Eccles Pike

Wednesday 15/08/07

Eccles Pike fell race - 3.5miles / 770feet
7th place - 23mins 53secs

Left behind in a sprint start across a field.
Passed by some cheeky short-cutters (oi Howie!) up a grassy bank.
Queue for a stile.
End up in 50th place.
Hit the road where they all suddenly slow down ?!?
Lots more walls, stiles and roads to cross.
Take a few places on the descent.
Get passed again on the road by a local.
Glad it was all over in 24 minutes.
Peak races have a certain charm I suppose.
Pleasantly surprised with my time though, 1-19 faster than Sally's record.

And most importantly of all, Joanne Bowen (unattached) did her first race !!!
Results

Borrowdale

Saturday 04/08/06

Borrowdale fell race

Contratulations to Ben, commiserations to Simon.
Who knows what would have happened if they'd raced over the Pike?

The Robinsons

Thursday 2nd August 2007

Mike and Hazel became Mr and Mrs Robinson today.
Relieved after not making a tit of the best man speech, I got rather squiffy at the reception.
So to all the ladies I may have got a bit fresh with, I wish to publicly apologise.
Fortunately Jo was long gone too, so she can't remember much about it either!

Congratulations to them both, now sunning themselves in the Maldives.