Jenny Kate and Shay visit and start Fell Running!

The week we were lucky to host Jenny, Kate and Shay who enthusiastically requested we took them to do the Wansfell Race in Ambleside. It was a lovely winter day and they all did very well, suppoted by the Haygarths and Polly!

Christmas 2014

This christmas Gran and Grandma came to join us and we had a relaxing time at home, playing table tennis and eating far too much. We managed to get out for a walk run on boxing day! Here are the pictures, Merry Christmas to all!

A note on Docker Garth

It is already 2.5 years since we moved into our beloved 1600s project house and this year we have started to make real progress on the outside. I spent between April to August stripping off the damp render, raking out the old mortar, and lime pointing. It was a great project, that required much time and was also very rewarding. So far it has stood upto the winter weather well and feels much drier! Thanks to all our friends who have helped us in various ways over the year. Next year we start on the inside! Pictures from the last 2 years here....

Ingleborough Christmas Eve - Record breaker!

Continuing in village tradition, this year we had a dawn ascent of Ingleborough in Christmas eve. On this occasion we managed to get 34 people plus dogs on top - way in excess of previous years. Terrific record! Matt, Angus, Helen (for the first time) Polly and I were among them. Lovely morning. Here are the pictures.

World Cup Cyclo Cross - Cowbells at the ready!

In November Dave Angus and I, with friends, Alan, Mark and co, had a treat to a day out to the World Cup Cyclo Cross, the first time ever this has been in the UK, in Milton Keynes. What a terrific day we had, we were in our element. Lots of picturs of Sven Nys and the dude's here.....

Video: Queen Charlotte Track, New Zealand, on Mountain Bikes