Category: Derbyshire
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Snow pace is slow pace
Flu. At least that’s what I thought it was. Everyone I speak to has had it or knows someone who has. Most people are coughing and it appears that every single person in our village has been affected by this so-called ‘winter viru’ or ‘flu’ or Covid-20 as some are saying. 3 weeks. That’s how…
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Snow Is Silk, Steel Is Real
Snow.Cold.Comfortable. Those are three words that shouldn’t exist in the same line, but that’s how I felt in the snow. Yes, during winter while navigating the white slush through the Clowne Greenway on my way to pick up some pheasants. Darn. The snow had been predicted a few days ago, but I still went out.…
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Do hills become easier with time, or do they gradually get harder with age?
Do hills become easier with time, or do they gradually get harder with age? This is the question I’ve found myself asking over and over again on my local climbs. It was just like yesterday. I remember the tears from my first climb. The staggered pause and glare at that frozen road ahead. Unbelievably hard.…