Watching Moira go through at my marshall point Itchen Valley Country parkrun thus morning. Lovely but cold day

Top: our new allotment quarter plot, fitted out with raised beds and fruit area. Below: opposite view of original quarrer plot, newly pathed, manured and ready for planting.

My book 'Voices from the hills' - about female running pioneers - is available at crazy low price at Amazon, along with Eileen Jones excellent parkrun book.

Brilliantly staged Hamilton at the Mayflower Theatre last night, although I found it being rap throughout made it hard to get the nuances of the the plot.

One thing I really like about living here is that we can walk out the door and do fab walks over the fields and paths. This is by Winters Hill.

Fab circular walk round Marwell and Owlesbury, including some great bluebell woods worth a revisit (this one Austin's Copse). #spring

I have a stall 3 Peaks Race supported by Inov-8 Sat 26th April, selling and signing running books. Do drop by and see me, say hello and (hopefully) pick up a couple of books. All of my VertebratePublishing books will be there, plus the detailed history of the race Great Northern Books itsahill.wordpress.com/2025/04/18/boo…

Stroll out from home to walk a path previously missed. Turned out to be rather lovely.

Imperial (College) Male Voice Choir performing in Waltham Palace grounds 'as they were down for the weekend'. #countrylife

Great to catchup with Joe Ritson over coffee in Coniston last week and natter about maps and fellrunning.

Just received a brilliant new book, which I heartily recommend to you. It is 'England's Everest' by Peter McDonald. Much to the credit to the author it is self-published, with all profits going to the Keswick Mountain Rescue Team. Full details and link: itsahill.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/new…

Bargains....

“It is a short, gripping history of a vanishingly narrow sporting niche: the quest to climb as many Cumbrian peaks as possible in the space of 24 hours” — Richard Askwith reviews England’s Everest by Peter McDonald thecritic.co.uk/issues/july-20…

Fabulous day in Maproom at BL studying these beauties. Data collecting for British Cartographic Society presentation at beginning of Sept.

Good Itchen Spitfires Rc session at track last night - with athlete-led stretching (800/300 x4)

Grest to be at the Diamond League at the Olympic Stadium

Info on my local fell race, where I will be selling/signing a few fell running books: itsahill.wordpress.com/.../07/butser-… Plus brief description of said books and where you can obtain them (NB: DM me if you want signed copies).

Great to see Chelsea romp to a 4-1 win against AC MILAN with Jimmy Neville at the Bridge today.