In these strange tines of sitting at home and staring at walls it is hard to project our minds in to the future and imagine getting out on to the trails. There are faint glimmers of hope that a reduction of isolation measures may be...
How did the Cheviot Goat come about? What crazy night of drinking spurred on such a mad hatter of an ultra run? As with most things it was an idea percolate and developed over time. A series of incremental steps of people learning their craft,...
That rush of wind on your face. The sound of rain as it starts to pitter patter against your waterproof top. A glimpse of a sunbeam cutting through the sky as you gaze at another beautiful sunrise from on high. With the onset of enforced...
2020 was a snow filled night for the Duergar Nightcrawler runners as storm Jorge came blowing in and causing chaos to the region. This meant that the route had to be altered to avoid the possibility of high winds bringing trees down and ruining someones...
In 2019 we had the delight of lending a fleet of Vango's very special F10 MTN 2 tents to house marshals and keep runners safe until they could be extracted. Well why not do a review of these impressive 2 man temples? Those of us of...
Bright blue skies filled the air as hundreds of runners came to register for the 3rd Duergur Run. Set in late February it's an opportunity to test early season fitness and get some practice at night running in a winter setting. The previous two years...
Sun 8th Dec approx 2am The North of Tyne mountain rescue radio buzzed in control, voices muffled due to the high winds and torrential rain all around the team on the hillside. "Key control key control key five over." "Key five key control send over" "Key control key five...
The countdown is well under way with less than a month to go until the big off. All is quiet in the sleepy hamlet of Ingram as the weather turns increasingly inclement when autumn peers over the top and sees the steely blue eyes of...