Boredom

Wonderful Wasdale

We spent the weekend in Wasdale staying in a pod at the National Trust campsite. It was lashing down on the way over there via Berker Fell but from Friday morning (we both had a day off to make a long weekend)  the weather was great

On Friday after a lazy morning sat in the sun we ran up Lingmell and up to Scafell Pike before coming back the same way. We weren't sure what to do on Saturday until a friend reminded us that there was a Bob Graham attempt passing through the valley around 1pm. Leg 4 with six other runners, in perfect conditions was a real treat and Andrew, the 'attemptee', had a great run out even if he didn't complete the round under 24hours. Yesterday we had a walk up and over the Screes and back after moving out of our pod. The photo above was taken on the way back down

Everything flows

Let there be light!

Headtorches were needed last night for the first time this autumn on our Wednesday night club run. We managed to get up Beamsley Beacon from the Swan car-park okay (I ran up well; the walking and running we've been doing in the Dales and Lakes is paying off now) but John P suggested we get the torches out for the run back down

We had a round a dozen runners out again plus four dogs (three collies and John's lurcher / long-dog, Skye) and I think all the runners plus a couple of the dogs adjourned to the Swan after the run for hoppy ales (Ossett Mellow Yellow was excellent), BBQ Hula Hoops and in John's case, pork scratchings!

Scott

Genius

Brent Dowe

Rocking Stroll

Stef and I were out running yesterday with Martyn and Helen. Martyn's route passed Rocking Hall and the Rocking Stone. It was a cracking 14mile run over the moors and my first ever climb of the consessional path up the 'front' of Simon's Seat. A full English breakfast, chocolate cake and two pots of Yorkshire tea at Storiths rounded the outing off nicely!

Who was that masked man?

The George

A new pub for a Wednesday night last night: The George at Cullingworth. Cullingworth is close to the Yorkshireman Marathon route but I'd not been to the pub before and I don't think it'd been on our Wednesday night list either

We had around a dozen runners out for a short but muddy along the Harden Beck (the waterfalls were impressive after the recent rain) and back over Hewenden Viaduct. Old Spot beers were taken while hungry runners salivated at the plates of food whistling past (the pub seems to be doing very well and the onion rings with steak looked like battered bagels!), A good night then and plans are afoot already for some full moon headtorchers to liven up the coming winter 

April skies