Border League round 4, Allt Wen walk, Sychnant run

Still between houses and spending weekends in Conwy, trying at least to take advantage of the location. So on Saturday (3 Feb) we all went up Allt Wen in beautiful winter sunshine. This was Eve's first ever peak and she managed to walk the whole way - although she didn't much care for the 'prickles' (gorse). Fabulous views from the top: very clear. I did the 4th Border League race of the season on the 4th, and expunged the memory of my bad race in Prestatyn on round 3 with a better performance to finish 56th in the strong field men's race with a time of 37:04 (6 mile race around scenic lanes, Christleton near Chester). I scored for Buckley for the third time this season and we are now comfortably in front at the top of division one. I am 19th senior male in the league at present, although it's all rather tight. The next day I ran over the hills from the Sychnant pass on the old paths up to Tal y Fan, turning back below summit for the wonderful whaleback ridge north of Cefn Maen Amor. Fantastic sunny views down the valley, the sea below and in front: an exhilarating place to run in cold, still, bracing conditions. Had a reasonable 6 miler round St Asaph in more cold sunshine yesterday.