My slow and steady start to 2014 continued with a bracing (and wind battering) trot over Whernside from Ribblehead (in the Dales) on Saturday followed by a fantastically muddy amble around Goremire, Sutton Bank and Hood Hill (in the North York Moors) on Sunday. With H and H 'on team' both days.
I've just about managed to hold my running together, despite a hamstring tweak and a bit of a cold, both of which I have been stoically coping with very bravely since ooh.. mid-December... and not whinging about hardly at all.
The run around Sutton Bank also tied in nicely with an art project Hester is doing this year, based on the North York Moors, called 'New Ground' that she will be showing at the Inspired By gallery in Danby in November. And, like many of our run outs, lots of atmospheric weather (well mainly mud and fog to be honest) and beautiful countryside was there to be seen, enjoyed... and inspired by.
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| Harry (slightly mentally) playing with a stone |
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| Hester near the summit of Whernside |
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| Me and the boy wonder grough hopping |
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| The full Whernside assault team - gumby hat or what? |
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| Gormire Lake on Sunday |
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| The elephant tree, Gormire |
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| Me and Haz running into the foggy gloom |
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| Hazzer at a canter |
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| Me successfully not falling off the edge of Sutton Bank |
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| Woody with knobs on |
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| Hes and Haz |
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| Mud claws |
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| Hester "expertly" taking route one up a muddy bank |
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| Sutton Bank and Hood Hill |
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| The whole run was 'extreme mudding' |
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| Swimming for sticks in Goremire |
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| Where's Wally? |
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| Harry the best dog in the world! |
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