not a writer, but that does mean everything is well written. I also found the content layout confusing this time but that just may be me.

I would not want to read what I would write about in Fellrunner and though it would be nice to be printed I am not sure it would be of value or add to the magazine.

I have been receiving the magazine only for about 3 years and I suppose the issue for me is I am not sure who the magazine is for, when I first got it is was a fairly informative and sometimes dry "hobby" journal" aimed at fell running, now its on its way to a glossy chatty "Hello " long distance chalenge magazine, with little process in between. Therefore i am not quite sure what i am meant to be receiving.

Yes you can't please all the people all the time, if you could this forum would close.