“Team Wrinkly”
Three Monthly Report
June, July, August 2007
Did the
long-range weather forecasters get it slightly wrong? Roundabout Christmas 2006, they told us that 2007 would be the hottest and driest
summer on record. Silly me believed them!!!Then we were told by some of the
highest-ranking Churchmen, that all
the floods and devastation was God’s
way of punishing us for all our sins and wrongdoings. Logic has never been one
of my strong points, but surely he should be punishing the people with all the
wealth, along with the politicians, (the people who are guiding us down these
paths), not the weak and vulnerable!
Enough of
that before I drown in the deep hole that I have dug for myself. (There’s a pun
there somewhere).
During the
past three months we have seen Tony
Robbins and Dougie Brown, go
from being classed as “Wrinkly’” and
progressing into the “Oven Ready”
category. Hope I look that good when, (if), I’m 70.
Another great
celebration saw Anne Docherty
becoming an official member of the “Wrinkly
Club” by passing her 50th
Birthday.
Congratulations to you all.
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JUNE
One of our
first Thursday Runs in June took us to the Calderbank Country Lodge; there is
always a great welcome there from Roland
and Lesley his wife, the owners of
the Lodge. After our super Xmas Lunch there last year, it gave us
the opportunity to book the Lodge
again for 2007. This time it will be
held on Thursday 13th
December. http://www.calderbankcountrylodge.co.uk
On the third Thursday in June it was the ever-popular “Fairy
Steps” run from Beetham. Check
this link.
http://www.visitcumbria.com/sl/beetham-fairysteps.htm I’m sure that gap is getting
smaller.
The last Thursday saw us on an 8.5mile run from
the Boss’s home, then back for a
well-earned Barbie & Beer. No
wonder that gap at the previous venue is getting smaller!
June turned out to be the wettest June since 1903.
JULY
What a
disaster, no more smoking in “Public Places”.
On the first Thursday in July we ran along the “
It’s owned by
http://www.copperdragon.uk.com and their “Golden Pippin” beer, has got to be one
of the best pints ever brewed. We all thought that there couldn’t be any more
rain left in the sky, but guess what, July and the weather got even worse. The
fields were now wetter than they were in January
and February.
The second Thursday in July saw us at Claylands
Caravan Park, Cabus Nr. Garstang http://www.claylands-caravan-park.co.uk
which is an excellent venue for running around Scorton and Nicky Nook;
super countryside on our doorstep, check this web site:-
http://www.mikes-walks.co.uk/Walks/Lancs/Warton_Crag/Ribble_Valley/Scorton/scorton.html
The third Thursday in July and we all report for duty, at Doug & Dorothy Brown’s at Hurst
Green. This has got to be in the top three when it comes to favourite
venues. Doug always ensures that the
run is tough but scenic, whilst Dorothy
ensures that we are suitably refreshed when we return. The weather was hot and
humid, the fields showing no sign of improvement; they were still ankle deep in
mud.
The following
Thursday and we meet at another top
three contender, it’s the Great House
Barn Café at Rivington, http://www.bolton.org.uk/rivington.html
There are many variations on routes from including, fell, trail and road - it
is a runners paradise!
AUGUST
At last the
summer improves weather wise. Our first outing of the month is to Clough Head Car Park at Haslingden; on a humid day we set off
on 7miles of the
The second Thursday, the day after the Chorley Inter Club it sees us at the Eagle & Child Pub at Weeton, 8.4 miles and we only went off
course three times, that’s got to be a Wrinkly
record!
The next run
was from the Royal Arms, Tockholes, and
another excellent venue; there are numerous different routes that can be taken
from here; on this occasion we ran through Roddlesworth
Woods then past the bottom of Aggie’s
Staircase:
- http://archive.thisislancashire.co.uk/1997/8/23/820373.html I once bet Keith Gresty 10p, that he couldn’t run all the way up it, guess
what he did!!!! He however declined my double or nothing bet on this occasion.
[Times have changed]
The third Thursday saw us running from the Green Drive 5 - start and finish in Lytham, after which there was food and
drink waiting for us at Reg and Pam Chapman’s house; what a super
spread they had laid on. These Thursday’s
are really tough, you know!
The
final August run was from the Roman Village of Ribchester, http://www.ribchestermuseum.org/
The run was the longest this year, 10.5miles. I told the other runners that it
would be around 6 to 7 miles; now they know why I was on the Navigation Course that night!
(Hopefully I won’t have learnt anything; it will take the fun and mystery out
of the runs}. On this occasion we were only slightly off course, a gauge of how
far can be seen in the fact that we ran round Blackburn Rovers Training Ground at Brockhole, - (please don’t tell anyone at Turf Moor!)
Despite all
the rain this summer we have had some excellent outings. Here’s to Autumn etc.
Written by: John (The Boss) Whiteman.
Submitted: September 2007
Edited by: Brenda J Earnshaw WRR Editor