WHITWORTH WANDER – TURKEY TROT, 27TH OF A VERY WET DECEMBER 2023 IN MEMORY OF THE LATE BRIAN WHITWORTH, A FINE MAN, MY FRIEND, AND A FORMER HON SEC OF TALLY-HO! THE RUN WAS INTENDED TO BE...
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IT'S OFFICIAL - WE'RE SOLD OUT! Thanks to everyone who has bought tickets, and to those who can't come, for your donations - you know who you are! See you all on Saturday - in your finest...
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RUNNING FROM THE OLD HALL, CHINLEY UNSEASONABLY HOT WEATHER MEANT THIS WAS GOING TO BE A TOUGH RUN FOR THOSE WHO DISLIKE RUNNING IN SUCH TEMPERATURES, AND SO IT WAS. The Old Hall, Chinle...
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BILL...WONDERING WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED I woke to rain rattling on the flysheet of my tent - I gulped a fast coffee as I packed, then I returned to the w...
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SIR DAVE THE BEAVER I breakfasted in the bunkhouse, muesli again, and then Tracy and I had a second breakfast in THE APIARY CAFE – it m...
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FOREWORD: THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN MY 16TH CHALLENGE. I HAD TO BAIL OUT FROM LAST YEAR’S TRIP – I GOT TO THE START BUT DIDN’T EVEN GET TO SIGN OUT. AT THE TIME, JOHN, MY GOOD FRIEND WH...
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4.40AM ON ALDERLEY EDGE, SUNRISE ON THE LONGEST DAY. SOMEONE MAY HAVE SUNG A SONG.
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TOP HALF OF THE WEST HIGHLAND WAY: The Plan, as in recent years, was to backpack from either Crianlarich or Tyndrum, to Fort William on the West Highland Way. And so it came to pass. Mick H...
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THE PREVIOUS NIGHT’S PITCH ON THE BANKS OF THE R TWEED WASN’T THE BEST, BUT IT WAS GOOD ENOUGH. I HADN’T REALISED THAT, ACROSS THE RIVER, WAS DRYBURGH ABBEY – IT WAS JUST VISIBLE THROUGH ...
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THE ADVENTURE STARTED WITH A TRAIN TO BERWICK, THEN A FUNNY OLD BUS JOURNEY TO MELROSE. FOLLOWING MICK AND GAYLE'S MANTRA OF NEVER PASSING A TEA SHOP, MY WALK WAS EVER SO SLIGHTLY DELAYED :-) ...
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AN EAST LANCS LDWA PRODUCTION It was all Judith’s idea, she made me do it. That’s my side of the story anyway. We met up at around 7.40am (the one in the morning) on a slightly damp S...
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Away for a couple of nights at Black Sail Hut with friends.
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This to see how Blogger for Android performs. SUNSET, ONE EVENING LAST WEEK I don't seem to be able to align text centrally - more research needed. BELLOWHEAD AT THE BRIDGEWATER ...
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Andy and Martin had travelled up from the flatlands of Cambridgeshire to get some hills in their legs. The TGO Challenge is only a matter of 3 months away so hill training simply cannot be dela...
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Thursday's music session at the Cotton Tree in Bollington: good beer* (VERY good!), good company, and good music - nothing not to like. *I spotted TT Landlord (which I sampled),...
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I arrived at the Robin Hood quite early for a gentle cross-country trot, as usual, following a trail of clumps of sawdust. The weather was ideal for trail running: cool (okay, cold!) bu...
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Another bright and remarkably warm day, given the weather forecast, saw the fine fellows of the Cheshire Hare & Hounds Tally-Ho! trail running club gather at the very fine Old Hall in Chi...
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The sun (sort of) beat down on two runners as they set out, west, from New Mills Golf Club. Armed only with a map, some sawdust, and some shredded paper, they determined to lay a trail for C...
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….AN AFTER EIGHTS PRODUCTION The sun was beating down, although there was a freshness in the air as five walkers gathered at The Carrs car park, Styal, ready for a 9am (the one in the morning...
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Last night's wedding ceilidh with the Magnificent Midgebites - huge fun, lots of energy expended, great audience, super friendly venue, HOPE MILL THEATRE , Manchester...you should go. No...
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St George’s Day was the chosen date for Cheshire Tally-Ho! Hare & Hounds running club’s end of season run, the Hartley Folly. Traditionally a point-to-point, linear run, it’s somewha...
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CHESHIRE HARE & HOUNDS TALLY-HO! POINT-TO-POINT HARTLEY FOLLY 2022, MAIN ROUTE: 14 MILES / 2500’ ASCENT NEW MILLS GOLF CLUB > NEW MILLS CENTRAL > TRAIN TO EDALE > NEW MILLS GOLF CLUB R...
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CHESHIRE HARE & HOUNDS TALLY-HO! POINT-TO-POINT HARTLEY FOLLY 2022, WALKERS / SHORT ROUTE: 7 MILES / 1200’ ASCENT: SATURDAY 23RD APRIL 2022 ROUTE DESCRIPTION: NEW MILLS GOLF CLUB > NE...
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I dislike races, I run for the fun of it – plus the physical and mental health benefits it affords. Tally-Ho! is essentially non-competetive, although three races appear in the Club’s c...
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The CHESHIRE TALLY-HO! HARE & HOUNDS CLUB is a trail running club – rather an old one at that: we’re the second oldest running club in the country, being formed in 1872 –the oldest club be...
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