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  • Running,  Running Writing,  Writing

    The Outside Round

    July 6, 2022

    It was a dark and stormy night, and, shambling through the peak district hills came a band of runners.  Denizens of Alpkit and Outside, ambassadors from kit and clothing makers.  From the doors of the shop, for many an hour they ran … (editing Si: Okay, stop that now.  This is getting very silly.  Start again; sensibly this time.) In March 2019 some of the good folk from Alpkit and Outside, joined by a few reps, went for an after work run.  A 32km(20 mile), 1400m(4500 feet) loop starting and finishing at Outside’s front door.  And now, quietly via a…

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  • Running,  Running Writing,  Writing

    Run your shoe size, not your age … (pt 2)

    A work in progress.  Well, more play than work, and in several parts … This being part two, part one is here.  A Prologue  “I was quite badly injured the last half of 2016 and a good chunk of 2017,…

    By Si Brown November 17, 2021
  • Running,  Running Writing,  Writing

    Race Day

    Summer’s here, and with it comes fell racing season. All over the north bunches of enthusiasts scamper updownroundacross rough ground.  Very often on a midweek evening after work, then both days at the weekend. None of these events can work…

    By Si Brown August 19, 2021
  • Besides The Seaside,  Landscape Writing,  Project Notes

    Project Notes: Besides The Seaside

    “Besides The Seaside” is an ongoing body of work glancing at our sometimes complex relationship with the coast.  Why “besides” not ‘beside”? Well, it’s quite a long story.  With a little serendipity.  The project started life years ago as “Coast”. …

    By Si Brown August 12, 2021
  • Nature Writing,  Notes Made Whilst

    Notes made Whilst … An Introduction

    For a while now I’ve been posting short vignettes on my Instagram and Twitter.  A single image and jotted down streams of awareness notes always starting “Notes made whilst …”.  Usually, though not always these are nature or landscape based.…

    By Si Brown August 2, 2021
  • Nature Writing,  Notes Made Whilst

    Notes Made Whilst… in Sheffield: 6 August 2019.

    Notes made whilst in Sheffield: 6 August 2019. ~ warm wind, with an edge; blowing dark cloud in from the peak ~ children’s squeals from fairground rides  ~ sparrows bustle in paving hemmed street trees ~ in Fargate’s swirling crowd’s…

    By Si Brown July 30, 2021
  • Nature Writing,  Notes Made Whilst

    Notes Made Whilst… on a bridge: 20 June 2019

    Notes made whilst on a bridge: 20 June 2019. ~ rumble of traffic, chatter of people ~ sand martins scooping river flies ~ shadow of heron passes ~ dragonfly hawking from typha ~ crowfoot trailing in the current ~ river…

    By Si Brown July 30, 2021
  • Landscape Writing,  Notes Made Whilst,  Writing

    Notes Made Whilst… sauntering: 1 July 2020

    Notes made whilst sauntering: 1 July 2020. ~ a long familiar place, unvisited for decade or so ~ wind, carrying drizzle, in branches ~ grass snake swimming amidst horsetails ~ the great sickness, for a while, far away ~ half…

    By Si Brown July 29, 2021
  • Mountain Writing,  Notes Made Whilst,  Running Writing,  Writing

    Notes Made Whilst… away in memory: 11 August 2020

    Notes made whilst away in memory: 11 August 2020. ~ an old photo, January on Kinder ~ the quietness of cold fog ~ alone ~ an isolation not imposed but freely chosen ~ running easily within a moving twenty metre…

    By Si Brown July 29, 2021
  • Book Review

    Book review – Modern Photojournalism

    I found this marvellous book, Modern Photojournalism: Origin and Evolution, 1910-1933 by Tim N. Gidal, in a local antique market. It turns out to be the first volume of a series Photography: Men and Movements. These particular men* are predominantly…

    By Si Brown July 26, 2021
  • Recipes,  Running

    Recipe: Alpha Rocks

    An old favourite this, rich almond rock cakes, crispy outside, moist and crumbly inside.  Eaten warm with apricot jam they’re the most luscious comfort food.  A mug of hot chocolate or cocoa to wash it down with is indulgent, and…

    By Si Brown March 31, 2021
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