So several recces later we reach the start of the race – I did warn you this was complicated. It would also be our earliest start as we had a bit of a drive after to a hotel for some R&R after this recce, also an earlier train would take half an hour less toContinue reading “Recce Four – The Start to Torside”
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Recce Three – Torside to Standedge
So after the success of the recce of the last bit of the first bit of the Spine Race, the next day’s mission was to recce the middle bit of the first bit. I wasn’t really expecting much from today as I couldn’t really remember much about it. As it turned out this was probablyContinue reading “Recce Three – Torside to Standedge”
Recce Two – Standedge to Hebden Bridge
The next three recces I had planned were so complicated I ended up with a spreadsheet detailing where we were staying, where we were running from and to, where we were then going and what times the trains ran. Overall we wanted to head South as that was (is) where home was (is). However IContinue reading “Recce Two – Standedge to Hebden Bridge”
Recce One – Blenkinsopp Bog, sorry, Common
I do have a bit of a reputation for repeating races but, even by my standards, I’ve done a lot of Great North Runs, twenty-two now. It was the first ever ‘proper’ event I entered in 1998. I missed ’99 but have done everyone since. This year was slightly different in that we were drivingContinue reading “Recce One – Blenkinsopp Bog, sorry, Common”
The SVP100 – Good Afternoon Constable
So as I said right at the beginning, this blog will detail my journey to the 2022 Summer Spine Race. It could be argued that a 100km trail race along the Suffolk/Essex border has nothing to do with the Pennine Way but I’m going to disagree. It is hard to express how consumed by theContinue reading “The SVP100 – Good Afternoon Constable”
The Only Way Is Pennine... 