Category: Running, Walking and Training
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Walking from Dover to Deal
10 miles Sunday 18th August One of the good things about bad sailing weather is that it is often good walking weather. When the forecast appeared rather uncertain for bringing Sumara up the Thames Estuary we decided to go for a walk instead. Poor Sumara hasn’t been used so much this year and I was…
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The Ski Club of Great Britain is not going to like this!
16th February 2013 Umea Sweden Our Ski Marathon is tomorrow and I’m exhausted! Charlotte booked us onto the local Umea Ski Marathon using her very best new found Swedish language skills. It seemed to go pretty well until the Swedish gentleman asked her what club we belong to, explaining that we had to be members…
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Torrington Christmas Caper
23rd December 2012. For the Christmas period this year a group of 12 of us are staying in a mansion in Torquay. Selma managed to find the place and it is pretty swish with a billiard room, chandeliers and a sweeping staircase. To avoid the usual over indulgence is was decided that the Christmas break would…
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Dengie Peninsular
John and I set off on the 08:55 train from Liverpool Street to Burnham on Crouch and just over an hour later we were tucking into a full breakfast in a little café by the seafront. It is incredible to think that you can walk for 14 miles from here without coming across any houses…
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Marlow Half Marathon 2012
4th November 2012I had a quick look at the weather forecast on the day before the Sunday run and it said 6°C and 95% chance of heavy rain. And they were spot on! We drove through sodden roads to arrive in Marlow at 8.30. My sister who lives nearby came to wish us well. Actually…
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Henley Half Marathon
Sunday 14th October 2012 We scraped the ice off the windscreen and drove from Cholsey to Henley through a faint mist and a totally blinding sun. It had been a fairly wet week but it looked like it was going to be a great cool sunny morning for the run. Grit and I had been invited…
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Cowes to Chichester
Log ? 6th-7th October 2012 The journey to Cowes from London is rather spoiled by the poor link between the train and the ferry. I get the impression that Southampton would rather you stayed in town instead of spending your money on the Isle of Wight. In theory there is a free bus link between the train…
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The Daddy Beast
In theory we were going sailing this weekend but a close study of the grib weather files was not encouraging. As I was still in a positioon to shunt my holiday by a week I decided it would be a good idea to let the deep depression pass and hope (naively maybe) for better weather the…
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The Trouble with Running in Pairs
Firstly it was me with my twisted knee, but now John’s chest infection has got worse and he is on the anti diabolicals. The trouble with running in pairs is that you have four legs to twist, two backs to play up, and two chests to get infected so your chance of being fighting fit…
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Off we go again!
It’s such a long time since the Jan Mayen blog ended that I am not sure I know how to post it any more. Oh, we’ll soon see. Sumara’s next voyage starts at noon on Friday 18th May. Tim Loftus somehow persuaded me to enter Sumara in the Scottish Islands Three Peaks Race. I think…