Another long run, this time to the North edge of the map. Enjoyed finding some new routes between places to tick off squares today. I’d never run along the channel that follows the M62 between the man in the middle and Saddleworth junction before, but it’s a runnable cut through that saves extending the run…
A short leg stretcher after the long one the day before. Local trip around Dovestones. Ticking off some local squares so that I have a few less photos to take later in the Spring when I’m completing the Saddleworth 15 Res’s ultra. It’s going to be a long day out and I don’t want to…
A big run. An urban run. The first corner ticked off. I certainly wouldn’t normally go running through the depths of Ashton, Droylsden etc., but that’s what this little local adventure is all about! Distance: 38km. New squares: 32. New peaks: 1. New Trigs: 3. Corners: 1. The White Heart is a great gastropub in…
Back to back snow days – what more could you want? Busier trails today that I could actually run. Distance: 14km. New squares: 8. New peaks: 1. New Trigs: 1. Looking back over Greenfield to Alderman’s. SD9903. Climbing up Alphin felt a little like Everest today. Such lovely conditions brought a queue of people…
This was an epic run in the snow. Total change of route mid way through as we were making incredibly slow progress in knee deep powdery snow. Gave us immense respect for all those starting the Spine Race this weekend. Speaking of which, if you haven’t been watching dots already this weekend then here are…
I love running in snow. It’s a hell of a workout. Didn’t go far today, ran the length of the hill behind our house, but I was the first idiot covering most of it so was running in 1-3 ft of undisturbed snow for much of it. Distance: 11km. New squares: 9. New peaks: 1….
Snow and ice, a first trig point, and a bump to the head! Distance: 13km. New squares: 5. New peaks: 1. New trig points: 1. SD9807 takes in the Saddleworth village of Delph. I almost always take the footpath along the river, rather than the high street. It’s quiet and another nice bit of industrial…
A beautiful January day to start ticking off squares & peaks. Glad I didn’t go out yesterday with fairly significant flooding in the local area. Distance: 13km. New squares: 9. New peaks: 2. First up was my home square of SD9905. The local playing fields were looking picturesque in the morning sun & frost. The…
I’m 45, √2025=45, time for a 2025 square based running challenge! I’ve ordered a custom OS Map centred on my village. 20km² = 400 map squares to visit. I’m going to attempt to visit them all. On foot. From my front door. Inspiration via @MElcoate. I’m planning on taking a photo (square of course) in…