This is where it all began. [Insert essay here] [work in progress] The memory of those earlier events is so strong that an almost Tolkien-ish atmosphere envelopes them. Kate and I made our way to the start by the Lyke Wake stone for 5am in plenty of time for our 5:20 start. We had hoped […]

Sculpture : The Green Man by Lydia Kapinsky, 1999. University of London, Gordon Square gardens, “My roots go down to the depths of the world, through earth dry brick, and damp earth, through veins of lead and silver. I am all fibre” “I am as green as a yew tree in the shade of the […]

Delamere Forest-Whitegate Way. One of the joys of running is finding new routes. Living in Chester, UK, we are spoilt for fabulous locations in which to run; only 75 minutes from Snowdonia, Lake District, Yorkshire Dales, South Pennine, Derbyshire and mid-Wales. However, we also have some fine countryside close by – notably the Clwydian Hills, […]

Ken’s posting in “Events” says it all really (see 3rd May 2010 [here]), so I’ll just add my own perspective. I started with a chesty cough and sore throat, and a hot-spot on my left sole, so I knew I was going to suffer at some point. But the early stages of forest roads passed […]

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