For those of you who (like me) think of East Kilbride as a maze of roundabouts (as it generally is!), Calderglen Country Park comes as a delightful surprise. Don “Corleone” Reid had arranged a nice short handicap trail race through the glen, along the river, and round the back of an industrial estate. A nice
14 drookit ducks set out over an undulating 5.5 mile loop along narrow country roads from the Mure Hall in Uplawmoor. Yes, the annual meet-the neighbours beano, the village Gala Day, had rolled round again in a rainstorm. May I reassure any fair-weather fun runners that rain is in fact a help rather than a
I was a late recruit to this event, following last-minute arm-twisting from two Sixties Hairies: my old mates Sandy McNeill and Iain Macfarlane . The first shock to the system was the entry to the event, via the Beer Bar, where various grey Hounds – and some pretty youthful Houndesses – tried to roll back
One thing is clear: the Gods have decreed that Westies is a north Glasgow club, and any venture south of the river will be punished by flood (but not famine: thanks Ashoka Darnley!). At approximately 6.45pm, some 7 drookit Westy men set forth from the Neilston station car park, soon to be joined by John
I’m sure that Johnston and Cap’n Chris never intended to include “fun runs” in Westy news, but us old yins have to find our fun where we can. The village where I grew Up(lawmoor) held its gala day today, with a tempting feature: a Fun Run round the Halket, a nice hilly 5.5 miler on
The change of start time from 2pm to 10am halved the entry to around 20 hardy souls, braving the ploughed-up muddy farmer’s field, the drizzle, and sundry “kye” (that’s cattle to youse toonies!). Only 4 club vests in evidence, if you count my dickie-bow enhanced Hoey vest – the rest were that brave bunch, the
Determined as I am to improve on Drew’s record of over 30 GUH&HRRs, I packed my yellow Reebok zipper slippers and home-embroidered WestyHoey vest for the fray on a dreich Saturday. The great thing about this race is, despite route changes too numerous to mention, it still is a Golden Oldies Road Show, featuring no
It’s official – the most dastardly defection to the East since Ronnie Gallagher of nefarious memory joined Carnethy (boo! hiss!). To chasten the renegade, and hasten him on his way, a motley crowd of Westies of venerable vintage (speak for yerself! I do!) gathered in the Westy Baths, where wetting of whistles rather than torsos
Saturday 2nd May was the one sunny day of a wet week. Just as well, because the big Clydesdale horses and beefy locals were churning up the field where the annual "Neilston Show" is held something terrible – and that was the start and finish of the Pad race. Neilston Show is worth the visit
To the two certainties, death and taxes, can perhaps be added “good weather for the Donkey Brae race”! This race is one of the highlights of the Festival in Aberdour, a picturesque town on the north bank of the Forth. The route is a fairly scenic 7 mile loop along the Fife Coastal Path. Competitors