Carnethy 5

Colin ran in his third Carnethy 5 hill race in the company of 2 world skyrunning champions. Got round the course in just under 76 minutes which was a 4 minute improvement on last year and around 15 minutes better than the first attempt. 287 th place in the 500 runner field.

On Sunday we had a gentle stroll to Blackford hill and a run through the gorse bushes.

SOSOL 6

Max did very well at SOSOL 6 in Falkirk coming second on the Orange course. He is now second in the league. Colin came 17th on the Brown and is 8th in the league.

Weekend Orienteering

Colin went to the Sprint Orienteering at Dalmeny Estate on Saturday while the we went swimming with a friend.

On Sunday we went orienteering at Arthur's Seat. I came third on the orange course and Dad came eighteenth on the brown course which is mega-difficult and he therefore did really well even though it sounds sort of not so good.

By Max

Max Wins the Wattie Cup !

Max won the Wattie Cup for the top performance in the Scots Language and Culture. He learnt and recited a Scots poem, understood the Scots language and wrote a poem.

Sosol4 & Ice Skating

Colin went off to West Calder for the first SOSOL event of the new year. After quite a long break from orienteering it was amazing how bad you could get. Got very lost and ran about 1 km down the wrong river !

Cherry, Max and Hannah went to Murrayfield to ice skate.

KB Orienteering

We had a busy day on Saturday with Hannah at football in the morning, then running our first ever orienteering event at Kings Buildings and then a trip to the theatre to watch West Side Story. It was sad and Hannah cried.

Cardrona

Colin and Cherry enjoyed a weekend away at Cardrona near Peebles whilst Les looked after the kids in Edinburgh. The children went to Gorgie City Farm and to Deep Sea World. Colin and Cherry enjoyed some good food, a nice swim and gym and walks in Cardrona Forest and Cadesmuir Hill.

Great Winter Run

Dad and I went to Arthur's Seat. Dad did the Great Winter Run and I did the Junior Great Winter Run. My course was 1 1/2 miles long. I did quite well and took about 9 minutes. Dad's course was 5.2km long and he took 25minutes. It was good weather but very windy. Dad forgot his camera so we didn't get any photos. Some of my friends were there and one of them came sixth.

By Max

Glas Maol

Max made it to the top of his 11th Munro by climbing Glas Maol. Conditions weren't great with fairly strong winds and visibility rarely extending beyond about 100 m. Good fun nevertheless.

Hannah and Cherry went ice-skating at Murrayfield - and for a long cycle ride !

Ducks

World of Football - Ducks - Night O Training

Newcastle

We took a day trip by train down to Newcastle to visit the Life Science centre and to see the Millenium Bridge. Also saw the castle.

Greenmantle Dash

Second race of the year at Broughton. Fabulous sunny day for the muddiest, wettest, steepest shortest race of the year. The river was in full spate, the fields particularly muddy and the hill slippy with the wet. A wee bit faster than last year coming in 69 of 119 runners.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

We started the new year in energetic mood with the Portobello Promathon. Max and Hannah ran the 2 miles fun run. Max finished in 18 minutes and 19 seconds whilst Hannah came close behind in around 20 minutes.

Colin ran the 4 mile event in 30 min 11 seconds.

Clambers

Max and Hannah went to Clambers for some fun with the girls.

Fesitve Frolic

We had another trip to Vogrie country park for some orienteering. This was a great team event where we ran around an Orange course Plus a number of additional controls and quiz questions. The weather even stayed quite nice for us.

Gentle Hill Walk

Max and Colin went up Scald Law and South Black Hill in the Pentlands. Some very nice weather at the start and remained fairly good the whole time. Max wasn't on the best of form as he recovers from a cold but with a bit of encouragement made it up two peaks. Total walk time of 2 hours.

Boxing Day Festive Run

Colin ran in the Festive Handicap at Beecraigs. Nice weather for a great little event. 2 laps round the country park that had a bit of everythings - hills, lake, forest paths.

Good time of 1 hr 12 mins against the winning time of 51 minutes. Came 10th in the handicap.

Vogie O

Orienteering at Vogrie on a cold but clear Sunday morning. Colin and Max went round the green whilst Hannah and Cherry did the junior course.

Hill Run

Fresh saturday morning jog in the Pentland hills.

Easter Bunny Spotted !

Harps of Gold

Max played as part of the Edinburgh Clarsach Society annual concert at the Queens Hall. A gathering of around 60 harps on stage and a choir from the local school played two hours of Christmas tunes.

On Tuesday Max played a solo at the James Gillespie musical evening as well as singing in the choir.

Glasgow 3 Parks

Max, Hannah and Cherry went to the Childrens Classic Concern whilst Colin went to Glasgow for the day for 3 orienteering courses in different parks in the City. Visited Victoria Park, Kelvingrove Park and Queens Park. Came 8th in the Open men (still trying to pretend I'm not a Veteran).