TweetI’m going to try to document the races I do this year, I’ve gotten out of the habit since the Tour Divide. ~~ Wales in winter, it was either going to be wet or wet. Oddly, it was snowy, quite snowy. A trip down to North Wales knowing you’re going to be out running a mountain marathon in thigh deep… Read more →
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December in Pictures
TweetThat weird month. Made worse by me mostly shooting film and having nothing developed. Definitely getting to be winter now. Heating on most days. Warm tops and bottoms on. But still no snow, no ice, few frosts. An odd one so far. Read more →
2018 Favourite Images
Tweet12 images from the year gone. One a month. Read more →
November in Pictures
TweetMore running. The November tradition that is the Shepherds Skyline was as excellent as ever, great to be out shooting at this one while marshalling with the tiny one. A dry Marl Pitts XC….what the actual f***? Never, ever have I heard of this being a thing. Blue skys and no wind. A perfect day for a race and some… Read more →
October in Pictures
TweetCrosscountry season arrived with a thud. Fast but windy opener at Leigh. Monster was in her element running around clapping at people. No mud to play in though. Only one big run for me, but my first since the ankle screwing injury at the Saunders. 28km in the Lakes on my own with 3,000m of vertical and 8 Wainrights ticked.… Read more →
September in Pictures
TweetA busy month. A new job in teaching. Learning on the fly. Too much time taken by thinking and learning. I had two chances to get some time to do rather than think. A weekend in the Lakes teaching navigation to fell runners. The second, helping at our mountain rescue teams new downhill fell race with Calder Baby 1. Read more →
August in Pictures
TweetFamily holiday to France. First time in Font with a tiny person. A break of at least 10 years since I’d been there, it’s still as wonderful as ever. She most definitely got into it. Read more →
Bikepacking Wales
TweetSix months of waiting. Six months of hoping for good weather. Six months of wondering if any one of us would pull the plug and ruin it all. Paddy Englishman, Paddy Irishman and Paddy Australianman walk into a pub in Wales. It’s cold. Wet. Windy. They’ve sacked off a climb to sleep in a field and get some hot food.… Read more →
July in Pictures
TweetJuly consisted of two things – a trip to the Isle of Man, and quitting my job. I’d not been to the Isle of Man in over 20 years. When a round of the English fell championships was announced we made plans to go straight away – on another note, being a sovereign country, I have no idea how a… Read more →
June in Pictures
TweetScotland. Why are you so far away from me? Why do you do this to me every time I visit. Two weeks of sunshine broken on the last drive on the way home by thunderstorms. Shooting with focus at the Fort William DH world cup reaffirmed what was lying in the back of my head – bikes are fucking rad.… Read more →