Saturday, August 22, 2009

Sticklepath Horseshoe 'Fell' Race 2009

Last weekend I handed over organization of the Dartmoor 'fell' race event that I founded ca 15 years ago to a team led by my good friend Wendy Manfield. It was a great success with a record entry of over 60 runners from all over the country. Taking a lower profile away from the event HQ in Sticklepath, the family and I 'marshalled' a check point on Belstone Tor. It was an enjoyable experience and congratulations to Wendy and the team for such a great job at the sharp end. I took some pictures here and the race report is here. Next year I plan to return as a visitor and competitor. Long live the Sticklepath Horsheshoe!

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Summer Holiday in Western France


DSCF0998, originally uploaded by Phil Haygarth.

We just had 19 nights away - a family holiday record for us that I thoroughly recommend. 1 week to come down, 1 week to enjoy and 1 to regroup. We had the first 7 nights in a Eurocamp tent in our fave site 'Interlude' on Il de Re (Plage de Gros Jonc). After that we had two 'independent' nights with our campervan and awning at the same site, before heading south, via a day in lovely la Rochelle, to Sequoi Park near Marennes, where we had a further 10 nights in the luxery of a Eurocamp campervan. Some of the highlights were:

All the pics here (sorry loads - but if too many you can pic and mix the links above). Roll on next year......