I wasn’t there – still lost in the High Peak – but such a successful outing shouldn’t go unrecorded. Sunny weather made for an interesting race with happy holidaymakers sitting around eating ice creams and digging holes down the length of the course. Mike and Stuart mastered the art of…
A recent issue of Runners World highlighted the Millennium Walkway in New Mills in their Dream Run* feature. Jim and I decided that it was worth a run and along with Nick and Mike Cooper aimed our Sunday “Boar’s Head” training run in that direction. I had imagined a straightforward…
Orienteering involves finding your way quickly between cunningly hidden “controls” – at points that are clearly marked on your map. It requires a fine balance of speed and navigation. Well that’s the theory and a Thursday night taster session was kindly arranged for us in Macc Forest. Maps were handed…
Link: . Sunday August 21st. Eleventh Race in Summer Series Cheshire Grand Prix 5 Damian Nicholls 32.456 Michael Halman 32.5114 Rob Downs M40 34.2915 Stuart Parrott M40 34.3617 Jim Pendrill 34.5119 Tom McGaff M50 34.5836 Bill Heaton M40 35.4964 Ray Noble 37.1782 Mick Fairs M55 38.1193 Tony Hulme M55 38.27119…
20 members were last seen running wild in Macclesfield forest. From the mass start the whippets of Group 1 hared off in to the distance only to be overtaken by slower runners (who had consulted the map!) This is obviously a thinking mans/womans sport and not for your average runner…
Link: . Summer Series after Pie & Peas Despite the Pie & Peas race being in the start of the holiday season, we had the second highest turnout in this year with 27 runners. There appears to be real commitment to complete the minimum 6 races with the likely prospect…
STOP PRESS Club Night THURSDAY 18th AUGUST, MACC. FOREST .. will be an orienteering event around Macclesfield Forest, at 7:00pm. Start is at SJ 977 714. If you don’t understand the map reference don’t worry, you’ll do great at orienteering. To get there – from Macclesfield take the A523 Leek…
Another week , another race : This time it was the ‘Pie and Peas five’ as ‘Team Wilmslow’ rolled into town. In truth it should be the ‘Pie , Peas or Beans five ‘ but in terms of marketing it does not have quite the same effect ! Twenty seven…
30th July 2005 The Burtonwood 5 was listed in the July newsletter but attracted only a minimal Wilmslow support – well in fact just me – but I’ll write it up so that you know what you missed. It was a flat rural course, HQ’d at a pub and all…
Herewith July newsletter. Also June, as I forgot to post that. June 05 (Word 524k), June 05 (pdf 213k) July 05 (Word 456k), July 05 (pdf 154k) Andy
