The end of June rolls around and it’s time for another jaunt in the Arrochar Alps… Things got off to a slightly shaky start on Friday night with a couple of issues in the marshalling team (Holly due to illness, Arron due to a cow / train conflict which seems to have ended badly for
Thanks to the dozen or so who turned up for the run around Corrie of Balglass last night. The time in the hills was lovely, the company great and the banter round the kitchen table highly entertaining. We hope to make this an annual event, so look forward to welcoming more of you to darkest
7th July 2012 Results | Photos | SHR report Here’s my recipe for a successful long hill race. Please note that this is relatively advanced. Inexperienced cooks may wish to start with something shorter. Ingredients 1 course18 marshals and helpers1 mountain rescue team1 village hall300 filled rolls300 cups of soupTea and coffee to tasteA 2nd
In June last year, Val and I signed up for our biggest challenge yet; the Iona Forlifeathon. After 9 months of very little training at all and feeling ridiculously under-prepared, we finally made it to the start line last Friday. The gun went off at 22:30 and Iona Helen Mackie McQuater arrived weighing 7lb 7oz,
Back from Mumbai for a few days to sort out a visa issue and managed to sneak in the race at Kaim. A decent turnout of 11 Westies lined up at the lamp post for the start, in distinctly cool and breezy conditions. I set off at what I thought was a fairly conservative pace,
A bright, windy, late autumn day in Edinburgh found 150 or so people on the start line for the Pentland Skyline race on Sunday. I deliberately started slowly, joining the second half of the crocodile up Caerketton and walking pretty much all the way to the top. Half way up, I could see Joe Symonds
Last Friday night a group of 20+ Westies headed for Corran Bunkhouse, for a weekend of outdoor activities (or indoor for the Sunday climbers at the wall in Kinlochleven). Friday night was spent hatching plans in the Corran Inn, a 50 yard stumble across the carpark from the bunkhouse. By closing time, having reveiewed the
31st March & 1st April This is a new event on the mountain marathon calendar, organised by the same people who put together the Strathpuffer 24 MTB race. The venue was some wonderful hill country on the Strathconon Estate, about 20 miles WNW of Inverness. The field for each of the classes was pretty small;
Only 3 Westies at this 6 mile race on Saturday: Nige, Chris and me. Despite the cold weather, Dave Calder will be pleased to hear that we all eschewed baselayers, thus avoiding the need for a good hiding from the committee. My race started exactly to plan, letting Nige and Chris open up an early
For those that missed last night’s run, you missed a classic Westies jaunt. Not satisfied with the route advertised on the website, Captain Chris proceeded to baffle the assembled runners with a series of interesting detours through Mugdock. Virtually every junction was met with a brief stop for route guesswork, producing a kind of bizarre