Let’s admit it, an AGM on Microsoft Teams had all the components required to absolute chaos, something akin to the Handforth Parish Council Meeting that’s been doing the rounds on YouTube (if you haven’t seen it, you should look it up). There were one or two people had some technical difficulties, (and there were one …
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Another weekend of snow and gale-force winds behind us must surely mean we’re inching our way towards warmer, drier times. My current attitude: “Winter? Completed it, mate.” Thankfully, there are plenty of club members yet to be defeated by the arctic temperatures, and you can read about their far more inspiring attitudes and exploits below! …
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Busy in the hills today! “Men” with guns, a woman in wellies offering unsolicited nav advice, someone accusing us of jogging (it’s true, we were jogging), several startled hares and a rogue snowball. Other than that, nothing else happened. Here’s the (bi)weekly report! The (Virtual) Spine Race They don’t come much longer than the 268-mile …
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Harriers appear to have been out and about en masse this week playing in our lovely local winter wonderland: not just on foot, also on snowboards, skis and sledges. The ones that got up early on Saturday morning enjoyed an amazing cloud inversion and fresh pow …. the ones who were slightly slower off the …
It would be an understatement to say this year has been an unusual one and of course, we’ve all had our own personal challenges to deal with along the way. It’s easy to dwell on negatives, but let’s not forget how many good times there have been! Here’s a look back at a few photos …
Have 5 days of feasting and frivolity! It’d be inhuman not too! Actually, change of plan – make that one day, change your plans, buy a turkey for 2 and don’t go anywhere! Whatever you ended up doing, whoever you saw, whether you put your whole foot in, your whole foot out, whether you shook …
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Lockdown 2.0 is over, a vaccine is on the way, its nearly Christmas, but obviously the biggest reason to be cheerful is the penultimate Glossopdale Harriers Weekend Report of the year! Well, perhaps I’m over egging the pudding just a little, but there’s plenty gone on, and not least some pretty exciting committee news, so …
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Has it really been two weeks since the last report? Time flies when you’re in lockdown… maybe… The Christmas lights seem to be glistening throughout Glossop and at some point a pub may even open! Anyway, here’s the weekly report! The Search for the Lost Mojo It’s been all too easy to lose that running …
With Lockdown 2.0 upon us, the nights drawing in and the temperature dropping, it’s an easy time to lose motivation, curl up on the sofa with your cats, and watch period dramas on Netflix while it blows a veritable hooley outside. Naming no names of course. However, despite the absence of races, or even the …
Much to my excitement, there were multiple emails in the GDH inbox this week so here is a not-so-brief roundup of how some Harriers have been spending the last few days of October. I will leave it up to you, dear readers, to decide which are the treats and which are the tricks. Old Glossop …
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