Author Archives: BillB

We had a wonderful day at Floors Castle, Kelso for the last race of the Borders XC League.   Chris Downie drove Gilly Marshall and me down, the sun was shining and when we reached Floors, the snowdrops were out and … Continue reading →

There was some snow in Penicuik when we left but the weather in Peebles was relatively balmy by comparison, well until about halfway through the race when the snow started.   It was round about that time that I thought that … Continue reading →

What a wonderful day at Dunbar: wall to wall sunshine and really quite warm. So warm in fact, that a fair number of runners cooled down in the sea; and I heard that one very brave chap called Mike Brooks … Continue reading →

Chris Downie had a great race at Caerketton, 28th out of 56 starters, in an amazing time for an over 50 of 6mins 54secs, just over 90 secs behind the winner.   We all know now why Chris was looking a … Continue reading →

I saw very little of the race since I was confined to the start/finish field looking after two of my grandchildren. It was a fine evening and 3 Harriers completed the race, Paul Pollard in 15th place, followed by Kevin … Continue reading →

Eildon 2 Hills Race, 25th June 2011 A great day at Melrose, unlike the last 3 or 4 years, it was merely slightly damp, the course was in great shape and 217 it. I understand the there were 220 starters … Continue reading →

The best bits of my trip to Norham on Sunday were the drives down the A68/697 and back up the A1.   Each journey took about 90 minutes and, while there was some water on the roads, there was little or no … Continue reading →