Could I do the 3 peaks in winter?
Now the clocks have gone back in the UK, we have a lot less daylight hours. This got me thinking, (whilst I was pulling the 3 Peaks photos from my Nokia phone) When I did the 3 Peaks walk in June, I started at 6:50am and therefore had until 6:50pm (12 hours) A time of [...]
The 3 Peaks of Yorkshire – Salomon XT Wings Challenge
Regular readers will know of the XT Wings Challenge and that I have a pair of Salomon XT Wings (courtesy of Salomon) and a Nokia N82 (courtesy of Nokia). I had to dream up a challenge that I could do in the Shoes and photograph with the phone. I chose the ‘3 Peaks of Yorkshire’ [...]
How accurate is the Nokia N82 gps?
The whole thing of distance has always fascinated me. Tracking distance may be old school. (Most elite athletes track training time) but for us age groupers, it is always interesting. I once read that when Polar were researching the development of the footpod. They concluded that most sub elite/age groupers (their target market) weren’t too [...]
Camping in the Yorkshire Dales
Well after much surfing around, we picked a campsite to base the roadrunning salomon xt wings challenge at. As I posted before, camping further out of Horton would mean an earlier start. BUT crucially, the campsite would have something for the junior roadrunners to do. (A Park/playground). A field with a tap in the corner [...]
Accommodation in the Yorkshire Dales
The roadrunning trip to the Yorkshire Dales is looming large and I am still wondering how hard it can be. Accommodation in the Yorkshire Dales can be very expensive. Loads of second homes and £1000 a week cottages for rent. So camping it is then And making this decision coincides with almost 3 days of [...]