@thegreenrunners.bsky.social TGR meet up in Hawes as requested.

Registration for the Northern Challenger completed at Hardraw; now for a 12 hour shift at Hawes YHA looking after the full Spiners. #montanespinerace

Man at work. We Will Get to Hawes.

Operation Get to Hawes begins. Path clearance under way. Only 30 metres of uphill drive to negotiate after this. Currently I am directing operations from inside - trying to ascertain if the road at the top of our drive is navigable. Proper Spiney.

People fatally shot by UK police in 2024/25: 2 People fatally shot by US law enforcement in 2025: 1280

Ice in the pool today. Ok no evidence exist of my actually being in there but there was no one else about and I wasn't about to try an in icy pool selfie!

Nigel Farage is probably delighted today that Reform have the most members of a political party. It doesn't have to be this way. 180,000 and rising. Hope ready to overtake hate. Stand and be counted. Join.greenparty.org.uk

I found this in an owd paper a few years ago, alus nice to see it pop up on social media #Shrewsbury #shropshire #rocknroll

Amazon benefits from Trump’s tax cuts and attacks on labour; while the US government benefits from Amazon’s funding, political support, and provision of surveillance technologies. Here we explain why our #BoycottAmazon campaign can go beyond disapproval of its UK tax avoidance: bit.ly/4lQQXP0

Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @theguardian.com

Harrogate Town v Shrewsbury Town. League Ground 117 for me. 90 out of current 92.

It looked bleak outside at 7am. The Shropshire hills were shrouded in mist. The rain was biblical; the winds strong but I had great fun. I ended the run by jumping into the stream in Cardingmill Valley and wading about (whilst picking out litter)- so pleased was I to see water now restored to it.

1/2 Check out this fantastic new resource developed as a collab between Dr. Kim Nicholas & Project Drawdown. Their interactive tool provides tailored advice to help you make the most of your climate superpowers. Take action. Fight climate change. jointheshift.earth @projectdrawdown.bsky.social

All 21 Anglesey trigs completed over a long weekend. This was a very windy Bwrrd Arthur and I was clinging on for dear life!

Six Anglesey trigs done today whilst Frank runs the Ring of fire. This one was bonkers and involved rock climbing and then bashing through very dense and deep bracken. Forever indebted to OS mapping!

Holyhead Mountain trig #4/21. A lesson learned- if we've an hour for the car park it's best that estimating distance isn't up to me. As we climbed, the heavens opened & the wind howled. Trig gained, we'd 20 mins to make it back so a mad dash ensued - perhaps not the best prep for Frank's race!

Whilst Frank is running The Ring of Fire, (and in between crewing for him), I have a plan to visit all 21 Ynys Mon (Anglesey) Trig points. Grabbed #1 on the way to our Holyhead base - very difficult to find as it was hidden in a hedge and all the more satisfying for it. Cefn-Cwmmwd.

The boss of the world's biggest oil company (and the Saudi sovereign wealth fund) is jetting in to greet his subjects in Newcastle tonight... 👇 Totally normal goings on in 2025 😬🤢🫣

Oops… I got carried away #EndDuchenne www.justgiving.com/page/nicki-l...

A fabulous race Festival in the beautiful South Shropshire Countryside. Entries open 9am Friday 23nd August vis sientries

🔴 FIFA and UEFA need to get serious about heat dangers. It can't just be left to players 👇 🔴 Dangerous heat will impact the next two Men's World Cups in North America, Spain, Morocco 🌡️ 🔴 Future proofing football means serious climate policy. Ending fossil fuel sponsorship is a common sense start 📣

1/3 Did you know we have 15,000 followers on Instagram? That’s amazing! But only 7% of followers are members & it’s our members who power real change. Membership is just £2.20/month or your local equivalent (£2 + transaction fees). Less than an energy gel. #JoinTheMovement #RunningForChange

If, like me, the constant sight of Nigel Fagash on your telly makes you grit your teeth so hard your sphincter seals up tighter than a Pharoah's tomb, follow the link below to tell Sky News to pack it in.

Oh dear😅 Nick Ferrari thinks the Trump Baby balloon is "neither clever nor funny" & shouldn't be flown to protest him visiting the UK... Should we pack it all in then? To avoid the 😱indecency?

If you're feeling as helpless as I am about Gaza - here's something that might make a small difference - www.ethicalconsumer.org/ethical-camp...

"Accept certain inalienable truths: prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you'll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders." (Words by Mary Schmich)

🔴 Guardiola: "We are a disaster. We are exhausted. The CWC destroyed us" 🔴 Player's Union: "CWC proves, to the point of absurdity, that it is urgent to stop this massacre game. He flouts the physical and mental health of players for a few more dollars." 🔴 Time for big voices to make change happen.

Great to see this story in The Guardian. Would love to hear weather forecasters refering to an incoming storm as Fossily Mcfuelface or BigOil. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

🤔 what names might you propose to the UK Met Office? 🤔

I don't know if it was entirely due to my complaint (!) but they have changed the article. Now has Shane as first male but Anna overall winner. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The usual 'spectacular' journalism from the BBC. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Shane Morgan "finished first in the Montane Summer Spine men's race across the Pennine Way, in 91h 45" Bless her "On the women's leaderboard, London-based Anna Troup came first with a time of 84h 56" No mention of Irene.

On the way up to Kirk Yetholm to give a hand at the finish of the @spinerace.bsky.social , I wondered whether I might bag an easy trig (not having time to do The Cheviot ones!). I found this one, just over the Scottish border - called Dolphinston Trig. (Scottishly surrounded by thistles). Perfect!

@spinerace.bsky.social Bellingham CP 5 Crew. The Dream Team!

Bellingham is closed and the final chickens are coming home to roost on the @spinerace.bsky.social . It will be hot today and there are some very sore feet out there. I'm willing the lovely Jody Manning home. #thespinerace

Ladies take first & second place overall at the @spinerace.bsky.social Awesome work by Anna Troup and Irene Kinnegam. I was chatting to Irene at Bellingham & she was telling me that she wasn't worried about placings; she just wanted to finish to exorcise the demons of her last time on the course.

A manic day in Bellingham today with a large number of Northern Challenger athletes as well as a handful of Full Spiners. Hard work but so rewarding to see these lovely people do awesome things.

Ready for Registration of the new Montane Spine Northern Sprint at Bellingham.

So it begins! Registration at Edale. Montane Summer Spine.

The forcible interception of the Madleen in international waters is a flagrant breach of international law. The UK govt must condemn this act, demand immediate release of the civilian crew, and push for unimpeded humanitarian access to Gaza without delay. freedomflotilla.org/2025/06/09/i...

@charliecoffee.bsky.social took the first photo 7 years ago when we joined him and @runnercalledwalker.bsky.social on a litter pick of the South West Coat path. I took the second photo yesterday. Same top - who needs new kit? @thegreenrunners.bsky.social

Beginning today (Monday) 5am my Partner Frank will be attempting an FKT on the South section of the Shropshire Way. 122 miles 4000 metres elevation. It will be supported - the support being ME! Only one other person has done it (we think), his mate Grant in 46h 10m. track.trail.live/event/frank-...

Brown hares can currently be shot all-year round , despite an estimated decline of 80% in the last 100 years . Please sign the petition now calling on the Govt to introduce a close season from Feb – Sept . Thank you !

The govt cannot ignore this warning: we must act now to prevent genocide. We must not let the govt become desensitised to the horrors unfolding in Gaza; I will continue to fight for a ceasefire and the humanitarian action that is so desperately needed. news.sky.com/story/sixtee...

I'm astonished people buy McD's in Shrewsbury & drive 15 miles to the Long Mynd to discard it. That's been my guess as it's nearest. However this lot left receipts. They got their food in Bristol Rd McD's Birmingham 20.44 last night before driving 60 miles to the Long Mynd & leaving it on the hill.

One bonus of being more in touch with the Planet is that, on finding, only 7 miles after I had my car washed, the windscreen covered in insects, I thought 'this is a good thing'. RIP insects though.

At a time when gardens are at their most important for helping wildlife cling on and as mitigation for climate impacts we need people to do the right thing. They don't, so now we need Government to... petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

Sooo many random people following me; I suspect not for my scintillating posts but instead for a follow back. Let it be known, I'm not gonna follow you unless there's a good chance that should we meet in person we'd get on well.

UK: Brexit is the biggest act of economic self harm any country will ever perform USA: Hold my beer...