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13th February - The Northern Spine was four weeks ago now and recovery is going well. I have started my write up and will post that up next week. This weekend I'm off to the Lakes to meet friends and run - hopefully in lovely weather (well Saturday anyway). My plans for 2026 are changing as I realised when I was on the Tyndrum round a couple of weeks ago that I haven't got the strong desire to finish that will be needed as it's a very hard round. I have entered the Swiss Peaks Legend 397km and am considering which races / rounds to do this summer.

6th February - I don't know where time goes. Well some of it was spent racing on the Northern Spine and then recovering from the Northern Spine. I will be writing this up hopefully very soon. Then last week I had a busy few days with a S&C course in Edinburgh, a few days battling the weather in Tyndrum and then a talk with Helen Rennard in Edinburgh. So there's not been much time for updating the website. I promise it has moved to nearer the top of the To Do List!

6th January - Happy New Year!!! Christmas and New Year was in great weather overall so my apologies for no updating but I've been on the hills and outside in the sunshine. Unlike the rest of the country we've not had any snow but it's been generally very cold and sunny here. A summary of my holidays! And the photos are in the gallery Christmas and New Year

1)  I've been doing a lot of training with Bruce and Flynn (although Flynn is perfect when it comes to heel!).

2) I went for a run where I saw Galloway Mountain Rescue out on a call which just made me more conscious to be vigilant with extra clothes and letting Steve know (via Garmin LiveTrack) where I am. Well done to GMRT. I've uploaded some general photos here of my activities

3) I cleaned and sealed our kitchen flags which might seem a weird Christmas job but I've wanted nice flags for years and after trying varying products I've found one that really works.

4) Steve found me a new Bird Table tree trunk to replace the told one which was slowly rotting and leaning.

5) I did the Screel Hill Craig Christmas Cracker which is always a great hard little race. And saw all GMRT there supporting as well.

6) Charmian and Steve came to stay and we had a hike up Merrick in sunshine and then up Shallock on the Minnock in clag and rain!

7) Now of course it's the Northern Spine which starts this coming Sunday at 6pm. A changed start time from 2025 which was 8am meaning more darkness for everyone but it will be great to see High Cup Nick in daylight for once. I'm all packed and ready to head to Hardraw at the weekend. The Opentracking link is here https://live.opentracking.co.uk/spinechallnorth26/