Devils Burdens 2021 – The Sunday night results show
Dear All,
The moment I'm sure you've all been waiting for has arrived. Just like the real burdens the results have taken a wee bit longer than ideal to get processed but nonetheless here they are. But before they are announced it…
WESTIE BURNS NIGHT 2021 – Toast Tae The Laddies
WESTIE BURNS NIGHT 2021
Toast Tae The Laddies
Christine Menhennet
I thank you, Mr Calder, for your fine toast to the lassies; so fine it was, that it restored in me a mere moos’s tail hair of faith in the Westie male spirit…
Furthermore on the Westies Winter League
An announcement at the AGM
Left us full of intrigue
Andrew told us of his creation
A virtual Winter League
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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
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In the midst of a…
More on the Westies Winter League
The space in the bed next to me is empty when I wake up. I must have slept it. I doze for a while then shuffle downstairs for breakfast. There’s a serious-looking A4 brown envelope on the kitchen table. I open it and peek inside. The door…
Winter League 2020-21 – Covid Compliant
When I designed the Winter League it was a list of things that I thought only I could complete, and I was right. Nobody else has managed to complete every challenge so that means that I must be the winner.
Don’t panic John Quinn!
I thought…
Pete Bland
Westerlands Cross country club would like to express their sadness at the news that Pete Bland passed away on the 28th of November after contracting Covid. Pete was a well loved and respected figure in the hill and fell running community all…
3k on the green
There was a 3k on the green race last Wednesday (25th November). Entry was down on the usual numbers due to the level 4 coronavirus restrictions with only myself and James Bowden toeing the line. With no marshals available it was down to runners…
Sunday Morning at the Race Track
Last Sunday we went for a run
A new route for me, ah such fun
Straight up C-M-L, “Meikle Bin too?” What the hell
We even caught glimpses of sun
Enjoying the sociable pace
No need for a GPX trace
Dodging the showers…
Torridon Round
I've become increasingly frantic about Torridon for a while now. I must have seen it on TV when I was young as I seem to recall a false memory of one of the paths that circumnavigates the Am Fasarinen pinacles. Hailing from Southampton it's…