Deuchary Hill Race

Colin headed off to Dunkeld on Sunday morning to enjoy a long(ish) hill race in blistering hot weather. Race organiser required everyone to call full waterproof body cover but temperatures reached around 20 degrees on the course.

Lovely and very scenic course taking in relatively gentle climbs and the modest summit of Deuchery Hill. Nice views over the Perthshire countryside.

Struggled quite a bit. Did a 3 hour cycle the day before and this may have sapped a little of my stamina. Pleased at still having some legs to run the last segment of the race.

No sign of results or race photos yet but too around 2 hrs 30 mins to get round.

The Hunger Games

Three of us headed out to see the Hunger Games in Imax. Good film.

Also went out of cycle to Gladhouse reservoir on new bike.

The Doll

Hannah was acting in her Drama club presentation of a short spooky play called The Doll. Hannah was excellent as amongst other roles a funny old granny.

Mountain Bike O

Hannah and Colin went out to the Pentland hills for our first attempt at mountain bike orienteering. A three hour score course. Colin ignored Hannah's suggested route and proceeded to pick off the lowest scoring controls on the course ! Good spirits were maintained throughout the 3 hours. Nice social events with tea and sandwiches provided at the end.

More Pictures from Chapelgill

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Cherry, Hannah and Colin went out to see this at the cinema on Saturday night. Enjoyable light viewing. Worth watching.

Max was away to West Linton for a weekend training for his Mongolia trip with World Challenge.

Chapelgill Hill Race

Officially the steepest hill race in the UK. Saturday saw glorious sunshine and reasonably warm weather for this early season race near Broughton. A very tough, steep ascent and relatively poor form meant I was quickly walking and swearing on the hard climb. The descent was also rough and steep and I got passed by 4 or 5 people on the way down. Great fun in spite of the pain. Rubbish time - 2 minutes slower than in the 2 previous outings at this race.

St Andrews

Colin went away for the weekend to St Andrews for some city orienteering. Saturday was the Scottish Sprint championships were he put in a reasonable performance. Fairly slow but accurate. Sunday was a street race and got around the 1o k course in just under an hour which was pretty pleasing. No major mistakes on either day.

Max went off to North Yorkshire and the Lake District for a geography field trip.