BenInChamonix

Still in fairly regular contact with ten people in the picture. Connected but not in touch with about 4 more. Not bad after 33 years!

Uni picture from ‘93. Good times!

Yeah the underfoot conditions in those pictures looked horrible. Proper porridge, really saps the energy

It is! I think he’s competing with me to see who can get the most scars. At his current trajectory at 9 years old he’s clearly going to win 😬

Nice. How was it mountain man? I did 30km / 1,100m vert today, longest run this year. My legs are quietly unhappy with me.

Thanks - I think he’s hoping for a good scar 😂

Thanks - he’s on the mend already & took everything in his stride, no dramas at all. He’s pretty used to getting into scrapes 🤕

It will make a good story in the playground tomorrow!

Busy day - my son got hit in the face with a shovel during avalanche training with his snowboard group. Snowmobile ride, 🚑 & some glue later… I think he’s going to have a scar there.

Long run (30km / 1,100m vert) in the pm for a 77km week. Building nicely for race season

#runsky #trailrunning

Scotland; world beaters at home but don’t travel well

She perfectly explained what’s wrong with America….

Yes, I’m seeing this phenomenon a lot around here at the moment

Never going to be allowed in the number 1 shirt again after that absolutely disgraceful show of skill & speed

Immediate expulsion from the front row union

Looks great, happy birthday!

That’s interesting. I had one pair of Kinabalu Ultra RC bought on sale. The sole had to be replaced after 150km, and after 200km the upper also split 🤨

I agree that Salomon are poor too. Terminal splits on the upper after <500km

Nnormal - definitely top of my list.

La Sportiva are good too - the new material on the Prodigio Pro seems really hard wearing. I’m on 700km & no sign of wear.

Scott & Hoka have not been great for me. Small sample size but both failed & are off my list

How can a reset be considered serious without an honest conversation about FOM or ditching Labour’s “red lines”?

These people are absolutely repulsive. It’s not just the stupidity, it’s the greed & complete disregard for human life. No thought to what the real-life consequences of starting a war are. No qualms about killing innocent people for money.

They really sicken me. They all belong in court.

Disingenuous. Migration has already been cut by 3/4 since it’s peak, so Lab should take be taking credit for that.

To go further will result in negative economic consequences. A better polling question would be ‘would you support more immigration cuts if it meant tax rises’ - assume most would not

The UK isn’t in the EU.

There couldn’t be a bigger contrast between Spain’s immigration policy & that which Mahmood is proposing.

Exactly. Without a willingness to entertain a discussion about FOM, or to revisit the ‘red lines’ there is very little of substance that can be done.

It’s more empty words I’m afraid. Labour to scared of their own shadows to do anything meaningful.

Absolute idiocy on its own terms, and a nightmare from a fiscal perspective.

It also makes a mockery of Reeves’ warm words about getting closer ties to the EU, which will eventually require FOM. Between Starmer’s red lines & Mahmood’s immig policies, Labour are showing where their priorities lie

They didn’t think beyond the ‘Epic Fury’ part

Good to be pragmatic - but the enormous elephant in the room is that it was the US started this war illegally.

There should be consequences for ignoring International Law & it seems like too many countries are happy to ignore that uncomfortable truth.

That thing we’ve been wanging on about incessantly for a decade….. well, now you’ve actually done it, we’ve decided it’s a shit idea.

I agree. How long will action take though? As people on here pointed out, after May sounds logical, but that would be to accept throwing 100’s / 1,000s of councillors under the bus.

The bold option would be to do something now, but Labour feel so lost I just can’t see it happening.

His words ring hollow now; he has lost the trust of the electorate & a lot of his own party.

The only thing I can see saving him is decisive action. Sack Mahmood, ditch the anti-immigrant rhetoric, significant Cabinet reshuffle, radical progressive policy shift. Not going to happen though.

What a tangled web they’ve woven:

- Can’t talk about their progressive policy successes due to fear of Reform
- Grandstanding racist immigration policy which their base hates & contradicts their core values

Polling numbers at lowest ever, and he STILL can’t connect the dots