I once stood on a hilltop I felt pain and joy in equal measures As the pain of my speedy ascent receded and with the sun low in the sky I looked downwards and the Forth threaded through Stirling towards Edinburgh and could only be described as a silent liquid ribbon of gold My heart
Disclaimer : Any exaggerations in this report are fully intentional. On the 3rd May 2021, in a new study, Glasgow was named as the rainiest city in the UK. On Wednesday 27th October 2021 Glasgow lived up to it’s soggy reputation. As the day unfolded the city was subjected to a downpour of biblical proportions
An announcement at the AGM Left us full of intrigue Andrew told us of his creation A virtual Winter League – But I had an injured knee And not so very fit Oh what the heck, what’s to lose So lets just go for it – In the midst of a nasty lockdown What else
17 Westies made the journey down to Balloch Castle Park for the Dunbartonshire XC Champs. The Guys ran a stormer with 2nd 3rd and 4th places and picking up 1st male team. Gordy McCaffrey also did us proud with another 1st V60 prize. The ladies got 4th team and young Sarah Cordeaux was 8th lady.
Results The 2014 DAAA XC Champs were held in the beautiful setting of Balloch country park.The weather was perfect, the views from the castle down on to Loch Lomond were amazing and the conditions underfoot good. We had the best turnout of Westies so far this year for a XC and an added bonus was Chris running in a Westie
A coldy windy and wet Cumbernauld park. Perect XC conditions. A good Westie turnout with the icing on the cake being Big Dave Calders sprint finish captured for posterity on the SA website. Sad news also. Our Gazebo got trashed in the windy conditions. Results
Results The first XC race of the season saw 6 Westies forming 1 Guys team and 2 ladies in a partial ladies team as Claire unfortunately was too ill to run. Niall led off the men with Don JQ and Dave C completing the team effort. The girls were Gaynor and Elizabeth. This was Elizabeths
A great Westie turnout again with perfect racing conditions. This was my first time running this race and first climb of the Law. Big bugger eh ? Had a decent climb passing and moving steadily away from Gordy Bulloch. On the approach to Ben Cleuch I could see that my usual adversaries were all ahead
Ladies Results Mens Results Five Westies ran the 4k course at Bellahouston yesterday with Jo and Gaynor representing the girls and Chris Jamie and I for the lads. Jo just pipped Gaynor who as always gave her all in a top class field. Jamie went off like a rocket surprising Chris who didn’t pass him
Results Another fantastic days racing on Tinto Hill. The weather cleared following a freezing cold downpour prior to race start and stayed off for the duration. Yet again I struggled on the ascent but redeemed myself on the downhill having a ding dong with Dave Calder and Brian Brennan and managing to catch big Gus