For Chariddy mate

             Lakes sky Ultra for Just For Dogs

10 years ago Nerina and I adopted a very ' special boy' from Just For Dogs Brailsford Derbyshire.

To celebrate Billy's 10th year with us, Just For Dogs 20th year and my 50th. I have entered the Lakes Sky Ultra (LSU). 

The LSU is an ultra distance Skyrace. Big distance, ridge running and scrambling.. 'Rock and Run!'.

Training weekend, with http://www.mountainrun.co.uk/

I have set this challenge, in the hope that through the generosity of family, friends, bloggers and blog readers, we can raise as much awareness and money, for  Just For Dogs as possible.

2017 is the centre's 20th anniversary and they are in the process of building a new rescue complex with spacious kennels, all with underfloor heating, an annex, for long term dogs, nursing and isolation facilities and more. This adventurous project, may well wipe out all the charities funds, leaving them with a five stare centre but no funds to run  it. 

Any donations, will make a difference in creating a safe haven for many thousands of homeless dogs. who in the future, like Billy did, find themselves abandoned, lost and alone.....

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Stephen-Burt2

Thank you x

Vidz #2

Plant Power Dudes

Two lovely films, that may have slipped, under your radar. 

First up; We Are....  by Mikk . Amongst Mikk's many talents, running is the one I know him best for. He has just flown around the Bob Graham Round A 66 mile, with 27,000 ft of ascent round  of 42 of the highest peaks in the Lake District.

 Tim is a professional, freerunner and describes himself as a Human practising being.
Both Tim and Mikk do a fine job of expressing, the joy of running in the Peak District. Both also follow a plant based/vegan diet, which makes them cool, in my book.

Good on ya lads!

Please keeop doing what you are doing.

Morning sun

"My morning sun is the drug that brings me near......."

B. Sumner

I used to think that the day would never come

That my life would depend on the morning run ;)

Rab Mini Mountain Marathon

Grasmere 17.04.16

Another brilliant Rab Mini Mountain Marathon. The timing was perfect for me. Two weeks before the Great Lakeland 3Day. It gave me a chance to run on proper Lakeland fells and to see if I could remember how to read a map.

 For some,  these four hour score events are an introduction to mountain marathons. Others come to test there speed, navigation and mountain skills. Whatever the reason for entering, everyone seems to have a good time. Me included.

That feeling when you find the control

A sparkling Easdale Tarn

Pinched from  Rab Mini MM  

A big thank you to these good people
Photo also pinched from Rab MMM

Splatt

It really is called Splatt

Happy New year to you!

My first run of 2016. A damp splash, from St Minver to a tower, on a hill and back.

Some weather

Missioning

Mikk's 30/30/30

Missioning

Missioning ~ (Mish-un-in)

Verb

To go out, on a Mission or adventure. Mucking about in the Hills. Usually self propelled, by foot or pushbike.

Origin ~ Mikk

Synonyms ~ Fun

After bigging it up, my trusty mju lets me down

Mikk's mission- To celebrate his 30th year was; a 30k trail/fell run, a 30k road bike ride and a 30k mountain bike ride. A proper mission.
Mikk Kindly invited me along to share in the celebrations. Not being a banana powered 'machine', I opted to just tag along on the run.
The route for the run was planned by Glen. Glen is at the elite end of the fell running scale, although  he would  probably never use the E word to describe himself, a solo Bob Graham and being able to run Simon Fellmonkey ragged, says he is.
I really am not worthy to run with these Two and proved so, by bonking at about 20k. Fortunately this didn't prevent Mikk from completing his mission(Respect). It certainly didn't stop me enjoying myself.

Happy 30th Mikk ans a big thank you, to you and Glen for the guided tour of the Eastern Peak District.

My first visit to the Ox stones

Missioneers

Mikk readies the Banana bike.

Proper Bow

Bowfell, at last

Unfinished business. I missed out on visiting Bowfell, twice this year. First at the Rab mini mm. This was a score course and I ran out of time. A month later at the GL3Day , the bad weather course missed out Bowfell.

Time to put things right.

Not a bad view to wake up to

Photo by Mark F

Heading up The Band, I bumped into Mark. Mark had been on the F.R.A navigation course and stopped over for a bit of extra practice. 

Thanks for the photos m8 and your company.

Photo by Mark F

Shoe selfys

The landscape artists of ancient China, would often put a tiny Daoist master or a Confucian scholar in their paintings, to show perspective and the insignificance of us humans.

If they had 21st century technology, they would have used, the shoe selfy.

Cowboys favourite; a fat calf

Peregrines in the Canaries 

Pickering Tor PBs

Doh!

steady on

Dragonflys

wtf

How contrived

Wave harriers.. Without any waves or harriers

My favourite