Kevan Shand has just announced on Facebook that this is the last year he will be organising the Turnslack race. His record of organising a race for 45 years must surely be unrivalled in the fell running world; and as a competitive runner in his younger days, Kev was up at the sharp end.

Turnslack must have a claim to be the toughest category BM race in the calendar. In the unlikely event that I'm not injured at the time, I will be there this year.