I’m what I would call a realist. Others would take a look at that realism and in turn refer to me as a pessimist. This to me is ironically funny as that opinion in itself appears to be a pessimistic…
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The Fellicionado ‘Movingpicturesmith’ Awards 2015
During the hours of darkness there’s nothing more I enjoy than watching a film (well, there are a couple of other things but for the purposes of this post let’s politely ignore what they could be). In keeping with the…
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The Fellicionado ‘Wordsmith’ Awards 2015
We can’t move for books here in Fellicionado Heights. The wife’s doing her nut and wants them gone. I steadfastly refuse and so until she comes round to my way of thinking she’ll be in the garden getting her head…
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If you’re ever in Oxford……..
An old friend of mine (we got history) has been travelling the globe for the past few years. She writes. She travels. She ‘travel-writes’. Recently her travelling has taken her back to sunny ol’England and our fair isles in general.…
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Injury
Injury according to the dictionary is defined as any one of three meanings:
1. to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair
2. to do wrong or injustice to
3. to wound or offend
I am…
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Fellrunning: A Punter’s Guide No. 4 – Carnethy 5
Right, you’ve read the shite about the relays but that’s not gonna be a flash in the pan. Oh no. There’s going to be a heck of a lot to get through this year, it’s only January after all and…
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Jet Lag
So…….jet lag sucks.
My body is seeing me off massively. It’s trying to tell me it’s 11am and to ‘stop being a lazy shit’. In reality it’s 3am and by accepted social norms I’m not classified as an effective human…
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Fellrunning: A Punter’s Guide No. 2 – The Bob Graham Round
I was reminded today, whilst Instagram stalking a certain Mr. Rickey Gates, an American man – or ‘Ameriman’ if you will – of the Bob Graham Round (BGR in hip parlance) and, more specifically, Billy Bland’s frankly ridiculous record.
I…
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Fellrunning: A Punter’s Guide No. 1 – Langdale Horseshoe
The first in a new series of posts where I look at various races around the fell running calendar, make up spurious and illogical data, which I then present as historical fact, in order to support outlandish conclusions and finally…
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Shhhhhh
All quiet here at Fellicionado Heights. Winding down to the winter. Hot cup of cocoa. Mm-mm.
I’ve been living in the desert for a couple of months. I’m back in sunny Scotland for a week then back out to a…
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