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Railway Crossings – "would it kill you to wait !"

Cycling with friends this weekend near Marquis Drive we noticed something that made us do a double take. A brand new 25 metre section of railway line complete with ballast, sleepers and rails   in the middle of a forest clearing!!!!

Closer inspection revealed it is a joint project between the Forestry Commission and Network Rail to research [...]

Shugborough Relay 2010 Results - now out

The Shugborough relay results have now been published on the Stafford Harriers website:

http://www.staffordharriers.org/page3/assets/Shugborough%20results%202010.pdf

http://www.staffordharriers.org/page3/assets/Shugborough%20results%202010.xls

The gob smacking news for me is I ran 10:42 for 2 miles but I’m not sure this time can be correct. ITU Triathlete Jaqui Slack who I was running with and eventually beat me did 11:37 which is much more like it.

Walton Chasers mens open [...]

Shugborough Relays 2010

It seems daft that I have lived less than a mile from one of the region’s biggest running club summer races for nearly 10 years and have not managed till now to run at the Shugborough Relays. In it’s 22nd year (we know this because Walton Chaser Andy Yeates is one of the very few who [...]

Micro Maze – Fete Orienteering

With our 7 year old daughter country dancing at the local parish fête this year we thought it was a good opportunity to publicise our club, Walton Chasers, which already has many members in the parish.

After getting the go-ahead from the organiser, Cath and I came up with a micro maze orienteering format using electric fencing posts and orange [...]

Back on the bike !

With my broken rib starting to mend and my chest infection more or less gone this weekend was all about getting back on the bike and enjoying some recreational rides.

With the Cannock Chase in perfect condition and my road bike out of action (needing a bottom bracket which hasn’t arrived yet) getting out on the single [...]

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