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Safety, safety, safety!

At Lomond Hillrunners we have had an ongoing debate (heated at times) about the issue of safety in the hills. Opinions have varied from ‘the deil tak the hindmost’ to a slightly more ‘caring’ outlook (LHR can’t afford to lose too many members!).

Lomies run every Tuesday night right through the winter in most weathers and have great fun (see our website - lomondhillrunners.co.uk) but we have had a number of interesting ‘incidents’, luckily with no serious outcomes - so far!

As an awareness raising contribution to safety we would like to invite you to apply your thoughts to the scenario below.

On a cold winters night of rain and gales a dozen Lomies set off for a run over Bishophill. Crossing the plateaux they divide into a slow and fast party. They have great fun but back at the pub Derek asks, “where’s Alan?”

Suggestions please under two headings.

1. How could you prevent it happening (a safety code)?

2. What would you do if it did happen?

Email answers to alanwgraham@aol.com.  We’ll put the best answers on our own website and SHR.  Best answer wins free entry to Bishophill and Lomonds of fife race.

    22nd Oct 2009

Phone call from a very excited Pat.

"I had special delivery today. Guess what I won at the Manor Water raffle - a live sheep."  Life with Pat can be a bit MontyPythonesque at times but for once I was lost for words. Images of what we could do with said sheep played rapidly through my mind - club mascot, rug, barbecue, sheep-sh--gging. 

"Only joking!" Pat interrupted my thoughts "I really won £20 of Sainsbury vouchers." 

     7th August 2009

Lomies ready to 'Beet' the rest!

The latest research shows that drinking beetroot juice reduces blood pressure and boosts stamina and could help people exercise for up to 16% longer.

Clicking to enlarge not advised!

     18th June 2009

Is the clock 'ticking' for you?  Call in Lomond tick removal service. No crevice left unchecked!

  May 29th - 30th 2009

Alan and Laurie enjoyed superb weather for a short foray over the six munros west of the Lairig

Ghru in the Cairngorms. On Friday evening, after a chance meeting with Mannie Gorman and Alan Smith on Mannie's Corbetts run, we took two hours for an easy run up to the recently renovated Corrour bothy. After a decent night (interrupted only when a camelback on the top bunk burst and soaked the two guys below and Laurie had to spend two hours stroking Rosie to keep her quiet - at least he thought it was Rosie he was stro

king!) we climbed the Devil's point and then headed round the snow bedecked rim of the Garbh Coire over Cairntoul, Angels peak and Braeriach. We lunched on tuna at the Lochan na Sturtaig below Monadh Mhor and took in Beinn Bhrotain before descending on wearying legs to White bridge.

Alan Graham