He looks just like his grandfather. Same height; maybe slightly broader shoulders; but the eyes and nose are distinctly those of a Baden-Powell. Today, Chris James, editor of Scouting Magazine and I travelled down to Surrey to talk to Lord Baden-Powell about his views on modern Scouting, in preparation for a forthcoming article comparing his…
It rained. The wind blew. I ran. In the right weather, today’s 20 miler could have been quite fun. An undulating course took us in two loops (one of 12 miles and one of 8) through country lanes and pretty villages around Bedford.But the weather today was far from right. I knew things were going…
There you go. I did see the Matterhorn! It didn’t snow non stop all week. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday were pretty dreadful, with good visibility and flat light the best we could hope for. But the sun shone on Thursday and Friday, allowing us to ski across to Zermatt and to rush down pistes that…
Cervinia is not the most beautiful of ski resorts. Its architecture is functional and in today’s cloud looked far from inspiring. But, even this late in the season, its ski runs more than make up for the lack of chocolate box views which I’ve been used to in Austria and Switzerland. And, of course, because…
There was no sign of this family on the beach at Broadstairs this morning, or on any of the other beaches along the route of the Thanet 20 mile road run. This was my first 20 mile race of the year and it was hard work. The course itself is a bit of a demon,…
Last week I said I wanted to shave off another couple of minutes to get my personal best under the magic two hours. Well, today I achieved it… Just. It really was a beautiful day in Brighton. No wind. Sunshine. Lots of very keen and polite competitors. And a relatively flat course, which went mainly…
So what else do you do on a winter’s morning in New York? I have been in the city for work for the last few days and saw that the New York Road Runners were holding one of their five annual Half Marathons. (They run one in each of the Boroughs as well as organising…
It was very cold and very blustery this morning in Watford. This was my first Half Marathon of the year and formed part of my training for the Paris Marathon, to be held in April. The Watford course is a tough one. Lots of hills. But I managed to run the whole way round and…
It isn’t often that one sees something quite as appalling as this, other than in the pages of the worst tabloid newspapers. However, this evening, Chiswick decided to develop her role of femme fatale to a new level by posing for the camera in a peculiarly provocative way. Her daughter immediately left the room to…
