Ramblings

Saturday ~ During the run the conversation turned at one point to the collective names for various species of birds (in passing, what do sheep, deer and species have in common? Their plural is the same as their singular).  Couldn't remember the ones in question at the time, but reference to an old cutting, originally provided by JtE, revealed that a "flock" of rooks is more correctly a parliament, and ravens assemble in an unkindness; well they would, wouldn't they?  And for TF, who has been birdwatching, instead of pulling teeth, goldfinches assemble in a charm.  And for Matt, who has been watching teeth, instead of pulling...

The Quarterly "Do" ~ Thatch and Thistle, Friday 26th March; apologies to those who can't make it.

The Hobble ~ "Exactly one week before his 60th birthday, John Coope was Horwich RMI's first finisher in the 1995 Haworth Hobble event, now renamed the Wuthering Hike.
With the club's top team of Albert Sunter and Tony Varley retiring after 23 miles and the other pipped within two miles of the finish, John led his younger and wearier partner Ed Swift to finish one minute ahead of Gordon Stone and Peter Watson in 90th position of the 260 pairs that started the race at 8am on a cold blustery Saturday morning.
Their time of 6 hours 40 reflected the conditions which were cold, wet underfoot yet dry most of the day apart from the odd hail shower."
BEN March 1995