Fireworks, Beer, Druids, Shiggy, Flashing Bunny Ears and a White Horse in Hascombe

Scrum Muffin laying a flour trail in hascombe for the Guildford Hash House Harriers On Monday November the 5th Scrum Muffin and I (Little Pecker) got to set the hash run with the Guildford Hash House Harriers. Naturally we chose the Greensand Way area near our houses and having ‘cased the joint’ on the previous Thursday evening we arrived at the White Horse at Hascombe armed with various things to lay the hash around 6pm. As we ran the route in the dark (me navigating and using my big torch) Scrum Muffin had bags of flour and would lay the … Continue reading Fireworks, Beer, Druids, Shiggy, Flashing Bunny Ears and a White Horse in Hascombe

The Greensand Way Marathon Review

Last weekend was the Greensand Way Marathon organised by Trionium . Information on it can be found here http://www.trionium.com/greensand/ If you have read our previous blog you’ll know we met Trionium on Leith Hill Tower during one of our Greensand Way Training runs. He made a big impression on us with his enthusiasm for the Greensand Way…..and his super tight union jack running shorts.  You can read about it here http://www.greensandway2012.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/our-first-foursome.html   He wished us luck on our training run and invited us to run on the marathon run he organises. Claire…and Claire…and er Claire at the start of the Greensand Way Marathon … Continue reading The Greensand Way Marathon Review

Running The North Downs Way ‘Kent Loop’ – Concrete Ears , Flying Texans and Kissing Ernest Rutherford Goodnight

Over the first weekend in September 2012 Dave, Claire and I decided to the run the (alleged) 55 miles of the North Downs Way that comprises the loop between Dover and Canterbury.  This route would take in an overnight stay at my University and a trip down memory lane as well as some superb coastal trails along the famous White Cliffs of Dover, Concrete Listening Ears, A Flying Texan and a new concept we dubbed ‘sports shisha’ Dave and I drove to Folkestone on the Saturday morning, planning to meet Claire in Canterbury in the evening and stay over, and … Continue reading Running The North Downs Way ‘Kent Loop’ – Concrete Ears , Flying Texans and Kissing Ernest Rutherford Goodnight

Running on the North Downs Way in Farnham to Guildford – Cistercian Ruins, Caves, A White Witch, Dragons Teeth and Towers

Lee-Stuart Evans on the Greensand Way at Waverley Abbey Ruins Prior to this blog I had  run the entire North Downs Way ‘loop’ at the Kent end that takes in The White Cliffs of Dover and Canterbury Cathedral. This 2 day run was with both Claire and Dave (who I ran the whole Greensand Way with).  My blog about that run is here On Wednesday morning last week I hitched a lift with Dr G who works right next to Waverley Ruins in Farnham. I thought this would be a great ‘warm up’ at the Surrey end ready for ‘the main … Continue reading Running on the North Downs Way in Farnham to Guildford – Cistercian Ruins, Caves, A White Witch, Dragons Teeth and Towers

Running in Cambridge – Eagles, Blackbirds, more Hash and some record breaking Speed

  The SR71 at Duxford Museum – pic by Lee-Stuart Evans Last weekend I got a fantastic invite to stay with some twitter friends in Cambridge. I spent a year there as a student and love the place for reasons that become apparent in this blog !   Cambridge   We arrived Saturday afternoon and had quick walk round Cambridge in the afternoon and refamiliarised myself with the city as we got to watch the punts float by. We also had a pint in a very special pub called The Eagle. It was here that RAF and USAF pilots and … Continue reading Running in Cambridge – Eagles, Blackbirds, more Hash and some record breaking Speed