It seems a long time since I last supported a BG, much longer still since my own, though the Wasdale fells that dominate leg 4 remain as familiar as they ever were. It is arguably the hardest of the five legs on the Bob Graham, at least if running clockwise and for many aspirants, a daunting prospect.

The last Slioch Horseshoe hill race was held in June 2017. Just 33 ran, including Clayton-le-Moors’ Andrew Laycock who finished 8th in 2:31:07. I had hoped to run the race the following year, but it was not to be.

The greatest of the Torridon giants, Beinn Eighe is a vast mountain offering one of the great ridge runs of Scotland…

Taking its name from The Broken, the highest summit in the Harz mountains of Germany, where conditions result in frequent sightings, there is something magical about the Broken Spectre…

In a hard winter, there might be a handful of days such as this in the season. Often it seems there is just one.

The first evening of the year when sufficient light remains to get up on the high fells after work is a much-anticipated affair. Marking a change from the cold, dark headtorch runs of winter, it never fails to lift the spirits.

An extract from: Alone among mountains – Memories of Arran