MESSAGE FROM EL CAPITANO

 

Hi Brenda and Comrades

 

The Kraken wakes with batteries fully recharged after holidaying with comrades Kim II-sung and Vladimir Putin in North Korea and mother Russia, what fun I had tracking down errant American journalist and accompanying Vlad on his recent photo shoot's out in the wilds of Siberia, not sure about the dodgy pic's of him stripped to the waist showing off his peck’s and I have to take issue with the Western Press for airbrushing me out of said pic's whilst posing in my Wesham vest, to cap it all I got to meet Bill C for a round of Golf on Kim's private golf course.

 

Whilst holidaying Mrs. G and I also staged a mini reconstruction of the D - Day invasion storming into France via le Chunnel and taking Boulogne in two days, then straight on through France, over the Rhine to Munchen, 500 miles conquering all before us, all in one day. Vienna fell several days later under the might of the Glasgow’s then it was back to Munchen for a celebratory drink with Wesham's airborne invasion force, the Rayners, and the Germans thought they invented Blitzkrieg.

 

Now it's down to more serious matters, time for the comrades to wake up, smell the grass and sharpen up those spikes for the coming Cross Country conflict, the season opener being held at Kendal, 10th October 09 followed by the Mansfield relays on Saturday 31st October, 28th November sees us taking the fight to Liverpool followed by a trip to Burnley, 19th December to round off 2009.

 

The New Year, 9th January, 2010, it's the Lanc's XC Championships followed by a Mid Lanc's event at Wigan, 16th January, 23rd January and it's Blackburn for the Northerns, the 5th Mid Lanc's takes place at Hyndburn, 13th February, Roundhay Park, Leeds is the 2010 venue for the Nationals on February 27th all capped off with a trip to Barrow for the final mid Lanc's race, 06th March.

 

Your Dear Leader will be asking for combatants to contest the Mansfield Relays very shortly with lot's of rousing reminders and calls to arms live on club nights, you have been warned.

 

For more information regarding venues I would suggest consulting the mid Lanc's website as Kendal, Wigan and Barrow are all on unfamiliar territory.

 

Salud

 

Your Dear Leader and Capitano

 

Alan