January 14, 2025
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Running
By
Barry Kemp
It's taken a while to get over the pain of the Cheviot Goat being cancelled at the last second. Storm Darragh decided to worsen as the weekend approached and replicated the problems caused by Storm Arwen a few years back. In the end it was...
January 13, 2025
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Running
By
Barry Kemp
11th Jan 2025 and the sun is shining on a cold and crisp morning in the Breamish valley. It's been a week since a heavy fall of snow has covered the Cheviots all the way down to Cunyan Crags followed by a week of freezing...
February 1, 2022
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Running
By
Barry Kemp
We can't tell you how much joy it brought us to bring you the 2022 Winter Wipeout. Yes everyone knows the pandemic has hit events businesses hard but then there has also been natural disasters like storms to deal with. Losing the Cheviot Goat at...
January 1, 2021
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Running
By
Barry Kemp
Today we open a new kind of race. One that adapts to the restrictions we find ourselves in and is open to just 50 people and to north east locals only. Just before the new year the north east was put into Tier 4 restrictions...
It's safe to say that we are bursting at the seams to be able to put on events again. It's been a devastating time for our industry which has been effectively shut down since March. Event companies are prime candidates to be slipping through the...
June 2, 2020
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Running
By
Barry Kemp
A few runners out there really brightened up our day by accepting the challenge of running in a squiggly manor to produce some kind of outline of a goat. Keep in mind that people have to deal with roads, fences, gates etc then you really...
May 29, 2020
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Running
By
Barry Kemp
We're all bursting to get out and hit those trails with some quality running but this damned 'rona is keeping us all apart. Like jilted lovers the longing is there but the reality means the distance stays. We all want to know just when we...
May 26, 2020
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Running
By
Barry Kemp
Many moons ago we organised a one-off duathlon in the quiet hills of the Upper Coquet valley. It attracted a very small field but the event was all about having fun and getting out into the serenely beautiful setting of Barrowburn. The ladies winner was...
May 11, 2020
In
Running
By
Barry Kemp
The Winter Wipeout race of 2018 was a bit of a classic as local racers battled it out to see who got back to Ingram cafe first. The conditions were very wet underfoot and it would take patience, experience and determination to win the day. ...
Once again the weather has been pretty fantastic which has afforded us all the chance to get out and get some efforts in. Let's have a look at the movers and shakers in our two Strava clubs. If you're not in the clubs then get...