Breaking The Law
2nd April 2011A double ascent of The Law at Tillicoultry might not be something to look forward to, but in fine sunny weather it gave us two chances to enjoy the helter-skelter descent, and that's worth a bit of effort. Peter Grassl and your…
Age before Beauty at the Burdens
The Westies older Women (WoWs) recorded a satisfying victory over their younger adversaries at the Devil's Burdens Relays. Both teams lined up for the early 9.30 start with Elsie and Christine setting the tone for the day by arriving at Holl…
Newtonmore 10
I had fancied this race last year but it clashed with Chapelgill which was a short shr counter. I travelled up with some trepidation as the longest run I had done this year was the Nigel Barge 10K.
Sat dawned dry and fine and we lined up behind…
Lock 27 Time Trial, Winter 2010-11
24th January 2011Congratulations to all 12 runners tonight. Some excellent runs and good times.First home in the handicap stakes was Cat (21:48 actual) followed just 30s later by Pat and Caroline (26:22 actual) making the handicap a clean sweep…
Lock 27 Time Trial, Summer 2010
12th July 2010A great turnout for the Summer time trial at Lock 27. We had a beautiful evening and some good runs. Three new PBs (Robert, Alistair, Jangbu Sherpa). Expert handicapping meant everyone was back within a 2 minute slot with first…
Comrie relay 2010
A great day out at the Comrie hill relay race, where two Westies teams (old men and women of a certain age) sported the yellow vest. The weather was fine, the competition was tough, the nettles were in bloom, and the mud was brown.
The men's…
Captain Chris on the GR11
We met Captain Chris at Espot (Spanish Pyrenees) last Friday, in the middle of his GR11 "sprint". He is covering phenomenal distances every day. We were supposed to meet him on the trail, but we were sitting having a leisurely breakfast when…
The OMM 2010
Dartmoor, a very long way from Scotland! Saturday morning started with blue skies and sunshine. We were the last pair to go (with only 50% Westie membership in this team) starting at 1140, still plenty of time to do 35 Km with 1200M of ascent…
lost doggy…
Paging all West end Westies! My friend lost her liver and white springer spaniel on the canal near Dawsholm Park two weeks ago. There have been several sightings in surrounding areas. All the family are desperately keen to get him back. He (Bramble)…
A tale from (not quite) the tail – Hunter’s Bog Trot
I decided to do this race some time ago when I realised that the Orienteering and Hill-running calendars had managed one of their rare non-clashes. I was aiming to catch the 11 am train from Queen St with the 11.15 as my fall-back but the former…