Last of the Summer Whining.
@youngbill.bsky.social
Hillwalker....Ex.
Founder #SitClub
Born 1945
Holmfirth Peak...ex Orton Cumbria.
Neither cap doffer nor forelock tugger
Centrist
Grandpa
Prostate Cancer coper, inter alia.
Founder #SitClub
Born 1945
Holmfirth Peak...ex Orton Cumbria.
Neither cap doffer nor forelock tugger
Centrist
Grandpa
Prostate Cancer coper, inter alia.
Pinned
On the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month, Nepal 2010
Armistice Day, possibly the most perfect day of my walking life.
1) Ama Dablam
2) Everest and Lhotse
3) Thamserku
4) Everest, Lhotse, Ama Dablam
On a previous visit to Nepal, I was in Gorkha, the homeland of the #Gurkhas Remember Them
Armistice Day, possibly the most perfect day of my walking life.
1) Ama Dablam
2) Everest and Lhotse
3) Thamserku
4) Everest, Lhotse, Ama Dablam
On a previous visit to Nepal, I was in Gorkha, the homeland of the #Gurkhas Remember Them
Blimey, those wind gusts were fierce😬
It huffed and puffed until the walls fell down 🐷🐷🐷
Local Community Garden.
#HolmeValley
It huffed and puffed until the walls fell down 🐷🐷🐷
Local Community Garden.
#HolmeValley
January 27, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Blimey, those wind gusts were fierce😬
It huffed and puffed until the walls fell down 🐷🐷🐷
Local Community Garden.
#HolmeValley
It huffed and puffed until the walls fell down 🐷🐷🐷
Local Community Garden.
#HolmeValley
Semper not tempur, 🙄
Losing it🤪
Losing it🤪
January 27, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Semper not tempur, 🙄
Losing it🤪
Losing it🤪
January 27, 2026 at 10:33 AM
January, 8 years ago.
It was bitterly cold 🥶 on the edges above Heyden Clough.
But the air was crystal clear and the light at day's end was perfect.
My 'hooter' 👃 recovered from frostbite.
#HeydenClough #BlackHillMassif
@peakdistrict.bsky.social
It was bitterly cold 🥶 on the edges above Heyden Clough.
But the air was crystal clear and the light at day's end was perfect.
My 'hooter' 👃 recovered from frostbite.
#HeydenClough #BlackHillMassif
@peakdistrict.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 6:20 PM
January, 8 years ago.
It was bitterly cold 🥶 on the edges above Heyden Clough.
But the air was crystal clear and the light at day's end was perfect.
My 'hooter' 👃 recovered from frostbite.
#HeydenClough #BlackHillMassif
@peakdistrict.bsky.social
It was bitterly cold 🥶 on the edges above Heyden Clough.
But the air was crystal clear and the light at day's end was perfect.
My 'hooter' 👃 recovered from frostbite.
#HeydenClough #BlackHillMassif
@peakdistrict.bsky.social
Nearly chopped my finger off in the car door this morning whilst visiting Podiatry at Holme Valley Memorial Hospital.
Podiatry fixed it and I've got some superglue for if it starts to drop off😬
I was safer on Sharp Edge🙄
Rest of the day has gone well 😃
#OldEejit 🤪⚠️
Podiatry fixed it and I've got some superglue for if it starts to drop off😬
I was safer on Sharp Edge🙄
Rest of the day has gone well 😃
#OldEejit 🤪⚠️
January 19, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Nearly chopped my finger off in the car door this morning whilst visiting Podiatry at Holme Valley Memorial Hospital.
Podiatry fixed it and I've got some superglue for if it starts to drop off😬
I was safer on Sharp Edge🙄
Rest of the day has gone well 😃
#OldEejit 🤪⚠️
Podiatry fixed it and I've got some superglue for if it starts to drop off😬
I was safer on Sharp Edge🙄
Rest of the day has gone well 😃
#OldEejit 🤪⚠️
#SpineRace
No 249 finishing at 5 am, just 102 and 178 to finish now.
It's not about winning the race, the great achievement is completing the race 👏👏
No 249 finishing at 5 am, just 102 and 178 to finish now.
It's not about winning the race, the great achievement is completing the race 👏👏
January 18, 2026 at 5:06 AM
#SpineRace
No 249 finishing at 5 am, just 102 and 178 to finish now.
It's not about winning the race, the great achievement is completing the race 👏👏
No 249 finishing at 5 am, just 102 and 178 to finish now.
It's not about winning the race, the great achievement is completing the race 👏👏
#SpineRace2026
Well done, Vicky Morris, No 202, finally, successfully completing the race at her 3rd attempt, 5th Lady.
Vicky is the wife of a twitter friend.
Following last year's similar performance by friend @nuddypants.bsky.social I appear to have a positive affect on anyone I'm tracking 😁😃🤣
Well done, Vicky Morris, No 202, finally, successfully completing the race at her 3rd attempt, 5th Lady.
Vicky is the wife of a twitter friend.
Following last year's similar performance by friend @nuddypants.bsky.social I appear to have a positive affect on anyone I'm tracking 😁😃🤣
January 16, 2026 at 10:43 AM
#SpineRace2026
Well done, Vicky Morris, No 202, finally, successfully completing the race at her 3rd attempt, 5th Lady.
Vicky is the wife of a twitter friend.
Following last year's similar performance by friend @nuddypants.bsky.social I appear to have a positive affect on anyone I'm tracking 😁😃🤣
Well done, Vicky Morris, No 202, finally, successfully completing the race at her 3rd attempt, 5th Lady.
Vicky is the wife of a twitter friend.
Following last year's similar performance by friend @nuddypants.bsky.social I appear to have a positive affect on anyone I'm tracking 😁😃🤣
Up in the early hours watching YouTube videos on the 2026 Spine Race, brilliant, highly recommend.....
.....and who should appear, Mel, my podiatrist 🙄😁she can't keep away, so now helping out with the Spine team YouTube productions👍
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.....and who should appear, Mel, my podiatrist 🙄😁she can't keep away, so now helping out with the Spine team YouTube productions👍
.
January 15, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Up in the early hours watching YouTube videos on the 2026 Spine Race, brilliant, highly recommend.....
.....and who should appear, Mel, my podiatrist 🙄😁she can't keep away, so now helping out with the Spine team YouTube productions👍
.
.....and who should appear, Mel, my podiatrist 🙄😁she can't keep away, so now helping out with the Spine team YouTube productions👍
.
Winter Spine Race, update from Mel at Tan Hill.
Vicky Morris, No 202, who I'm following(married to a twitter friend) is still doing well in her attempt to finally complete the race, 3rd time lucky🤞🤞🤞
Vicky Morris, No 202, who I'm following(married to a twitter friend) is still doing well in her attempt to finally complete the race, 3rd time lucky🤞🤞🤞
January 13, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Winter Spine Race, update from Mel at Tan Hill.
Vicky Morris, No 202, who I'm following(married to a twitter friend) is still doing well in her attempt to finally complete the race, 3rd time lucky🤞🤞🤞
Vicky Morris, No 202, who I'm following(married to a twitter friend) is still doing well in her attempt to finally complete the race, 3rd time lucky🤞🤞🤞
Just had a twitter chat with Mel. She's Ok, simply made the common sense decision not to continue and risk further aggravating the injury. Following last year's epic achievement 'nowt to prove'......
Sadly Mel @nuddypants.bsky.social has had to withdraw from the Spine Challenger South due to knee injury after several slips on ice.
So here's a video of her completing the Full Winter Spine, 268 miles, at her 1st attempt, last January, in brutal conditions.
Church bells at my end, Friday practice.
So here's a video of her completing the Full Winter Spine, 268 miles, at her 1st attempt, last January, in brutal conditions.
Church bells at my end, Friday practice.
January 12, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Just had a twitter chat with Mel. She's Ok, simply made the common sense decision not to continue and risk further aggravating the injury. Following last year's epic achievement 'nowt to prove'......
Following yesterday's withdrawal from the Winter Spine Challenger South race by injured Mel.
Renewed interest today, following Vicky's attempt to complete the Full Winter Spine, 268 miles, after 2 previous attempts.
Vicky is the spouse of someone I interact with on twitter.
#AllezVicky
Renewed interest today, following Vicky's attempt to complete the Full Winter Spine, 268 miles, after 2 previous attempts.
Vicky is the spouse of someone I interact with on twitter.
#AllezVicky
January 12, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Following yesterday's withdrawal from the Winter Spine Challenger South race by injured Mel.
Renewed interest today, following Vicky's attempt to complete the Full Winter Spine, 268 miles, after 2 previous attempts.
Vicky is the spouse of someone I interact with on twitter.
#AllezVicky
Renewed interest today, following Vicky's attempt to complete the Full Winter Spine, 268 miles, after 2 previous attempts.
Vicky is the spouse of someone I interact with on twitter.
#AllezVicky
Sadly Mel @nuddypants.bsky.social has had to withdraw from the Spine Challenger South due to knee injury after several slips on ice.
So here's a video of her completing the Full Winter Spine, 268 miles, at her 1st attempt, last January, in brutal conditions.
Church bells at my end, Friday practice.
So here's a video of her completing the Full Winter Spine, 268 miles, at her 1st attempt, last January, in brutal conditions.
Church bells at my end, Friday practice.
January 11, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Sadly Mel @nuddypants.bsky.social has had to withdraw from the Spine Challenger South due to knee injury after several slips on ice.
So here's a video of her completing the Full Winter Spine, 268 miles, at her 1st attempt, last January, in brutal conditions.
Church bells at my end, Friday practice.
So here's a video of her completing the Full Winter Spine, 268 miles, at her 1st attempt, last January, in brutal conditions.
Church bells at my end, Friday practice.
Re Mel @nuddypants.bsky.social breaking news from #TwonkywoodNewsServices
She was struggling with her knee after falling several times on the ice 😬
January 11, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Re Mel @nuddypants.bsky.social breaking news from #TwonkywoodNewsServices
Mel has had to retire, I can only assume because of injury, hope not 🤞🤞
Previously she finished as the first woman in the Summer Spine Challenger South at her 1st attempt, and last winter finished as the 4th woman in the full Spine, 268 miles in brutal conditions.
I know she'll be very disappointed
Previously she finished as the first woman in the Summer Spine Challenger South at her 1st attempt, and last winter finished as the 4th woman in the full Spine, 268 miles in brutal conditions.
I know she'll be very disappointed
January 11, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Mel has had to retire, I can only assume because of injury, hope not 🤞🤞
Previously she finished as the first woman in the Summer Spine Challenger South at her 1st attempt, and last winter finished as the 4th woman in the full Spine, 268 miles in brutal conditions.
I know she'll be very disappointed
Previously she finished as the first woman in the Summer Spine Challenger South at her 1st attempt, and last winter finished as the 4th woman in the full Spine, 268 miles in brutal conditions.
I know she'll be very disappointed
The next 15 hours will be run in darkness, over the snow and ice fields😬
Spine Challenger Race South.
Mel @nuddypants.bsky.social tweeted me this morning, that she was going to take it steady.🙄 as if.
She's just arrived at the Torside checkpoint 👀 as the fifth placed lady, only 30 seconds behind the 2nd place.
#AllexMel
Mel @nuddypants.bsky.social tweeted me this morning, that she was going to take it steady.🙄 as if.
She's just arrived at the Torside checkpoint 👀 as the fifth placed lady, only 30 seconds behind the 2nd place.
#AllexMel
January 10, 2026 at 4:55 PM
The next 15 hours will be run in darkness, over the snow and ice fields😬
Spine Challenger Race South.
Mel @nuddypants.bsky.social tweeted me this morning, that she was going to take it steady.🙄 as if.
She's just arrived at the Torside checkpoint 👀 as the fifth placed lady, only 30 seconds behind the 2nd place.
#AllexMel
Mel @nuddypants.bsky.social tweeted me this morning, that she was going to take it steady.🙄 as if.
She's just arrived at the Torside checkpoint 👀 as the fifth placed lady, only 30 seconds behind the 2nd place.
#AllexMel
January 10, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Spine Challenger Race South.
Mel @nuddypants.bsky.social tweeted me this morning, that she was going to take it steady.🙄 as if.
She's just arrived at the Torside checkpoint 👀 as the fifth placed lady, only 30 seconds behind the 2nd place.
#AllexMel
Mel @nuddypants.bsky.social tweeted me this morning, that she was going to take it steady.🙄 as if.
She's just arrived at the Torside checkpoint 👀 as the fifth placed lady, only 30 seconds behind the 2nd place.
#AllexMel
My favourite podiatrist @nuddypants.bsky.social is off for a run again tomorrow, this time the Montane Spine Challenger South, a mere 108 miles along the Pennine Way, thru the snow and ice and darkness, from Edale to Hawes.
Much dot watching will be done 👀
#SitClub
#AllezMel
Much dot watching will be done 👀
#SitClub
#AllezMel
January 9, 2026 at 11:08 PM
My favourite podiatrist @nuddypants.bsky.social is off for a run again tomorrow, this time the Montane Spine Challenger South, a mere 108 miles along the Pennine Way, thru the snow and ice and darkness, from Edale to Hawes.
Much dot watching will be done 👀
#SitClub
#AllezMel
Much dot watching will be done 👀
#SitClub
#AllezMel
Re the Amber weather warning ⚠️ for Holmfirth.
We've had heavier frosts🙄😂
We've had heavier frosts🙄😂
January 9, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Re the Amber weather warning ⚠️ for Holmfirth.
We've had heavier frosts🙄😂
We've had heavier frosts🙄😂
Holmfirth on the edge of Amber weather warning ⚠️ for snow, Thursday evening thru to Friday.
It will be observed from a sedentary position in my study.
#SitClubLivesOn
It will be observed from a sedentary position in my study.
#SitClubLivesOn
January 7, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Holmfirth on the edge of Amber weather warning ⚠️ for snow, Thursday evening thru to Friday.
It will be observed from a sedentary position in my study.
#SitClubLivesOn
It will be observed from a sedentary position in my study.
#SitClubLivesOn
It's my beautiful granddaughter's 13th birthday today. She lives in Japan, fluent in both Japanese and English.
She says she likes me because I do silly stuff 🙄😃
She's inherited the silly gene, here she is going out to listen church bell practice at my home (not oft heard in Japan) January 2023😍🥶🤣
She says she likes me because I do silly stuff 🙄😃
She's inherited the silly gene, here she is going out to listen church bell practice at my home (not oft heard in Japan) January 2023😍🥶🤣
January 7, 2026 at 9:40 AM
It's my beautiful granddaughter's 13th birthday today. She lives in Japan, fluent in both Japanese and English.
She says she likes me because I do silly stuff 🙄😃
She's inherited the silly gene, here she is going out to listen church bell practice at my home (not oft heard in Japan) January 2023😍🥶🤣
She says she likes me because I do silly stuff 🙄😃
She's inherited the silly gene, here she is going out to listen church bell practice at my home (not oft heard in Japan) January 2023😍🥶🤣
At last, a scary storm name 'Storm Goretti'
Well it does sound a little like garroted 😱
Well it does sound a little like garroted 😱
January 6, 2026 at 12:06 PM
At last, a scary storm name 'Storm Goretti'
Well it does sound a little like garroted 😱
Well it does sound a little like garroted 😱
Reposted by Last of the Summer Whining.
Tidal bore charging up the Solway Firth Estuary
January 5, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Tidal bore charging up the Solway Firth Estuary
Things you find out at Eye clinic, there is a Wright's Brandy snap factory and shop in Brighouse.😋😋😋😋
January 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Things you find out at Eye clinic, there is a Wright's Brandy snap factory and shop in Brighouse.😋😋😋😋
Food of the Gods 😋.....
..... available at Tesco, Brighouse....
..... available at Tesco, Brighouse....
January 4, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Food of the Gods 😋.....
..... available at Tesco, Brighouse....
..... available at Tesco, Brighouse....