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Only £2.99 j r T MAIL ORDER, POST FREE, ON ABOVE ITEMS, WHILE STOCKS LAST ' SWITCH, CONNECT, VISA, ACCESS, MASTERCARD, TELEPHONE ORDERS TAKEN 34A KIRKLAND, KENDAL, CUMBRIA LA9 5AD " Tel/Fax: 01539-731012 I— ^ ELL Ru*% ----- --------- \ Advertising Rates: Bit at the Front — Neil Denby £160 Full Page. £100 Half Page ^OciAT^ ^£55.00 Quarter Page. £30 Eighth Page Interesting bit of controversy in this issue use of cars so the day may not be far off when Founded 4lh April 1970 regarding ‘long distance’ record attempts that the difficulty of driving and parking actually Classified Advertisements: involve speeding by car, boat or plane be force people on to public transport or into car These are not for people seeking commercial gain but tween the mountains to be run up and down. sharing. designed to be runner to runner ads. This is possibly akin to the Japanese tourists £2.00 for the first ten words, 15p per word thereafter. The original purpose of the small ads section who now take helicopters to Everest where Advance payment necessary. in the magazine was to encourage car shar the Russians are busily building a luxury Colour Rates ing to races, amongst other things, but due to hotel to save them all that nasty hard work of Available on request from Tony Hulme the infrequency of publication, this was never actually trekking there. a real ‘starter’. The small ads remain, how Enjoying the hills, for most of us, means ever, a member-to-member service and are not The Felirunner is published 3 times a year 1st week in June, October and February. finding a way of getting to them. Both the meant for commercial concerns. The rates for Deadline for articles, letters etc. for the next issue is Peak District National Park and the Lake those have, unfortunately, had to rise (the first May 8th District National Park have draconian plans time in five years) and new rates will apply Neil Denby, 13 Greenside, Denby Dale, on the drawing board for cutting down on the from July - these are notified in the panel, left. W. Yorks HD8 8QY Tel/Fax: (01484 861812) Results and Race Reports to: 28. A History of Clayton le Moors Harriers David Weatherhead, 16 Birchlands Grove, CONTENTS Wilsden, W. Yorkshire BD15 0HD (01535) 273508 - Bill Smith Regulars Advertising Copy to: 1. Calendar Update Race Reviews Tony Hulme, 17 London Road. Aiderley Edge, 7. FRA Relay Cheshire SK9 7JT 01625 582130 3. AGM Report 4. News and Views 19. Woody’s Birthday Bash 8. Junior Update Over 150 in centre pages. 17. Reviews - Books - Bill Smith International 33. Peter Travis’ poem 12. Everest Mountain Marathon - Rob Howard COMPUTERS 35. Review - Kit - Patrick Green 13. Mount Kinabulu - Mark Rigby Please provide copy on floppy, 36. Martin Stone’s 31. Tour de Mont Blanc - Mike Fry wherever possible. ASCII., Long Distance News Summary WORD, WRITE, RTF, MAC Features Extras OS, even RISC OS will do. 10. Profile, Harry Catlow - Bill Smith 9. Junior Training - Norman Matthews Even if it’s a weird format, send 13. Drive Every Mountain - Derek Hurton 10. The ‘Do’ - Ian Warhurst the disc with the printout 15. Junior’s - Dad’s Eye View 1997 11. FRA Navigation Course - Sheila McNulty anyway, It may save us TIME - Jim Godwin 12. Cudahy family Pennine Way Relay and FRA MONEY !!! 20. One Armed Fell Runners - Bill Smith - Mike Cudahy 21. Ben Nevis - Jim Rogers 34. Bob Graham completion - Colin Grime SAT. APR 11. CAUSEY PIKE. SUN. JULY 5. PEAKERS STROLL. BL. CALENDAR UPDATE Please note that the race will now be held on this 11.30 a.m. 25m/4000’ date and not on April 5th. as the organiser wishes from the Devonshire Arms, Peak Forest. £3.50 Two of the following come complete with to avoid a clash with the Pendle race. to organiser. Teams free. PM. Over 15 (please grovelling apologies on my behalf for making stupid mistakes; the remainder are either altera WED. MAY 20. TWO RIGGS check this with organiser as it may change to tions or additions to the Calendar. Please note that there is no North Lakes Mid "over 18") unless accompanied by an adult. week Series this year. The Matterdale Series Record: 3.05.06 L.Footit 1997. Details: Jeff Hip- First apology - on page one of the Calendar the (Common Fell, Royal Dockray and Hellvellyn) well, Hernstone Lea, Church Lane, Peak Forest, address of Chris Knox, our Environment and Ac will take place. Derbyshire, SK17 8EL. Tel: 01298 24056. cess Officer, SHOULD read - 38 St.John’s Street, Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 5AG. The telephone SAT. MAY 30. CULTER FELL HORSE SAT. AUG 29. GOODRICH FELL number given is correct. Sorry, Chris. SHOE. AL. 2.00 p.m. 12m/4000’ from the Please note that this event includes a junior race: Crook Inn, Tweedsmuir, Peebleshire, Scotland 1 lap of main event. £1.50, £2.50 unatt. Point of information - at the start of page 72 of (GR NT112264). £2 on day only. Team free. the Calendar it states that the change in age NS/PM. Over 18. Records: 1.49.05 G. Bland SUN. AUG 30. Y CNICHT. categorisation of Lady Vets from 35 years to 40 1994; f. 2.06.55 Y. Hague 1994. Details: Dick Please note that the entry fee for this race will be years "will be incorporated into the FRA rules Wall, The Old Exchange, Tweedsmuir, Biggar, £3 on the day and not £2.50 and also note that for Competition in due course ....," This has been ML12 6QN. Tel: 01899 880332. the organiser is now Don McCaffrey, 1 Aran Vil done and with effect from lst.January 1998 a SAT/SUN JUNE 13/14. LOWE ALPINE las, Dolgellau, Gwynedd, LL40 1BD. Tel: 01341 lady becomes a veteran on her 40th.birthday. 423484. This will be effective in both the British and MOUNTAIN MARATHON. MM. Two-person, two-day event over wild country with special English Championships and should be applied in Second apology coming up - all fell races. map and isolated overnight camp. Venue is the Scottish Highlands, approx. 2 hours drive north SAT. SEP 12. PEN Y GWELY. And now - of Glasgow. The event for connoisseurs with The race will be run on this date and NOT courses of varying length and the usual on 12th DECEMBER, which was the date I SUN. MAR 1. ALAN LAMB MEMORIAL adventures. Details: Martin Stone, Lowe Alpine somehow managed to give it in the Calen FELL RACE. BM. 11.00 a.m. 8.75m/1529’ MM, Sleagill Head Farm, Sleagill, Penrith, dar through sheer incompetence, carelessness, from the Visitor Centre Carpark, Hamster- CA10 3HD. Tel: 01931 714106. ley Forest, Bishop Auckland, County Dur geriatric febrility or whatever. Sorry, Doug. WED. JUNE 24. TIDESWELL FELL RACE. ham (GR 092312). £4 (includes all forest toll SAT. SEP 26. TWO BREWERIES HILL and parking charges) on day only. Teams BS. 7.45 p.m. 4.4m/850' from Tideswell Dale car park (GR SK153742). £2.50 on night only. RACE. AL. 12.00 noon. 18m/4900’ free. ER/LK/NS/PM. Over 18. Details: Keven from Traquair House, Innerleithen. £6 to Shevels, 35 Carmel Road South, Darlington, PM. Also junior race, £2. Records: 26.29 P. Boker organiser by 19th.September - no late entries. County Durham, DL3 8DQ. Tel: 01325 283146. 1995; f. 34.12 W. Barnes 1995. Details: Bill & Sandra Howard, November Cottage, Bank Square, Teams free. ER/NS. Over 18. Records: 2.33.57 SUN. MARCH 29. WHALLOPER WELL Tideswell, Derbyshire. Tel: 01298 872167. J.Taylor 1992; f. 3.05.18 Y.Hague 1991. Transport is available to race start. Ceilidh in the WHIZ BM. SUN. JUNE 28. KINDER TROG. This race will now be held on this date and NOT Please note that the race will now be held on this evening. Details: Bill Sheridan, Dreva Craig, March 15th. All other details as in calendar. date and not on June 14th. Broughton, ML12 6HH. Tel: 01899 830415. 1 OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS 1997-98 Peter Brooks Chairman Secretary DELEGATES TO FELL AND HILL RUNNING Peter Brooks, veteran of the Ben Nevis Richard Day Mike Rose COM M ISSIO N Race and an experienced hill runner, has 27 St. Mary's Road, 15 New Park View Selwyn Wright Richard Day Little Haywood Farsley, Pudsey Craighouse 27 St. Mary’s Road died at the age of 60. Peter had set off Stafford Leeds Foxfield Road Little Haywood on an arduous 85 mile circuit from The ST18 0QG LS28 5TZ Broughton in Furness Stafford Tel: 01889 822237 Tel: 0113 2556603 LA20 6EZ ST18 0QG Cairngorms to Fort William when he Tel: 01229 716797 Tel: 01889 882238 Treasurer Membership Secretary went missing. His route was planned to Tony Varley Pete Bland Norman Matthews, 8 Snowdon Drive, Horwich, Bolton take in a number of high Cairngorm 1 Kensington Drive 34a Kirkland BL6 7DG.