Claire’s blogVox2010-01-01T13:35:12ZBaggyhttp://claire429.vox.com/?_c=feed-atomtag:vox.com,2006:6p00e398c9e4420005/Hills, thrills and spillstag:vox.com,2010-01-01:asset-6a00e398c9e44200050123ddd18a1d860b2010-01-01T13:35:12Z2010-01-01T13:35:12ZBaggyhttp://claire429.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
New Year's Eve and the snow is falling, though we are getting blase about such wintry conditions. Jack and I set out to Humbledon Hill with our sledges, checking out every hill en route to the prize descent of Humbledon Hill. I have a brand new...
Thanks to Chrys and Kenny for organising a great Christmas training session on Tuesday night. Chrys had managed to find somewhere not too icy and very safe to do sprint reps; the hidden molehills proved entertaining, espec...
Nat, Dolly and I meet at 7am, its dark and frosty. We steadily pick our way between patches of ice through the silent streets of Wooler and up into the hills. No sign of vehicles at the Duck Ponds, we decide that the Bracken Bab...
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Haven't the foggiest...tag:vox.com,2009-12-13:asset-6a00e398c9e442000501240b844e14860e2009-12-13T21:04:50Z2009-12-13T21:37:47ZBaggyhttp://claire429.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
Sounds like its been pretty busy in the hills this weekend, all sorts of strange folk running in the mist on Saturday and a record breaking attendance at the Simonside Fell Race on Sunday. Sympathy and cake needed for Sarah who slipped on icy gr...
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Sign of the times...tag:vox.com,2009-12-11:asset-6a00e398c9e442000501240b83904f860e2009-12-11T15:59:40Z2009-12-13T06:27:15ZBaggyhttp://claire429.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
Wednesday morning dawns and I'm sure I'm getting a cold, but I'm not at work and its a frosty, clear December morning so I have to run. I start at Kilham, hard to believe this was once a bustling community of 200 with a smithy, bakery, and joine...
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Busy weekend for some...tag:vox.com,2009-11-29:asset-6a00e398c9e44200050123ddc3e67f860b2009-11-29T21:08:29Z2009-12-03T08:38:36ZBaggyhttp://claire429.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
Well done to Glen for organising a one-off race up Humbledon Hill on Saturday. A select group of runners; some local some from further a field braved the chill day to tackle the ascent of the hill. Good to see a few junior runners too. I was sorr...
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First frost, lazy wind and a hankerchief...tag:vox.com,2009-11-07:asset-6a00e398c9e44200050123dde2d469860d2009-11-07T15:30:16Z2009-11-27T11:26:46ZBaggyhttp://claire429.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
A fine morning dawned, cold, but sunny, ideal for running. I got dropped off at West Newton with the intention of following where my feet lead me, eventually returning to Wooler. An easy jog to begin along the track past The Straw, where the dogs...
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Hard Men Hop - a pain in the Trossachs?tag:vox.com,2009-11-02:asset-6a00e398c9e44200050123f176a76a860f2009-11-02T20:17:07Z2009-11-06T15:23:25ZBaggyhttp://claire429.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
Just returned from a delightful if damp week in the Trossachs. I waited patiently for a clear day for a long run in the hills, finally deciding just to go for it despite low cloud. I got dropped off at Ledard Farm by Loch Ard whilst the boys cont...
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Up Hill and down Daletag:vox.com,2009-08-18:asset-6a00e398c9e442000501101863c69d860f2009-08-18T13:19:37Z2009-08-20T06:11:44ZBaggyhttp://claire429.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
No one told me there were midges in Yorkshire, I was under the false impression that they stopped at Hadrians Wall. We set up camp at Keld on the upper reaches of Swaledale. The damp grass, muggy weather and sweet northern flesh proved irresistib...
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Mountain Biking for Beginnerstag:vox.com,2009-07-25:asset-6a00e398c9e442000501101855e423860f2009-07-25T16:15:29Z2009-07-26T19:15:58ZBaggyhttp://claire429.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
It was about time I got on my mountain bike again, so to break myself in gently I cycled from Wooler to Hethpool and along the College Valley. Not exactly off-road, but a delight to be peddling on peaceful lanes past hedgerows bright with scarlet...