Scott Snowdonia Trail Marathon
Well it’s been a long while since I wrote a piece about running. Mostly because I’ve been out injured since March and just after my last race on Anglesey. It had been my intention again…
The Running Man
Trust 10 – walkthrough
The purpose of this post is to give a verbal and visual walkthrough of the new Lyme Park Trust 10 route to help identify where signage and/or marshals will be needed. Start next to the…
To Incentivise Exercise
A question I’ve pondered over the years as an advocate of physical exercise is how one encourages others to get involved. Is it enough to preach about the benefits or do we need to incentivise…
Bursitis and the bike
Bursitis – another injury I’d not previously heard of Well as if it seems customary these days, I get to March/April time and end up with a running injury. That’s 3 consecutive years now. Ho…
(Great) Obese Britain
I make a general effort to avoid the news. Since my illness last year I tend to find that there are so many potential triggers that affect me, it’s safer to avoid it. And to…
Anglesey Half Marathon 2016
Anglesey Half Marathon – some background Anglesey Half Marathon has been in my diary long before I think I knew I was ill. During last year’s race I ran out of steam towards the end…
2016 – start of the running season
An unintended consequence of setting up the business has been the greater use of social media in the forms of Twitter and Facebook, and I’ve ended up spending less time blogging. If I’m honest, there…
Lyme – 9 February 2016
As I’ve explained before I spend a lot of time up at Lyme Park, a National Trust property in Disley which is on the edge of Cheshire and Stockport. When I’m not inspecting walls, fences,…
New Year Running
First of all, may I wish you all a Happy New Year! I will be doing a 2015 round-up shortly, but with the year that’s just passed, it’s going to take a bit of writing….
A Christmas walk at Lyme Park
I spend half of one day each week at Lyme Park, volunteering as a Park Ranger. My role is to be out and about in the Park, looking for problems which will require maintenance (unsafe…