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Mens Red Vests
1 Medium
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Mens Red Vests
1 Medium
1 Large
Mens Red Shirts
1 Medium
2 Large
Mens Black Vests
2 Large
Mens Black Shirts
3 Large
Ladies Red Vest
1 size 10
3 size 12
1 size 14
1 size 16
Ladies Red Shirt
2 size 12
1 size 14
Ladies Black Vest
2 size 10
Ladies Black Shirt
1 size 12
Each item is £26, which includes postage. If you would like something from the list, please leave me a comment, and I will send you an fmail with instructions on how to pay. I will update the availability list as I deal with the comments.
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Several of you have noticed that I dropped the Amazon link from our footer a few months back. This is because they contacted me to say that I had violated their rules. As far as I can see, this came down to the wording I was using alongside the link.
Anyway... I've had a chance to have a good read through their affiliates programme docs, and have lifted their suggested text verbatim - so I've reinstated it in the footer. With any luck, it will be ok from here on - but if it disappears again, you know they took umbridge at something.
And just in time for all those lovely Christmas presents you'll undoubtedly buy me too
Anyway... I've had a chance to have a good read through their affiliates programme docs, and have lifted their suggested text verbatim - so I've reinstated it in the footer. With any luck, it will be ok from here on - but if it disappears again, you know they took umbridge at something.
And just in time for all those lovely Christmas presents you'll undoubtedly buy me too
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Miserable sods. Hope that doesn't violate any rules.LindsD1:19pm, 27th Sep 2019
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I might take this blog down in a day or so too. Just wanted to get the word outfetcheveryone1:19pm, 27th Sep 2019
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"You've broken a rule. We're not going to tell you which one. Here's your penalty." Amazon is one of the many internet companies out there where it has become impossible to speak to an individual and every communication comes from their pick 'n' mix selection of paragraphs that may or may not be relevant to your situation.♪♫ Synge ♪♫
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I meant to get the word Kafkaesque into that comment, but didn't, so I'll get it into this one instead.♪♫ Synge ♪♫1:29pm, 27th Sep 2019
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I expect it was that volume calculation blog / thread that upset them.um1:31pm, 27th Sep 2019
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If this site gets a little something every time I shop I will be pleased.D25*xy4aXma5name!1:46pm, 27th Sep 2019
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+1 to what D2 just said !Albert O Balsam1:49pm, 27th Sep 2019
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I can't actually see a link though...Rosehip1:50pm, 27th Sep 2019
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Rosehip - big Amazon logo in the footer of the page?fetcheveryone2:11pm, 27th Sep 2019
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I'm not seeing a logo either, just a blank space. I'm using Firefox on Windows 10.Flatlander2:48pm, 27th Sep 2019
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It’s working on my phoneFragile Xmas Ornament3:38pm, 27th Sep 2019
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Flatlander & Rosehip - do you have any kind of adblocker running?fetcheveryone3:45pm, 27th Sep 2019
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Yes, Adblock, so I need to temporarily deactivate it if I wish to use Amazon?Flatlander3:54pm, 27th Sep 2019
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Try disabling it, and seeing if the Amazon link shows up when you refresh the page. In theory, you have no need for adblock - as a subscriber (thank you!), you've got ads turned off anyway - so you could disable it for all of Fetch.fetcheveryone4:04pm, 27th Sep 2019
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Yes, that has worked. I thought I had previously disabled Adblock for Fetch, so perhaps it got reset during one of the Firefox/Adblock updates.Flatlander4:17pm, 27th Sep 2019
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Thanks for letting us know.Ness4:45pm, 27th Sep 2019
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I’m saying nothing.... lolcathrobinson7:31pm, 27th Sep 2019
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Updated my shortcut!westmoors8:07pm, 27th Sep 2019
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ah - same as Flatlander, Adblocker had got reinstated at some pointRosehip8:55am, 28th Sep 2019
The first nets session happened last night
Despite having 23 people in the Facebook Messenger group, there were precisely four of us in attendance. But even that was a bit of a relief, as there was a point when I wondered if anyone at all would come
Ideally, we need to get about 10 people each week to make it economically viable - but the folks who did turn up were keen, and decent too. I don't think any of us were head and shoulders better or worse than the others - so we were a decent match up.
Amongst those that didn't make it, there were several who ran into last minute hitches, and some who seem to have stopped responding to messages. But there were also a few that were genuinely disappointed to have missed out - so I'm optimistic.
The session itself was good. After a few loose deliveries, I had a purple patch of about 15-20 minutes where my bowling was really fizzing. I am still having pleasant flashbacks of a ball that pitched on leg and hit the off stump But I'm blaming fatigue and a lack of practice for the rest of the time, when my bowling was quite erratic. Mostly over-pitching and erring towards the leg side. The batsmen were very kind about it though.
My turn to bat was good. The bat felt like a plank for the first couple of balls, but then I found a bit of sweetness. I love running, but for me there is *nothing* in sport quite like getting hold of a half volley with a full swing of the bat. It feels like the whole world is singing.
I managed to twinge my neck a bit whilst batting. I'm not sure how, although by necessity there's a lot of sudden movement - and I have to accept that I'm not 13 any more. Of all the ways I could have damaged myself, that was furthest from my mind. Last night I really struggled to get to sleep because of the pain, and I can't really turn my head to the right without my shoulders coming too. I've just given the back of my left shoulder a going over with a tennis ball against the wall - and that seems to have eased it a bit. I think it'll ease off over the next couple of days.
I remember the first nets of the new season (which usually didn't happen until Feb / March time) always came with about two days of DOMS. Aside from this very specific neck twinge, and a bit of an ache in my top hand from gripping the bat, that all seems well under control - so I guess 15 years of running does have its fitness advantages.
Pip pip!
Despite having 23 people in the Facebook Messenger group, there were precisely four of us in attendance. But even that was a bit of a relief, as there was a point when I wondered if anyone at all would come
Ideally, we need to get about 10 people each week to make it economically viable - but the folks who did turn up were keen, and decent too. I don't think any of us were head and shoulders better or worse than the others - so we were a decent match up.
Amongst those that didn't make it, there were several who ran into last minute hitches, and some who seem to have stopped responding to messages. But there were also a few that were genuinely disappointed to have missed out - so I'm optimistic.
The session itself was good. After a few loose deliveries, I had a purple patch of about 15-20 minutes where my bowling was really fizzing. I am still having pleasant flashbacks of a ball that pitched on leg and hit the off stump
But I'm blaming fatigue and a lack of practice for the rest of the time, when my bowling was quite erratic. Mostly over-pitching and erring towards the leg side. The batsmen were very kind about it though. My turn to bat was good. The bat felt like a plank for the first couple of balls, but then I found a bit of sweetness. I love running, but for me there is *nothing* in sport quite like getting hold of a half volley with a full swing of the bat. It feels like the whole world is singing.
I managed to twinge my neck a bit whilst batting. I'm not sure how, although by necessity there's a lot of sudden movement - and I have to accept that I'm not 13 any more. Of all the ways I could have damaged myself, that was furthest from my mind. Last night I really struggled to get to sleep because of the pain, and I can't really turn my head to the right without my shoulders coming too. I've just given the back of my left shoulder a going over with a tennis ball against the wall - and that seems to have eased it a bit. I think it'll ease off over the next couple of days.
I remember the first nets of the new season (which usually didn't happen until Feb / March time) always came with about two days of DOMS. Aside from this very specific neck twinge, and a bit of an ache in my top hand from gripping the bat, that all seems well under control - so I guess 15 years of running does have its fitness advantages.
Pip pip!
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Well done, sounds positive. Always have to remember that any long period of pretty intense, new activity is quite a lot. With running, we'd say jog/walk, start with 20 mins, take rests, build up. Warm up before, stretch after. Bet you didn't do any of that? Straight in to 1 hour of intense bowling and batting, perchance?! Do as I say, not as I do etc?!Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr) G11:59am, 25th Sep 2019
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Two hoursfetcheveryone12:04pm, 25th Sep 2019
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Sounds great1step2far12:28pm, 25th Sep 2019
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Is there a 'cricket' thingy under cross training?Ocelot Spleens1:11pm, 25th Sep 2019
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Always suffer from all kinds of aches and pains after my one cricket match of the year... !Yazoo3:17pm, 25th Sep 2019
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Damn it I was looking forwards to you not being able to lift cutlery for at least 3 days.....runnerbean4:25pm, 25th Sep 2019
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Google "Eagle arms" yoga pose. Always works for my shoulder/neck twinges.Nessie11:36am, 26th Sep 2019
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Good work! That feeling as a half-volley comes down, your foot goes out and you just know it's going to the boundary as you make contact. Just awesome! *gazes wistfully into the distance*...Goofee
It was my torso that used to really scream with doms for a couple of days after the first net. All that trying to get some decent bounce with an old soft ball8:36pm, 26th Sep 2019
No, it's not a new betting game, and I'm not Ray Winstone. You mugs.
A while back, Sigh asked whether there could be some sort of rolling 365 day total graph. He put it in as a feature request:
fetcheveryone.com/featurerequests.php#feature271
It got 83 votes for, and no votes against, pushing it to the top of a list of 332 features that you lot have requested.
If you go to the Train page:
fetcheveryone.com/training-home.php
you'll see a new summary bar. Some of the totals in that bar have just been yanked up from further down the page. You can click 'Run' on the left, and it'll page through your biking and swimming figures too.
The totals are also clickable - so if you click your September mileage, it'll take you to your training log. If you click your September ranking, it'll take you to the mileage league. And if you click the 365 figure, it will take you to what is currently a pretty straightforward graph that shows how your 365 day total has gone up and down over the course of your running career as logged on Fetch.
It's not perfect yet, but it's a starting point, with some interesting peaks and troughs.
I am really loving the feature request system. It highlights the ever-changing nature of the site; it hopefully gives you all an insight to the sort of requests that were coming my way via the feedback link; and it really helps me to see which ideas sink or swim.
And so this blog is also here to highlight the feature request system. I've added some little tools to that as well in recent weeks. You can sort by score, to see which features are most popular; or you can bung in a keyword to find all the features that mention that word. Have a look: fetcheveryone.com/featurerequests.php
PS in case you haven't seen, all paid-for shirts and vests have now been posted. There are some nice pics in the gallery from the folks who've received them already - I love seeing the pics! If you missed out, there are some spares in the most popular sizes. I'll wait until next week before making those available, just in case there are any problems with the ones we've sent out. Toot!
PPS if you're watching the RWC, listen out for the half time gong. It made me smile.
P^3S my right calf is not right. My left achilles is still not happy, but at least it's getting some rest. And my right shoulder is also not happy. There's a bit of DOMS in there after yesterday, inevitably - but it's been a bit icky since playing catch in the swimming pool on holiday at the start of August. Luckily I know a good physio
A while back, Sigh asked whether there could be some sort of rolling 365 day total graph. He put it in as a feature request:
fetcheveryone.com/featurerequests.php#feature271
It got 83 votes for, and no votes against, pushing it to the top of a list of 332 features that you lot have requested.
If you go to the Train page:
fetcheveryone.com/training-home.php
you'll see a new summary bar. Some of the totals in that bar have just been yanked up from further down the page. You can click 'Run' on the left, and it'll page through your biking and swimming figures too.
The totals are also clickable - so if you click your September mileage, it'll take you to your training log. If you click your September ranking, it'll take you to the mileage league. And if you click the 365 figure, it will take you to what is currently a pretty straightforward graph that shows how your 365 day total has gone up and down over the course of your running career as logged on Fetch.
It's not perfect yet, but it's a starting point, with some interesting peaks and troughs.
I am really loving the feature request system. It highlights the ever-changing nature of the site; it hopefully gives you all an insight to the sort of requests that were coming my way via the feedback link; and it really helps me to see which ideas sink or swim.
And so this blog is also here to highlight the feature request system. I've added some little tools to that as well in recent weeks. You can sort by score, to see which features are most popular; or you can bung in a keyword to find all the features that mention that word. Have a look: fetcheveryone.com/featurerequests.php
PS in case you haven't seen, all paid-for shirts and vests have now been posted. There are some nice pics in the gallery from the folks who've received them already - I love seeing the pics! If you missed out, there are some spares in the most popular sizes. I'll wait until next week before making those available, just in case there are any problems with the ones we've sent out. Toot!
PPS if you're watching the RWC, listen out for the half time gong. It made me smile.
P^3S my right calf is not right. My left achilles is still not happy, but at least it's getting some rest. And my right shoulder is also not happy. There's a bit of DOMS in there after yesterday, inevitably - but it's been a bit icky since playing catch in the swimming pool on holiday at the start of August. Luckily I know a good physio
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Sounds promising, but clicking my 365 gives an HTTP error 500StuH1:03pm, 20th Sep 2019
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Thanks Fetch, I'll have a bang (bung?) on that.Diogenes1:03pm, 20th Sep 2019
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Stu - could you try again? I've just allocated a bit more memory to that script. I only tested it on my own puny mileage.fetcheveryone1:04pm, 20th Sep 2019
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Leeeave it Dio, eeees not worf it.fetcheveryone1:05pm, 20th Sep 2019
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I'd still like to know how the features are ranked. Is it net "Yes minus no", or a something similar?larkim
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Thanks, love the new summary bar! The click-through graph also says error 500 for me, but I'm sure it'll filter through in a whileSigh
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Larkim - it's the lower bound of Wilson score confidence interval for a Bernoulli parameter. No, I don't know what that means either. Here's a link: evanmiller.orgfetcheveryone1:17pm, 20th Sep 2019
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@Sigh - could you try again? I've just increased the memory again.fetcheveryone1:18pm, 20th Sep 2019
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Still error 500 (@ 1:19pm)Sigh1:19pm, 20th Sep 2019
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I think I've found the problem. The database table storing daily totals had a few entries with a date of 0000-00-00. When the server builds the graph, it was creating a column for every day (about 0.75 million days) since we switched from BC to AD. I bet you got loads of money if you were an on-call software engineer that night.fetcheveryone1:31pm, 20th Sep 2019
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Working for me now. Personally, I think it would be easier to make sense of if the x-axis were dates rather than week numbers.StuH1:37pm, 20th Sep 2019
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Looks great, thanks!Sigh1:38pm, 20th Sep 2019
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Half time gong is fab. Japan making for some fun watching. But not troubling me too much (they are Scotland's potential banana skin of course). Loved Minardi's pic of new Fetch shirt on FB - ooh, where are my sunglasses?! )Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr) G1:42pm, 20th Sep 2019
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I like that graph, I haven’t managed 700 miles in a calendar year yet so I was pleased to see that I’ve achieved it over a 365 day period. I agree with Stu that dates would be better than week numbers.Fragile Xmas Ornament2:10pm, 20th Sep 2019
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love it. agree dates would be good. but still love itDingDocMerrily3:03pm, 20th Sep 2019
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Another thumbs up from me!westmoors4:29pm, 20th Sep 2019
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I love the graph. I'm another, like StuH and FDNB, for having a date.Flatlander
I was going to suggest including the date in the pop up box which will be more accurate, rather than on the X-axis which would be very squashed for long-term Fetchies, but I see you have already made that improvement
Having the date makes it much easier to tie in peaks and troughs with events Thank you.4:52pm, 20th Sep 2019 -
Months and years are now in the x-axis, and like Flatlander says, the full date is in the popup.fetcheveryone4:53pm, 20th Sep 2019
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I like this graph a lot. Can you make it a shareable infographic?SPR6:33pm, 20th Sep 2019
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... also, how about the ability to show one sport at a time?SPR7:09pm, 20th Sep 2019
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Love the new graph, remember sending you a feedback request about 3 or 4 years ago asking for a new graph showing 365 days rolling mileage - was worth the waitK5 Gus8:05pm, 20th Sep 2019
That seems to be the current term for bad bowling. And I bowled plenty of filth today.
The amazing people at Long Eaton Post Office bought me a spare half hour today. I turned up with 76 Fetch anniversary shirts to post. In every other PO I've visited, they make you stand there whilst they print off the labels for each one, sometimes getting you to weigh a dozen before they finally believe you that they're all between 100 and 250 grams.
But the awesome lady at LEPO helped me count them up, worked out what the final bill was, and charged my card. I will pop in tomorrow to pick up the receipts. Rather than standing there for at least half an hour, I was free.
With my half hour slot before picking up the boy reclaimed, I headed to West Park with a few cricket balls to do some practice bowling in the nets. Our indoor nets are officially starting on Tuesday, so I wanted to see how embarrassingly bad my bowling would be.
I did this exercise last Friday, in drizzle, with a plastic ball - and it was pretty bad. But I also wasn't sure about the crease marks on the matting. I had a tape measure with me, and discovered that the marked crease was at about 15 metres, not the regulation 20.XX metres.
I also had a pen and paper - so I made myself a little chart, and rumbled through ten overs. I just wanted some sort of benchmark, and to find out what *sort* of wrong my bowling is. So I didn't try to do anything special with my action, I just tried to bowl line and length.
The columns represent each ball of the over, and each row is an over:
^ = overpitched
double ^ = extremely overpitched
V = a bit too short
double V = extremely short
< = a bit wide on the offside
<< = way too wide on the offside
> = a bit wide on the legside
>> = way too wide on the legside
. = happy with that
X = OMG.
In 60 balls, I managed 16 that I was happy with. There was one OMG, when the ball flipped out of my hand and went straight to midoff - but my shoulder and bowling hand were getting pretty tired in that last over.
31 of the 60 balls went down the leg side. 14 of those were within hitting range for the batsman, but 17 (>>) went into the side netting. I dragged a couple a bit short, and five were extremely short. Two were overpitched.
So even though I only managed 16 balls that I was happy with, there does at least appear to be some consistency in the bad balls. Something is happening that is sending my deliveries down the leg side - and if I can work out what that is, perhaps I can improve my scores next time.
I will charge up the GoPro, and try to get some footage of my bowling action. I'm really curious to see it - I've never seen a video of myself doing any sort of cricket before. My bowling action is some sort of Edmonds / Emburey hybrid wannabe, having spent my formative cricketing years watching them in England's 1985 Ashes team. At least, that's what it is in my head.
It was also amusingly annoying that there's a great big apple tree right next to the net. Can you spot the cricket ball in this picture?
The amazing people at Long Eaton Post Office bought me a spare half hour today. I turned up with 76 Fetch anniversary shirts to post. In every other PO I've visited, they make you stand there whilst they print off the labels for each one, sometimes getting you to weigh a dozen before they finally believe you that they're all between 100 and 250 grams.
But the awesome lady at LEPO helped me count them up, worked out what the final bill was, and charged my card. I will pop in tomorrow to pick up the receipts. Rather than standing there for at least half an hour, I was free.
With my half hour slot before picking up the boy reclaimed, I headed to West Park with a few cricket balls to do some practice bowling in the nets. Our indoor nets are officially starting on Tuesday, so I wanted to see how embarrassingly bad my bowling would be.
I did this exercise last Friday, in drizzle, with a plastic ball - and it was pretty bad. But I also wasn't sure about the crease marks on the matting. I had a tape measure with me, and discovered that the marked crease was at about 15 metres, not the regulation 20.XX metres.
I also had a pen and paper - so I made myself a little chart, and rumbled through ten overs. I just wanted some sort of benchmark, and to find out what *sort* of wrong my bowling is. So I didn't try to do anything special with my action, I just tried to bowl line and length.
The columns represent each ball of the over, and each row is an over:
^ = overpitched
double ^ = extremely overpitched
V = a bit too short
double V = extremely short
< = a bit wide on the offside
<< = way too wide on the offside
> = a bit wide on the legside
>> = way too wide on the legside
. = happy with that
X = OMG.
In 60 balls, I managed 16 that I was happy with. There was one OMG, when the ball flipped out of my hand and went straight to midoff - but my shoulder and bowling hand were getting pretty tired in that last over.
31 of the 60 balls went down the leg side. 14 of those were within hitting range for the batsman, but 17 (>>) went into the side netting. I dragged a couple a bit short, and five were extremely short. Two were overpitched.
So even though I only managed 16 balls that I was happy with, there does at least appear to be some consistency in the bad balls. Something is happening that is sending my deliveries down the leg side - and if I can work out what that is, perhaps I can improve my scores next time.
I will charge up the GoPro, and try to get some footage of my bowling action. I'm really curious to see it - I've never seen a video of myself doing any sort of cricket before. My bowling action is some sort of Edmonds / Emburey hybrid wannabe, having spent my formative cricketing years watching them in England's 1985 Ashes team. At least, that's what it is in my head.
It was also amusingly annoying that there's a great big apple tree right next to the net. Can you spot the cricket ball in this picture?
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Lifting rocks .......bowling balls .runnerbean
I’m not looking because you haven’t put it in there and I’ll spend hours looking for it while you laugh 😂4:20pm, 19th Sep 2019 -
Just bowl against left handers!Ronners4:21pm, 19th Sep 2019
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I never saw my bowling or batting until the advent of mobile phones. Be strong. Be prepared. This will not go well. Did you take an overs length break between over? Even Archer only bowled a spell of 8 :-). The last two or three look tired as much as a thing.Ocelot Spleens4:24pm, 19th Sep 2019
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cricket? thats dull, but fetch shirts being posted that is big big newsDingDocMerrily4:25pm, 19th Sep 2019
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Cricket is not dull.Ocelot Spleens4:26pm, 19th Sep 2019
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I spy a new training log entry feature thing - bowling accuracy log! Well done. Start with a bench mark. Measure improvement from there. 'Tis the way of things!Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr)
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WS - thank you, yes I think I had got tired by the end. It’s been a whilefetcheveryone4:28pm, 19th Sep 2019
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There was a bit of a break, when I had to go and find the balls.fetcheveryone
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Am I the only one who wishes Fetch lived round the corner so I could go round and 'knock on' and ask Katie if he was allowed to play out?HowFar?4:33pm, 19th Sep 2019
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You’d have to bat in the side netting if you wanted to face my bowling HF.fetcheveryone4:34pm, 19th Sep 2019
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BTW. When I bowled outside of nets I used to pop over the park. I had a wall with stumps drawn on it...and marks for good length and just outside off stump on the grass. The parkie got annoyed though.Ocelot Spleens4:40pm, 19th Sep 2019
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When I was 11 we used to climb over the railings into the infant school and play in their yard.fetcheveryone4:43pm, 19th Sep 2019
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Well done on the time saving and practise - and now looking forward to a new shirt any day now.um
How long is your run up?
If 'long' try bowling off 3-4 steps - and give it a bit of spin, just because that's meant to be slow !
Once that works 80-90%, try extending the run up - if you want to be fast.
(althought the fastest bowler I ever faced used to bowl off of about 5-6 paces and the speed was all in his arm movement)
And really, try sticking something (eg one of those apples) where you want the ball to pitch. It's far easier aiming at something.4:53pm, 19th Sep 2019 -
um - it’s leg spin, and it’s quite a gentle run up. The ones that feel right seem to fizz out of my hand, whereas the bad ones just loop into the leg side netting. Really fascinated to see what my action looks like.fetcheveryone4:56pm, 19th Sep 2019
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Very, very, very excited about the shirts..... even if I can't run in mine for a few weeks yet :DI saw ishep come sailing in5:02pm, 19th Sep 2019
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Fun! We just played in our street ... And broke windows. If you hit it into the churchyard opposite over a high wall it was six and out.Shark the Herald Angel5:05pm, 19th Sep 2019
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The school roof (legside) was very unforgiving - it would rarely relinquish a tennis ball. And over the wall on the offside was bad news, as it was always wild with nettles. The straight six wasn't so bad, as it was my friend's house across the road from the school. But if you went over long on it was bad news. One time I hit someones window - they took the ball and put it in a vase on their windowsill to gloat at us. Miserable buggers.fetcheveryone5:11pm, 19th Sep 2019
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Dvorak
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I’m with HowFar?Diogenes6:29pm, 19th Sep 2019
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Can you post a picture of how you grip the ball?Ocelot Spleens6:52pm, 19th Sep 2019
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fetcheveryone7:05pm, 19th Sep 2019
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I had you down as a medium pacer. Not a legspinnerBazoaxe10:23pm, 19th Sep 2019
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I’ve never not understood a blog moreMazH10:46pm, 19th Sep 2019
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I totally agree with MazH. My lack of understanding only leads me to ask if you considered at any point swapping the ball for an apple to see if it made a difference?BaronessBL8:28am, 20th Sep 2019
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I Courtney Walsh bowl with an apple against Scotland once.Bazoaxe8:33am, 20th Sep 2019
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The Long Eaton PO people seem to have done well - shirt arrived today. Many thanks !um
And if any help? news.bbc.co.uk12:26pm, 20th Sep 2019 -
Having found a ball .. my grip is different to yours. Thumb is more vertical and 'parallel to the 2 fingers, and the 2 fingers, thumb and edge of third finger are more or less evenly spaced around the ball, 90 degrees apart.um12:33pm, 20th Sep 2019
Having done a bit of cricket watching over the summer, I got some wistful urges to get a bat in my hands, and to see if I could finally find my bowling action again.
Everyone knows that cricket takes a long time. When I used to play weekend matches, we'd need to be there from about 1pm; the match would last until about 7pm; and then there was the "just a pint with the team" that would often turn into several. And we were a small club, so there was an expectation that you'd turn up midweek at some point to help with doing stuff like rolling the pitch, marking the lines, and sorting out the molehills in the outfield. Mid-week practice wasn't really a thing though
I got to thinking about how I could get the buzz of playing, but without the time commitment. Then I remembered indoor winter nets. Those creaking February evenings where even in my twenties I'd be walking with a groan for the next couple of days whilst my body got back into the spirit of things.
I thought about joining up with a club to attend their net sessions - but that didn't seem fair. With no urge to play weekend cricket, I'd just be taking up batting time for someone else; or apologising every time I bowled a massive looping arc into the side netting.
I've arrived at the idea of arranging my own indoor nets. I've been putting the word out on local Facebook groups, and pestering everyone in sight to get involved. So far I've managed to build a group of 21 people with varying degrees of commitment to the cause. I've dug out my cricket kit, and made Katie try it all on. And I'm nervously waiting an email back from the effervescent Mr Billington of Marston Vale Middle School, to ask how lenient he would be if we make a block booking and it all goes pear shaped.
Look, there's a pigeon.
Everyone knows that cricket takes a long time. When I used to play weekend matches, we'd need to be there from about 1pm; the match would last until about 7pm; and then there was the "just a pint with the team" that would often turn into several. And we were a small club, so there was an expectation that you'd turn up midweek at some point to help with doing stuff like rolling the pitch, marking the lines, and sorting out the molehills in the outfield. Mid-week practice wasn't really a thing though
I got to thinking about how I could get the buzz of playing, but without the time commitment. Then I remembered indoor winter nets. Those creaking February evenings where even in my twenties I'd be walking with a groan for the next couple of days whilst my body got back into the spirit of things.
I thought about joining up with a club to attend their net sessions - but that didn't seem fair. With no urge to play weekend cricket, I'd just be taking up batting time for someone else; or apologising every time I bowled a massive looping arc into the side netting.
I've arrived at the idea of arranging my own indoor nets. I've been putting the word out on local Facebook groups, and pestering everyone in sight to get involved. So far I've managed to build a group of 21 people with varying degrees of commitment to the cause. I've dug out my cricket kit, and made Katie try it all on. And I'm nervously waiting an email back from the effervescent Mr Billington of Marston Vale Middle School, to ask how lenient he would be if we make a block booking and it all goes pear shaped.
Look, there's a pigeon.
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LOL at making Katie wear your sweaty old cricket box!Angus Clydesdale 8:49am, 18th Sep 2019
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Oh, I didn't go that far.fetcheveryone8:49am, 18th Sep 2019
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What old sportswear is Katie going to make you wear in retaliation?Sigh8:53am, 18th Sep 2019
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Do they do those indoor cricket things anywhere near you? (That sort of mini-cricket like the cricket version of five-a-side)McGoohan8:53am, 18th Sep 2019
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There's a six-a-side league McG, but it's on weekends, so it's not a good fit for us.fetcheveryone
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Excellent. It is something I'd like to do. Just bowl and bat without the game time...I last played about 10 years ago, 20/20 evening league which was about 3 hours a week. I think I'd practice leg spin.Ocelot Spleens8:57am, 18th Sep 2019
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A very similar story here WS. The place we're looking at is £25 per hour, so you just need to put the word out for like-minded people. Lots of the people in our group are in the same situation.fetcheveryone8:59am, 18th Sep 2019
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Good for you. Hope it all works out.TeeBee
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Katie in cricket kit?! (That was all I read in this blog!Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr) ) Good initiative to get something up and running. There's too much expectation (and I'm the worst) of "someone else's job". Hope it goes well. Careful - cricket action must be a bit of a risk to back, shoulders etc presumably? G9:11am, 18th Sep 2019
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Ín this, i suppose you bowl properly, but do you bat properly? And is it a hard surface or artificial turf? Or a carpet?Dvorak9:52am, 18th Sep 2019
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So how did the kit fit? Too big for Katie and too small for you?flanker10:00am, 18th Sep 2019
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Before you know it you'll be taking on Darrington and Tracey Horrobin will be your opening bat.BaronessBL12:25pm, 18th Sep 2019
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That was such a cringeworthy storyline - I could barely listen.fetcheveryone12:26pm, 18th Sep 2019
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@flanker - luckily it's not whites, just equipment - so it all still fits.fetcheveryone
@Dvorak - you bat properly, although there's more of a tendency to try the odd reverse sweep or ramp, I guess. It's a sports hall, but there's a mat that you roll out to protect the floor and to give a decent bounce.
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I wouldn't try a ramp in the nets - it's likely to come back and hit you on the back of the head (or straight in the teeth if you get it wrong!)flanker12:43pm, 18th Sep 2019
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I can just imagine Katie at the far end of the garden in Fetch's whites while he pretends he is Jofra Archers bowling 90mph when its really military medium trundlers and Katie edges the delivery through the neighbours greenhouseBazoaxe8:21pm, 18th Sep 2019
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A two hour journey each way to do something I'm 15 years too old for is daft. There's no way I'm tempted by this. No way at all.Goofee10:42pm, 18th Sep 2019
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You’d be welcome any time G.fetcheveryone6:02am, 19th Sep 2019
Last week I changed the 'People' page. I thought it would largely go unnoticed. In a typical month, it gets about 0.25% of the page views that the site generates.
fetcheveryone.com/people.php
It now shows a list of all the people you follow, along with their annual training mileage, recent training, and next event. It *used* to show a list of all the people you'd buddied, along with their annual training mileage, recent training, and next event.
You can still manage your buddy list on that page - there's a link to it in the sub-menu; or look out for the link below the picture of Nellers and Fenland Flier sharing a hug
I wanted to do a little blog to explain the difference between buddying and following, to try to explain why I made the change.
Following someone means you're interested in what they do e.g. their training, their blogs, that kind of thing.
Buddying someone means you're willing to share a bit more of your info with that person.
Buddying came first, way back in the day, when users asked if they could share some of their info with a circle of trusted friends, rather than with all and sundry. It evolved a bit, so that some bits of content around the site became filterable as 'buddies only' e.g. fastest runners in 2019 - that sort of thing.
Following arrived as a thing several years later, when other users wanted to be notified if someone they liked had done some training. Lots of you had established buddy lists, so in order to avoid flooding you all with notifications of new training, I introduced the 'Follow' button on user profiles.
When Fetch began in 2004, Facebook was literally only just getting out there. Online privacy was not at the forefront of most people's thinking. Now that social interaction online is a much bigger part of our lives, it's a given that every site that offers social interaction needs to allow a surprisingly complex set of layers under which we can choose what to share.
Retrofitting all this to Fetch in a consistent way is certainly a challenge, but this page change is a step towards it. You can still use the people page in the same way, but you need to click 'Follow' on the profiles you're interested in. To make this a bit easier to achieve, there's now a "Follow all your buddies" link on the buddy list page.
What this does mean is that you'll get a notification whenever the people you follow log some training. And you might not want this. When I can get round to it, you'll be able to decide the ways in which you follow someone, to see some stuff but not all.
It's complicated, and it's a way off being how I want it. Thank you for your patience and understanding as I work towards that.
fetcheveryone.com/people.php
It now shows a list of all the people you follow, along with their annual training mileage, recent training, and next event. It *used* to show a list of all the people you'd buddied, along with their annual training mileage, recent training, and next event.
You can still manage your buddy list on that page - there's a link to it in the sub-menu; or look out for the link below the picture of Nellers and Fenland Flier sharing a hug
I wanted to do a little blog to explain the difference between buddying and following, to try to explain why I made the change.
Following someone means you're interested in what they do e.g. their training, their blogs, that kind of thing.
Buddying someone means you're willing to share a bit more of your info with that person.
Buddying came first, way back in the day, when users asked if they could share some of their info with a circle of trusted friends, rather than with all and sundry. It evolved a bit, so that some bits of content around the site became filterable as 'buddies only' e.g. fastest runners in 2019 - that sort of thing.
Following arrived as a thing several years later, when other users wanted to be notified if someone they liked had done some training. Lots of you had established buddy lists, so in order to avoid flooding you all with notifications of new training, I introduced the 'Follow' button on user profiles.
When Fetch began in 2004, Facebook was literally only just getting out there. Online privacy was not at the forefront of most people's thinking. Now that social interaction online is a much bigger part of our lives, it's a given that every site that offers social interaction needs to allow a surprisingly complex set of layers under which we can choose what to share.
Retrofitting all this to Fetch in a consistent way is certainly a challenge, but this page change is a step towards it. You can still use the people page in the same way, but you need to click 'Follow' on the profiles you're interested in. To make this a bit easier to achieve, there's now a "Follow all your buddies" link on the buddy list page.
What this does mean is that you'll get a notification whenever the people you follow log some training. And you might not want this. When I can get round to it, you'll be able to decide the ways in which you follow someone, to see some stuff but not all.
It's complicated, and it's a way off being how I want it. Thank you for your patience and understanding as I work towards that.
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EvolutionRaptors claws are coming to town
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I like that view of things very much - it showed me that I was following someone and that I was a buddy with someone else that I had totally forgotten about, so I have had a clear up.Elsie Too12:44pm, 16th Sep 2019
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Makes perfect senseAutumnleaves1:21pm, 16th Sep 2019
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Thanks for explaining this, all makes sense to meroberton2:24pm, 16th Sep 2019
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I assume the birthdays list was removed for privacy concerns. Or has it moved into the buddies section (I don’t have any buddies so I can’t check *sniff*)?God Rest Ye Merry Pothunter2:32pm, 16th Sep 2019
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What I've never got to grips with is how I can see who is following me?A Rae in a manger
I've had the occasional notification to say suchnsuch started following me (mostly not people I've interacted with, as it happens) then never been able to find anything subsequently about who *currently* follows me.
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No, there’s no public list of who’s following you.fetcheveryone3:13pm, 16th Sep 2019
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Is there a private list of who follows me?A Rae in a manger
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It’s not a big secret or anythingfetcheveryone Suggest it as a feature, or if you just need a refresher of who is following you, send me a feedback.5:24pm, 16th Sep 2019
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As I haven’t run since Jan I imagine anyone following my training will have forgotten I’ve existed ...Serendippily8:37pm, 16th Sep 2019
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Who are you Seren?CStar9:57pm, 16th Sep 2019
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I’m the angry injured CStar. Slightly less popular with movie makers than the walking deadSerendippily2:56pm, 17th Sep 2019
Every six months, I give a chunk of cash to the server company - and I've just done that a few minutes ago. It's the biggest single payout I make. If you've been contemplating setting up a contribution, now would be great fetcheveryone.com/invite.php
We had an operating system upgrade on (I think) May 15th, because the server was really struggling. The machine itself is quite a beast, but the old OS wasn't capable of using all of its resources. It was a bit of a tough week, with a lot of sluggishness and a bit of downtime; but since then, I've been really impressed with how well the server has performed. I can't think of any times when the site has been unavailable or slow. I hope you'll agree with that.
And not only am I grateful for the server doing well, but of course, I am very grateful to all of you who've made contributions to help cover the costs of running the site (for the record, the costs are largely "server + me"). It's been nearly three years since Fetch became independent again, and we're here today because of your support. Thank you!
It's always been my goal that the site is free to use with nothing stuck behind a paywall. That's still the case, and will continue to be so. And recently, I've seen how we can extend that to event organisers, by making sure that the events they put on are directly available to you, without any third party listing sites taking commission.
Those paywalls and commissions feel like commercial intruders on what should be the simplest and most joyous activity there is.
I want Fetch to be something that helps you to enjoy your activity. Fetch will never be a product that you buy in exchange for the promise of happiness. Your support for what we do should be the product of the happiness it delivers.
Have a lovely day,
Ian
fetcheveryone.com/invite.php We had an operating system upgrade on (I think) May 15th, because the server was really struggling. The machine itself is quite a beast, but the old OS wasn't capable of using all of its resources. It was a bit of a tough week, with a lot of sluggishness and a bit of downtime; but since then, I've been really impressed with how well the server has performed. I can't think of any times when the site has been unavailable or slow. I hope you'll agree with that.
And not only am I grateful for the server doing well, but of course, I am very grateful to all of you who've made contributions to help cover the costs of running the site (for the record, the costs are largely "server + me"). It's been nearly three years since Fetch became independent again, and we're here today because of your support. Thank you!
It's always been my goal that the site is free to use with nothing stuck behind a paywall. That's still the case, and will continue to be so. And recently, I've seen how we can extend that to event organisers, by making sure that the events they put on are directly available to you, without any third party listing sites taking commission.
Those paywalls and commissions feel like commercial intruders on what should be the simplest and most joyous activity there is.
I want Fetch to be something that helps you to enjoy your activity. Fetch will never be a product that you buy in exchange for the promise of happiness. Your support for what we do should be the product of the happiness it delivers.
Have a lovely day,
Ian
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Admirable in every wayDiogenes11:27am, 11th Sep 2019
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CheersAutumnleaves11:30am, 11th Sep 2019
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Elsie Too Thank you 11:34am, 11th Sep 2019
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Raptors claws are coming to town11:39am, 11th Sep 2019
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The force is with us .... always #fetchfamrunnerbean11:46am, 11th Sep 2019
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Thank you for keeping it free for those of us that can’t afford to pay. It’s very much appreciated, very much.Have yourself Musashi lil Christmas12:00pm, 11th Sep 2019
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Hear, hear!I saw ishep come sailing in12:10pm, 11th Sep 2019
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It's a wonderful website.Columba12:16pm, 11th Sep 2019
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wemerry minardi *hic* fetch12:42pm, 11th Sep 2019
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What they all said! 😀♪♫ Synge ♪♫12:59pm, 11th Sep 2019
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Breaks into song: "Can't buy me love"Sigh1:15pm, 11th Sep 2019
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Thank you1step2far1:32pm, 11th Sep 2019
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Thanks.DingDocMerrily1:34pm, 11th Sep 2019
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Thanks Fetch.mikeharrison1:40pm, 11th Sep 2019
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Thank you and as minardi says weGarfield fetch!1:43pm, 11th Sep 2019
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I think my contribution saves me money because I don't get tempted by adverts. Thank you for a lovely siteRunnyBunny2:47pm, 11th Sep 2019
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Thank you for your efforts.westmoors2:53pm, 11th Sep 2019
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What Malcolm saidoldbiddy3:48pm, 11th Sep 2019
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I hope our contributions cover your costs and let you eat too!D25*xy4aXma5name!3:49pm, 11th Sep 2019
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I'm so glad you've decided to do it this way fetch. When people are down on their luck they need their fetch fam the most (even if they've never met).Grast_girl4:22pm, 11th Sep 2019
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♥ fetchBob!4:53pm, 11th Sep 2019
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Helegant5:00pm, 11th Sep 2019
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Thank youTeeBee5:50pm, 11th Sep 2019
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FurryH5:52pm, 11th Sep 2019
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jennywren5:55pm, 11th Sep 2019
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I’ve just been to Clinton’s cards but they didn’t have any Server Invoice Day cards. I might try moonpig.McGoohan6:55pm, 11th Sep 2019
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I was thinking about reviewing your salary so might just need to you a pay riseMerry Lip Gloss9:46pm, 11th Sep 2019
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Festive Flier Fetcheveryone.com 10:18pm, 11th Sep 2019
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Thank you.notgivinup5:29am, 12th Sep 2019
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Love your ethos, thanks fetch!iaincr7:10am, 12th Sep 2019
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Love you FetchCarpathius9:53am, 13th Sep 2019
Firstly, a big thanks to Red Venom, who have supported our Member of the Month for many years. If you don't know who they are, go check out redvenom.co.uk
A few months ago, they let me know that it was time for them to step down. I did some looking around, and sent off a few owls. And I'm pleased to say that our new sponsor is in place. Our September winner (i.e. the person we announce at the start of October) will win a [spoiler alert] Fitbit Charge 3, courtesy of our new sponsor, Fitbit
Our Member of the Month candidates are put forward as nominations by other members of the community. You can nominate someone at any point during the month. The five with the most nominations go through to a vote, which takes place over the first seven days of the new month. The winner gets the Fitbit goodies, and is subject to interview, with questions posed by Fetchies.
Go take a look at the MOTM pages here:
fetcheveryone.com/motm
A few months ago, they let me know that it was time for them to step down. I did some looking around, and sent off a few owls. And I'm pleased to say that our new sponsor is in place. Our September winner (i.e. the person we announce at the start of October) will win a [spoiler alert] Fitbit Charge 3, courtesy of our new sponsor, Fitbit
Our Member of the Month candidates are put forward as nominations by other members of the community. You can nominate someone at any point during the month. The five with the most nominations go through to a vote, which takes place over the first seven days of the new month. The winner gets the Fitbit goodies, and is subject to interview, with questions posed by Fetchies.
Go take a look at the MOTM pages here:
fetcheveryone.com/motm
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Wow! That's a super sponsor, well done for getting them on board.Sigh1:11pm, 9th Sep 2019
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Wow, nice prize!HellsBells1:12pm, 9th Sep 2019
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Impressive. Thank you.poppyH1:38pm, 9th Sep 2019
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Thanks to Red Venom from me: the stuff is well made and if you like your compression very compressy (I get "Red Venom" tattooed under my knees) it's just the job.Dvorak1:43pm, 9th Sep 2019
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Great news - I do like the Red Venom stuff - it fits beautifully and is a good price compared to some other brands around.Autumnleaves1:47pm, 9th Sep 2019
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Red Venom stuff is really good, very pleased with mineRosehip1:48pm, 9th Sep 2019
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Nice sponsor, well done!chunkyblizzard2:07pm, 9th Sep 2019
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A "bad news/good news" blog!3FrenchMs
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Excellent! What a good sponsor and what an appropriate prize! And thanks to Red Venom for many years of, erm, supportRaptors claws are coming to town2:22pm, 9th Sep 2019
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Oh gosh, I haven’t done my shopping at red venom yetMazH
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I'd suggest getting it done soon, Maz - but I'd hope they'd be fine with it.fetcheveryone2:27pm, 9th Sep 2019
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Thank you Fetch for an excellent site feature and for keeping it alive. Thanks to Red Venom for their support over the years and welcome to Fitbit and I hope a long relationship with Fetcheveryone.Festive Flier2:39pm, 9th Sep 2019
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Great sponsor for MOTM and the type of prize most users would find useful.SPR3:14pm, 9th Sep 2019
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Great new sponsorship.Ness8:02pm, 9th Sep 2019
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Fab new sponsorship. Hopefully one day I’ll contribute enough to get a couple of nominationsFreshStart6:38am, 10th Sep 2019
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Wow to Fitbit new sponsor. That will be popular in the "wider world". They're a big brand, and wider than running (as indeed is Fetch of course!)Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr) G8:50am, 10th Sep 2019
It's less than 24 hours since I posted my race listings blog, but in that time, you folks have already added 174 listings to the database. That's awesome Keep 'em coming.
EDIT: 11.45am Wednesday, and we're 243 listings up
Keep 'em coming. EDIT: 11.45am Wednesday, and we're 243 listings up
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See what the promise of a virtual badge and a chance of a (assumed real physical) buff can do?um1:59pm, 3rd Sep 2019
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By the power of GrayskullllllMcGoohan2:16pm, 3rd Sep 2019
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Just proposed Feature 311 - I'd like to be able to tag all the races in the local league; not sure any other website for race listings does thatSigh2:41pm, 3rd Sep 2019
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175jennywren4:17pm, 3rd Sep 2019
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176colindglen5:44pm, 3rd Sep 2019
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Brilliant idea Sigh. I use FE because it links each year with a league table. A tagging function for my local XC and road league would be ace too.milemonster12:37pm, 4th Sep 2019
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... and if you could then subscribe clubs to league tags and produce local rankings it could invigorate the club feature?flanker1:39pm, 9th Sep 2019
Some of you have noticed recently that we have had an influx of listings from companies (no need to mention any names) that advertise running events. They don't organise events, they collect listings, then promote those listings, and deal with entries. Presumably they make their money by taking a proportion of the entry fee for anyone who enters via their site.
Please note that none of this has been underhand. I've even explored with an automatic import from one such provider. I've no reason to think that anyone has abused the Fetcheveryone listings. It's just someone's business model. We even discussed the possibility of Fetch getting a commission for any traffic we send.
But several thoughts have been settling into place in my head:
1) as many of you have pointed out, the listings are not always accurate. Race titles often include multiple distances, and the registered distance in the database is a bit of pot luck between those options. Sometimes they're just wrong. A lot of this is down to trying to fit together two different listing styles. I have a lot of sympathy for anyone trying to solve this problem.
2) clicking "Visit Event Website" on one of our listings feels quite jarring when, instead of going to the organisers site, you end up on a third party site. We could mitigate this with some wording changes.
3) This is the big one. If an increasing number of small events have to turn to a third-party company to generate entries, it could result in higher race entry costs, or put cost pressure on the event organiser, or both. That doesn't feel great.
The Fetch race listings have always been free to search, and free to list. In an average month, we send over 8,000 clicks through to organisers websites, and we do so without seeking to profit. Full disclosure: I do offer the option for race organisers to email opted-in Fetchies, and I charge £75 per 1000 recipients. But this is an optional extra for them to get people visiting them directly. My policy is not to do more than two of these in any calendar month - it's not a big earner.
It's my view that maintaining our own organic listings, linking everyone who visits Fetch directly to the people who organise races, is really important. Ten minutes here and there doing a bit of research on events near you, and adding them to Fetch is not just something that will help you, but will also:
1) help other Fetchies to find events;
2) help grass roots event organisers by spreading the word without paying commission;
3) help Fetch, by ensuring that our listings are well-respected.
I'm not looking to profit from our listings. I didn't set the site up to make a profit. The majority of our costs are covered through your voluntary support for what the site offers. It feels right that our community should support grass roots running, and this feels like a good way to do it.
For a bit of fun and encouragement on the way, I've made some badges for you to collect as you add listings to our database. And every event added in September (excluding parkruns - we get these automatically) will put that person into a draw to win a Fetch Buff. How does that sound?
Places you can look for events:
1) local club websites
2) FB groups
3) other places
For my part, I will be letting listing companies know that (with all due respect), we will not be importing these listings in the future. Ultimately, our own race listings will stand or fall based on the ability of our community to work together for a common goal. And given our track record, I've every reason to believe that we can be successful.
Thank you for reading!
Please note that none of this has been underhand. I've even explored with an automatic import from one such provider. I've no reason to think that anyone has abused the Fetcheveryone listings. It's just someone's business model. We even discussed the possibility of Fetch getting a commission for any traffic we send.
But several thoughts have been settling into place in my head:
1) as many of you have pointed out, the listings are not always accurate. Race titles often include multiple distances, and the registered distance in the database is a bit of pot luck between those options. Sometimes they're just wrong. A lot of this is down to trying to fit together two different listing styles. I have a lot of sympathy for anyone trying to solve this problem.
2) clicking "Visit Event Website" on one of our listings feels quite jarring when, instead of going to the organisers site, you end up on a third party site. We could mitigate this with some wording changes.
3) This is the big one. If an increasing number of small events have to turn to a third-party company to generate entries, it could result in higher race entry costs, or put cost pressure on the event organiser, or both. That doesn't feel great.
The Fetch race listings have always been free to search, and free to list. In an average month, we send over 8,000 clicks through to organisers websites, and we do so without seeking to profit. Full disclosure: I do offer the option for race organisers to email opted-in Fetchies, and I charge £75 per 1000 recipients. But this is an optional extra for them to get people visiting them directly. My policy is not to do more than two of these in any calendar month - it's not a big earner.
It's my view that maintaining our own organic listings, linking everyone who visits Fetch directly to the people who organise races, is really important. Ten minutes here and there doing a bit of research on events near you, and adding them to Fetch is not just something that will help you, but will also:
1) help other Fetchies to find events;
2) help grass roots event organisers by spreading the word without paying commission;
3) help Fetch, by ensuring that our listings are well-respected.
I'm not looking to profit from our listings. I didn't set the site up to make a profit. The majority of our costs are covered through your voluntary support for what the site offers. It feels right that our community should support grass roots running, and this feels like a good way to do it.
For a bit of fun and encouragement on the way, I've made some badges for you to collect as you add listings to our database. And every event added in September (excluding parkruns - we get these automatically) will put that person into a draw to win a Fetch Buff. How does that sound?
Places you can look for events:
1) local club websites
2) FB groups
3) other places
For my part, I will be letting listing companies know that (with all due respect), we will not be importing these listings in the future. Ultimately, our own race listings will stand or fall based on the ability of our community to work together for a common goal. And given our track record, I've every reason to believe that we can be successful.
Thank you for reading!
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I’m 100% in support of this - kudos to you, Mr Fetch, for giving it a try. Come on, Fetchies, let’s make this work!♪♫ Synge ♪♫3:20pm, 2nd Sep 2019
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Thumbs up from me 👍Alice Navidad3:22pm, 2nd Sep 2019
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Is that why the race listings in my local area have included quite a lot of races that aren't in my local area at all but had had the "FE" randomly whanged on to the map? Always the same offender.Raptors claws are coming to town3:28pm, 2nd Sep 2019
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I'm not sure about that, 'Rappers, but if you send me a feedback with a few examples, I'd be keen to take a look.fetcheveryone3:33pm, 2nd Sep 2019
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I'm all for this. Just added a local 10 mile race for November, not planning on running it this year but good to have it listed.Sigh3:39pm, 2nd Sep 2019
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Yes yes yes! The amount of times I have cleared duplicates (where they have named an event slightly differently / with a year in the title) and tidied up site links because of these people!clare19763:52pm, 2nd Sep 2019
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Fetchlad, I tend to put in the ones that I enter, or ones club mates are doing, or ones that our club organises, or even just ones at which I am supporting etc. When I am less active running (or more especially racing) I tend to update / create fewer. I will try to update / create a few more.Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr) G4:04pm, 2nd Sep 2019
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I've sent you links to the ones that have appeared since I last mucked out the local race listings, FetchRaptors claws are coming to town4:12pm, 2nd Sep 2019
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Ta V'rapfetcheveryone
Happy - thank you - the more we can get listed, the better. Ceasing imports from these companies could account for about a quarter of our listings (but that's not to say other people would not have added them if they were missing). But it'd be good to fill that gap.4:38pm, 2nd Sep 2019 -
I completely agree with this, great move.roberton
And to be clear, I don't think it was bad in principle that race listings were automatically imported. The downsides you've listed are real and balance against the advantages of it.
So a good move and a well written blog post explaining it all5:13pm, 2nd Sep 2019 -
Thanks Fetch, will save me time editing them. Will continue to add any I notice not listed.StuH5:20pm, 2nd Sep 2019
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The race listings are by miles the best way to find any race, it’s one of the (many) best things about fetch!Feleecy Navidad5:41pm, 2nd Sep 2019
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I think the race listings here are great. I always add the ones I organise because I'd always hope to get a few more Fetch stickers as a result. My races are about as grass roots as you can get and currently it's enter on the day so I suspect the site you refer to wouldn't find them of interest anyway but I think the approach you are taking here is spot on.BaronessBL5:55pm, 2nd Sep 2019
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Would an option be (or have been) to have a different colour FE "pin" on the map for automatically entered events? Otherwise, I fully support your decision and will go and trawl the local club sites.Nessie6:02pm, 2nd Sep 2019
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Fetch - Is there a way to list the different distances that an event offers without having to create multiple listings? One event local to me is listed as a 10k, but it actually offers 5 different distances...Sam Jelfs6:32pm, 2nd Sep 2019
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Good idea Fetch.mr d6:35pm, 2nd Sep 2019
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Thumbs up from me. I do like to try and keep the race listings local to me accurate and tidy as the librarian part of me gets twitchy when stuff is listed wrongly.Fragile Xmas Ornament6:35pm, 2nd Sep 2019
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Full support and appreciation here... even though I can't make much use of them for a while, since I've just broken my foot! 🤦♂I saw ishep come sailing in6:35pm, 2nd Sep 2019
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thanks for the reminder to keep adding stuff. its our site so we must do our bitDingDocMerrily6:42pm, 2nd Sep 2019
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Great decision.milemonster
It bugs me when listings are incorrect or not complete. Having fetches do it makes sense. We keep the titles correct (matching previous years) and put in routes.6:47pm, 2nd Sep 2019 -
Adding to what Sam said: ability to record multiple distances and laps would improve accuracy. But yes I’m all for itSerendippily7:16pm, 2nd Sep 2019
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Thumbs up from meMeglet7:48pm, 2nd Sep 2019
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Thumbs up from me tooRosehip8:58pm, 2nd Sep 2019
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Thanks Lord Fetch, I'm glad that you've made this decision. One company has been pissing me off for months with parasitic race listings and click-throughs and it will be grand to see the back of them.ZenTaoPlurp8:58pm, 2nd Sep 2019
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Yup, in full agreement.RichHL9:10pm, 2nd Sep 2019
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Sounds like the best option for the way in which most of us use the site - we can excuse the odd inaccuracy by a fellow Fetchie and I would much rather land on the website of the running club or organisation actually hosting the race.In the bleak midWinniefree9:54pm, 2nd Sep 2019
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You've got my support 👍Night-owl10:17pm, 2nd Sep 2019
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Double thumbs up Mr Fetch. Spot on.Rascal11:02pm, 2nd Sep 2019
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Good thing, I reckon.Dvorak10:59am, 3rd Sep 2019
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Nice one - thumbs up here !Albert O Balsam12:31pm, 4th Sep 2019
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February (17)
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November (10)
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October (11)
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5k with The Boy :-)
Welcome to tomorrow
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Pre-Race Training Volume
Doctor K Cup Week
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Hoodie Colour!
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VO2max
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August (8)
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I got sent these...
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OWS Locations
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Avoid Everyone Spares + Second Batch
Wikipedia page
Another YouTube video for sharesies :-)
Getting data to Fetch from **other places**
Feature Voting - some further updates
Feature Voting - speeded up
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May (13)
A video for sharing
Bees!
Fetch Introductory Zoom Presentations
A promise to all Fetchies
Fetch Virtual Weekend: Replacement Bus Service
How has Fetch use changed?
Fetch Weekly Virtual Races
Zoom Meeting - Thursday 9 til 10am
WAVA Standards Update
WAVA Standards + Poll
Fun with Age Grading :-)
New Badges Day
The test shirt fabric has arrived :-)
April (14)
Zoom Podcast - watch the video
What is WBC?
If you did the free Amazon trial...
Some small amends (and shirt version)
Pre-orders open
I was only joking, but...
If Fetcheveryone did lockdown merch
Site outage - Thursday 16th April 11pm
On exercising responsibly
My Sports Quiz - how would you have scored?
Your creative thinking required
WBC My Favourite Teacher (a bit later than the deadline)
Updated Training League
Server Downtime, Thursday 9th 00:01BST to 04:00BST (and thank you!)
March (13)
New Fetch Game: Hide and Seek
Free trial of Audible
Do you have a good memory?
New Opt-In for Fetch Miles
New Badges for Fetch Miles
The Fetch Five: Don't Let CV19 Win!
Amending event dates and notifying of cancellations
A green light comes on over your head, and you can get on with life
Most Popular Shoe Brands 2019
A review
Android: Session I
Compare Your Training
Book Now to avoid disappointment :-)
February (10)
Imports from Suunto, Fitbit, Polar and TomTom.
Plot A Route - mobile improvements
Happy tugging!
Something to play with
Adding A New Feature
February Treasure Hunt
Server Downtime
Miles = Smiles
Build Your Mile
Pop Will Eat Himself: Update
January (11)
Clarence the Cadence Kitten
Trim your trails :-)
Seven Day Leaderboard
Let's try that again
Some minor blog amendments
Try the new Forum Search Prototype
Pop Will Eat Himself
A card from HowFar?
Thank you HowFar? (Statement, not a question)
Take the red pill
Climb every mountain
2019 (134)
December (7)
The Christmas Poem
Where your treasure is...
Listen to the dog breathe
Chewie, We're Home
Thursday's Challenge
Which GPS?
Fetch Shop (of sorts)
November (12)
The zeroth challenge
Polar users - auto import
Calling all Polar users
Mobile Optimisation
Calling all Android users
Did your ads disappear?
Pin that sucker down :-)
Easier tagging
Category now editable from VIEW
Kit now editable from VIEW
Working towards tagging
Manual Add Training bug
October (16)
Boring Cricket Blog
Books Part 2
Books :-)
42
Training tags Part 2
Training tags
Let's Jazzercise
My precious
Cricket Week 4: Footage :-)
Forum Training Threads
Benny Neutrino Returns
Cricket Week 3: Wingardium Leviosa!
Benny Neutrino's Filter Tips
Cricket Week 2
Continuing Amazon Affiliate Saga
In case you haven't seen...
September (11)
Updated: Spare Anniversary Kit
Affiliate links
I did a cricket!
Fetch365 - enjoy responsibly
Filth
My dear old things
Buddies vs Follow
Server Invoice Day
Our new MOTM sponsor
Fetch Power!
Race Listings: Please Read
August (5)
Everyone *rainbow*
Almost there...
Quick blog
Country Badges
A new set of badges
July (6)
Pre-orders open
Anniversary Shirts v2
Fetch 15th Anniversary Shirts
Fetch Fest 2020
Shout Outs
Missing imports from Garmin yesterday
June (13)
Who Squares Wins: 64 screenshot
Who Squares Wins: 64 Player Edition
Training summary - older pages
Training sub-menu rejig
Try the infographic
Steady Edina
Annual Summary Infographic
The height of daft things
The training summary - the morning session
The training summary - a wordier blog
Try the annual summary thing
How to listen to the Fetch Podcast
12 month summary mega-graph!
May (15)
£79.99 off the bottom line
Competition
parkrun reviews - now with routes
Fix It Friday; Project Joker Week 2; and some shout outs.
Fetch Kit Cupboard Sale
The bonus ball
Project Joker - Week 1
Fix It Friday
A quick update on the server
Fetch 15th Anniversary Kit
There is a good service operating
Oof.
In case you're wondering...
Trouble auto importing from Garmin?
Fix It Friday: Stuff that came to me in dreams
April (12)
Feature Voting - now with virtual badges :-)
The moment of triumph!
New Feature Voting
Fix It Friday: What would your horse be called?
Marathon Pacing: tyre-kickers required
Fix It Friday: Back to Basics
Podcast Poll
Fix It Friday: The League Of Everyone
Dom, dom, dom, I've got DOMS, I've got DOMS!
Crouch, Touch, Pause.... longer pause... what am I doing again?
Training Log - Update
Site Update: New Font
March (15)
Fix It Friday: An Endless Mission
Naming and faming :-)
2nd in my age category!
Fix It Friday: Brought to you by Surprise Inset Day
New training log
Route Matching - Ready :-)
Fix It Friday
What's your unit of measurement?
Ciderthon competition
Fix It Friday: Stroopwafels of Doom!
Route Matching - Update
This week's cool list
Me in the river
Big Fetch Miles 2019
Fix It Friday: Fingerprints!
February (13)
A Maths Challenge
Fetch Legends: Activate!
Whose coat is this jacket?
Fix It Friday: The Fix Awakens
Joining the awesome list...
Fix It Friday
Naming and faming :-)
Fix It Friday - Monthly Summary
Training Month Summary
Podcast Q&A
If you can't read this, don't panic.
*redsaber* The force is strong with these Fetchies!
Fix It Friday *bluesaber*
January (9)
Some shout outs :-)
Fix It Friday!
Podcast Ep 3, plus some naming and faming :-)
Fix It Friday
Fetch Chaos
Oooh! Second chance Berlin trip! And new subbers, podcast episode, and Trader.
My week of running
Naming and faming - this week :-)
Naming and faming :-)
2018 (138)
December (8)
A Christmas Message (in podcast form)
Rungeon :-)
Hey, Everyone!
France Trip Vote
Happy Fetch Independence Day
Actual free trip to France (incl. flights)
Litter
Sombrero's Lovely Cards
November (14)
Hoodies + other spares
Spare Fetch Kit
Festive Fetch Calendar 2018
Avatars
Book Giveaway - Can We Run With You, Grandfather?
Fix It Friday
Bedford Harriers Half - place offered
Updated Kit Bag
Family Fortunes :-)
Any adidas experts out there?
No Fixes Today - just two challenges
Big Fetch Mile Cardiff
Fix It Friday
Festive Fetch Calendar 2018
October (14)
Hello landlubbers
Embedded polls
Member of the Month
Fix It Friday
Spare Fetch shirts and vests
Abingdon
Fix It Friday
My Fetch Mile
One thing's for sure, we're all gonna be a lot thinner.
Fix It Friday - 'Ave It!
Automatic route matching
Automatic route matching
One last reminder for those cycling jerseys
Fix It Friday - Forensics and User Experience
September (14)
Fix It Friday
Server Downtime 2.30pm 26th September
Never Again
Fix It Friday!
Handling your weirdness
Cards ordered :-)
Just wondering...
Fix It Friday :-)
Try the Fetcheveryone Tutorial
40 days and 40 nights
Fix It Friday
ARION insoles - review part 1
Fetch Shirt - Black Ones, and sizing
Shirts and Vests Pre-Order
August (14)
Fix It Friday
Blog Height squished
Site Outage Last Night
New Mobile Nav
Fix It Friday
New feature - how you doin'? :-)
Sunflower spread
Fix It Friday
A new pre-race mileage graph
Fetch Social: Draycote Water September
Fix It Friday: The Supermarket Analogy
A run with _andy :-)
Suunto 9 Review
Fix it Friday
July (5)
Fix It Friday!
Five Get Wet In Devon
Big Glasgow Weekend - Part 1: Gies A Cwtch
Tom Williams Interview - Final Part
Glasgow Big Fetch Mile Results and Pics
June (17)
Abingdon Week 17 - P&D Booster rockets
Interviewing Tom Williams: Part III
Walking League (and one just for Nellers)
Follow Roads - continued
Week 18 in the bag
Tackling turds
Abingdon Marathon Training: Week 18
Interview with Tom Williams - Part 2
Server
Five Questions (ready for serious answers)
Kick some tyres for me
Interview with Tom Williams - Part 1
Five Questions
Follow Roads saga
Google maps progress, plus Abingdon plans
Training Summary - Infographics
Who Squares Wins - ranking update
May (10)
Training log maps converted
More mapping updates
Who Squares Wins - The Wizard's Hat
De doo doo doo... another one bites the dust...
Invisible changes
Silverstone 10k
Three year throwback
Why your support makes the difference
Some high mileage Fetchies
dryrobe winner
April (14)
Interviewing Tom Williams
Swimming Caps!
#finishformatt
New batch of shirts and vests
You make big mistake my friend
Fetchpoint
Glasgow Big Fetch Mile announced
Two tickets to the Running Awards
Pics from Dudley Big Fetch Mile
Notes for London Marathon Fetchpointers
Results from today's Big Fetch Mile
Who Squares Wins - prototype board
Attention London Marathoners!
New game - coming soon
March (9)
Intervals, Solidarity, Swimming and Fmail
Ready to give the new fmail a try?
More on fmail
New fmail system
Win a dryrobe :-)
For jabberknit...
Updating the Training Home page
Pics from Bedford Big Fetch Mile
Sledgends :-)
February (13)
Buffs On Sale
Big Fetch Mile Bedford
Vlog :-)
Marathon Talk
Important GDPR stuff - PLEASE read
A page of historical importance
Vlog :-)
Road Rash, Marathon Prediction and T-Shirts
This :-)
Capturing the dog
It's BACK!
Enter Wilmslow Half Marathon
An advertisement
January (6)
Local Fetchies - Opt In
Revealed: World's Best Shoes
How I chose the Big Fetch Mile venues
Big Fetch Mile 2018 - Venues & Provisional Dates
Try adding an image to your training entry
Mileage Targets 2018 - Update
2017 (147)
December (12)
Mileage Targets 2018
Thank you
Brownie Recipe :-)
Phew
Fetch Hoodies + Buffs SALE Update
Chewie, We're Home
Fetch Hoodies SALE - what's left
Fetch Hoodies! SALE!!! (and Buffs available too)
Chewie, We're Home
Sharing pics
Fetch Jingle Mile Cambridge photos
Glorious Failure: Bedford Harriers Half Marathon
November (20)
Serpents, hamstrings and inversions
A special anniversary approaches...
Hamstring and prototype updates
Training Log Prototype - Today's Improvements
Red Venom sale
For what it's worth...
Training Log Prototype - Update #2
Training Log Prototype - Update
Big Fetch Mile - venue hunt
RT for a Garmin
Training Log Prototype - To Be Fixed
fetcheveryone.com/amazon
The Weekly vLog (by me)
Thanks :-)
New Training Log Prototype - Available Now
Thanks for following
VLog - footage from the Cardiff Big Fetch Mile
Big Fetch Mile[s] 2018
Win a place in the Surrey Half
I vont to scan your barcode.
October (12)
Big Fetch Weekend :-)
Fetch Mile Results
Festive Fetch Calendar :-O
Calling Parkers everywhere!
In which I decorate a cake.
Regent's Park Fetchie Discount
Elevation in colour
"I didn't come here to walk to Sparta!"
New elevation info
Chicken Ballot-ine, with a side order of beef
New training log headers
Ballot day tomorrow - help needed
September (19)
Weekly vLog - COCONUTS!!!
River Thames Half Marathon
The lollipop update
On failing gracefully
Doctor K Day
Fetch Kit Sale - Updates
Weekly vLog
Fetch Kit Sale
Training Log View Update
Fetcheveryone Weekly? Vlog?
Fetchie Race Discount - Regent's Park 10k
Training Log Tags - Live
Training Log Tags
Weekly vLog - Derby Mile, and a pause to salute the legendary Doctor K
24 hours later
Doctor K donation page
Doctor K
Fetch Weekly vLog
Derby Mile - tomorrow!
August (8)
Race Prices; and an alien earworm
Straight outta Cromford - the Fetch Weekly vLog!
A Fetch vLog! With prizes!
Quick search location for sharing
New WAVA graph
Weird FIT file thing
Back from me 'olidays :-)
Linking race results to training log entries
July (12)
Race Pricing - crowdsourcing
Appdate for Android and iPhone
Inhalers
Fetch Mile - Cardiff?
Bookends
Race listing omelette
Coding and town planning
Please review your races
A2B winners
Motivational Sounds - the final 10
Two more Big Fetch Miles? :-)
Bedford Fetch Mile Results
June (19)
Big Fetch Mile
Motivational Sounds
Fetch fug - updated design
Fetch fug (available at the Fetch mile)
I've done the naughtiest thing ever.
Donating Blood - my Vlog
Fapp In the App Store :-)
Can I kick it?
A***biscuits
This just in...
For Bean
Your app status is Waiting For Review
A2B
Fetch Caps
Garmin Communicator Plugin
Fetch App - strong and stable testing
HTTPS is here
Fetch App progress
https access to the site
May (14)
Fetch App
Apostrophes
[Untitled]
[Untitled]
Site down at 11pm
Round and round the garden
Try the new home page layout
Server down tonight @ 11pm
Browser testers wanted
The Big Fetch Mile!!!
Site *NOT* down tonight. [cough]
Bluffer's Competition - Winner
Bedford parkrun timelapse
Return of the cap
April (8)
Fetchpoint (London and Milton Keynes!)
Base camp, VMLM
Bronze!
Just for D2
Off to the awards
Bloodvlog
Hoodies - it's on!
Updated Training Home Page
March (6)
'Train' page
Project Joker
Hoodies and Londons
Hands up, hands UP! Draycote Water 10
Bluffer's Competition
Project Joker
February (12)
Draggable?
Running Awards shortlisted
Route Plotter now with OpenStreetMap
Plan for Bluffer's comp
Update to Route Plotter
First update to the route mapper
For Angus
Virtuous Circles
Competition coming soon
Race Guide Ads
Club La Santa vLog
Fetch Fixtures
January (5)
Word Clouds
Buckets Ready
New Home Page
Do me a favour...
Limited Companies, filing accounts, that sort of thing
2016 (128)
December (11)
Festive Fetch Calendar - Winners
Festive Fetch Calendar - Winners
Five Years Ago Today
Pantsfest! May the stains be ever in your favour!
#FEXIT
Photoshop SOS
Attention: Fitbit users
Bedford Half 2016
Luton Fetchmob: Breaking Point
Vote Fetch!
Breaking news: Paris Marathon
November (21)
How to end a LiveChat.
Define wrong
TomTom Runner 3 Review - Any Questions?
Deliveryman
Movember: Project Beard: Day 24: Beardraggled
Festive Fetch Calendar 2016
We're gonna be in the Hudson
Hey Chiefy
I've written summat
Going Postal
A special mention
Training Log Beta
Spare Hoodies
Updates to Training Beta
Movember: Project Beard - Day 8 (The Seven Day Itch)
Vote for Fetch
Training Log Detail View - Some Changes
Aberdeen University Study
Consultation V2
[Untitled]
Fetchpoint - October Winners and November Prizes
October (16)
Alien nuggets!
Keeping a tight lid on the biscuit tin
Training Log Beta
100 Running Words
Pssst....
Fetchmob, December 3rd
Where to mob?
Little things
That All-Time Mileage League
The sudoku that keeps on giving.
Sub-25 for 1km :-)
Fetchmob - December 3rd
New Training Log Preview
Fixed the overlap...
Why the new training log isn't ready yet...
vLog
September (12)
Doughnut or Donate
Training Log - Sneak Peek
Fetch Shop Sale! Old stuff clearout!
vLog!!!
The consultation system...
Garmin support for timezone info
The GMT/BST/Timezone problem
Training Log Consultation...
Training Log - Consultation
Fetch Social Runs
Subscriber shirts, vests and hoodies, and determination.
Fetch Voluntary Subscriptions
August (3)
Ze Gryndylows! My first #OWS :-)
Testing Fetchpoint exclusion zones
Fetchpoint scoring system
July (7)
Conquercise Prize Draw?
Fetch Games: Checkpoints (and what's wrong with them)
More owls...
Your Favourite Fetch Game?
Even More Utmost Than Before...
Chiswick!
15 days later...
June (10)
Five days on...
[Untitled]
A quick thank you...
What do you think?
If you'd be so kind...
Poised
Which watch?
Run Bedford 10k
Import from a TomTom
Attention TomTom users
May (10)
Race Distance poll
An ungainly fish
A five year plan
What Club La Santa can learn from parkrun
Cream Me Up, Scotty
Greetings from Club La Santa
And a quick poll...
Club Charter
A poll about intervals
More owls!
April (11)
Robin Hood and his Merry Dad :-)
Warning: Dull - some screen res stats
Responsive Design Update
For all you marathoners
A Poll
Fetchpoint
Ditching the forum categories?
Moving to Responsive Design
Sandy 10: Be Kind To Horses
Owls!
For Adam and Jamie
March (11)
Bacon Smoke!
Benchmarks Update
Bath - Race Report
PB!!!!!!!
An annoying eight-year-old.
Let's Cook and Cut and Paste :-)
Let's Cook :-)
RIP Gramma
Book Winners
Dog farming
Site header update
February (5)
Book Giveaway
Pi Club
Pi Project Update
Because I'd like to check the blogging badges are working...
Crapruary
January (11)
Snooker Freak
Badges - Another Update
Unlockable Badges - Update
Unlockable Badges
TomTom Runner 2 Review
Gallery updates
Snowball coding and Fetch Unlockables!
Achievement Medals - what do you reckon?
Run The Sum
2015 Book List (and a bit of a review / plan)
Festive Fetch Calendar - Winners
2015 (175)
December (7)
Red Red Wine
A Poll
Gis a job!
Bedford Half
REMEMBER!!!
Vote for Fetch
Now you've hopefully got the idea...
November (13)
The Festive Fetch Calendar
Don't get excited or anything...
Slightly Dismal Friday
Pre-order your Fetch Buff now :-)
A message from our sponsor
Dr Fetch will see you now
Only the grumbliest, achiest chocolate... :-)
The Stanford Experiment
Buff Design
Snugs - Review
Love, Commitment, Support
The pre-wedding blog!
Good morning Fetchers, good morning Everyone
October (9)
Monthly Totals
Did you write a blog yesterday?
The First Rule of Web Server Maintenance
The gain line
Fectch
The zipper challenge!
Sugar daddy
Now in colour!
Competition Time!!!
September (14)
Teach your kids (or yourself) to code
Sticky Training Choices
Goodies: GetMore water and the Alcatel OneTouch Watch
Shirt size guidelines
This nearly made it...
Subscriber Shirt Design
I've got wood!
Humbled
New Beginnings
Some more questions answered
Swimming
Some responses to your comments
Standing on the shoulders of Fetchies
Funtleks
August (8)
24 hours in the south
24 hours in the north
Fetchies Assemble!
Thank you
Better knowledge than riches
Fitbit Urge
The villainous Mr Fetch!
Uncomfortable rear
July (8)
Why don't you play Conquercise?
Another week of strange training
Book Giveaway - Winners
GPS Reviews
Criteria for reviewing a GPS
Auto-bike-detector :-)
Win some bookses :-)
Half Way!
June (13)
Time Lapse Clouds
TomTom Bandit - very QUICK first impressions
My wings are like a shield of steel!
Running plus Cycling update
Embarrassingly...
Stalkers Paradise!
Recommend me a bike :-)
Holy Steamrollers Batman!
Rest day (no such thing)
Sqveeeeze!
We will now imitate the flight of a goose :-)
You made me ink! Snorkel safari :-)
Good morning from CLS :-)
May (10)
Club La Santa :-)
The AWESOME Power of Fetchies!
Home Insurance Shaftage :-/
Editing Forum Posts
The Future!
Some London Marathon stats
Walking On The Moon
Hardest parkrun?
New found wisdom
Week 1
April (11)
Marathon vLog
I owe some hugs!
And that concludes the voting from the Danish judges
Adventures in geocaching
Your video clips wanted!
Jelly with no spoons
Random Ultra
Suncream in my eyes - a review of 'Running and Stuff'
Books what I've read this year
Measuring the effect of wind
Wind Roses
March (18)
Watching the tide roll away
A great week of running!
Happy Jigs Wisdom!
Mobile Fetch
I don't do this very often...
Breathless Optimism
20 miles yesterday
This Week's vLog
Decision Trees and the sub-4!
Democracy Street
Mayan Maths
Bath Half (at last)
Still a chicken
Costume Drama in Bath
TomTom importing
Updated 'Train' page
Zonked
Nearly
February (29)
Pheasant
An Unexpected Journey
Wind picking up...
An unplanned kit alarm
Race Pace Test
2nd place
Week ends
Bounceback
Barking carrots
Bedroom pizza
Top of the mountain
Blogs get the mobile treatment
Supersonic Katie, and a marathon pace question
Back home
Racing parkrun ;-)
Unblocking the sink
Start in Darkness
Some times I'd like
Mobile Site - Forum Section
All-Time Leaderboards
Batteries
Sword fighting
PB Attempts
Duct tape and WD40
Big Elephants Can Always Understand Small Elephants
Lessons
Shoe horning
Training vLog Week 13
Big February Project
January (35)
Cake, invalidated
Small sips
LiRF, award shortlist, beginners, books, boy.
Dog Available :-)
Cutback
New Recipe Section
Lazy
Another threshold run
New Beginnings
Blah
But far more importantly...
Fetch Beginners Programme
Give it a go :-)
Training vLog - Week 11
Threshold Run (a running blog)
Long day, short blog
(Lack of) Pump Action
A thread to follow
This Boy Can
Local Leaderboards for Checkpoints
Choking.
February 18th
Godzilla!
The Travelling Checkpoint Salesman
Acorn Antiques
Bearing Up
Deleted Bridges and Dodgy Lasers
I'm Batman!
Healthy and Appy
Punch O'Clock!
The plan, then.
Ten mile toes
On Parliament
[Untitled]
Bold Claims, and a Challenge for 2015
2014 (262)
December (9)
A trip to Wales (vLog)
Christmas Messages from Fetchies
Various
FERC London Marathon Places - Draw
It's gone in my sock...
Festive Fetch Five
This Week's Training
To the Post Office!
Training vLog - Week 4
November (12)
I Am Groot!
Slightly Dismal Friday
Week 3 - in which I nearly drown my wife!
I said yes :-)
Free Daps! aka Test GORE-TEX® footwear this winter!
Training vLog - Week 2
More chances for VMLM entries
Marathon Talk
My first training vLog :-)
Second place?
In :-)
Questionnaire about personality traits amongst runners
October (16)
Adidas API
Horseplay minimiser
Running with the big dog
Flat and Windy
Who'd like to test the Garmin API then?
Advantage Borg
Deal?
Jumble
Milk Tray Reps in the Rain
Geneva
Quote
Hatfield 5k, and some other running thoughts
Site layout changes
Vote for Training Plans
Maths help
3-2-1
September (8)
A quick device poll
Garmin Connect API
Cake at the lake :-)
Empowering Women
This Week's Training
Tick :-)
Article help
First outing with the Harriets
August (7)
Book club and Harriers
A treasure trove for bookish types
What I did on my Summer Holidays
Local decoration
The Fisher King
Mojitos and no mosquitos!
Cake-athlon
July (26)
James Mason
Missing Week
Camping View
Wild Camping
Quick
Transalpine Race
In brief
Urgent! Pair of runners wanted!
Fetch Kit Available to Pre-order :-)
Fetch Anniversary Kit - Preview
API and FAK!
That dog has a puffy tail
More books
Reverse Moses
Zombies vs Plants
Shovel required
Nightfever
Dayfever
Catcher in the Rye
My sister the psychologist
Drink your strong limey drink
Keep me in the loop
Bread knives, hedgehogs and the dog in the night time
Whoops
Pinteresting
Q&A?
June (34)
Checkpoints video
Walden
Happy boys and giggly imps
Spring loaded
Elbow grease
Fetch 10th Anniversary Kit
Fetch YouTube Tutorial - Race Guide
Finding the Library folder on a Mac
Stoat!
Sonic screwdriver
Live wires
Wiring help needed
Garmin Express Experiment
Scalded sloth
Garminge
Potching
New Forum Layout
Further updates to the blog layout
New blog layout
First woodpecker
Beastin' parkrun
Pantoball
All was well
USA! USA! USA!
Marking Territory
The People's Poet Is Dead :-(
Holy Water
Throwing shapes
Life moves pretty fast
Recursion is beautiful
Win an OS Explorer / Landranger map of your choice
Intervals with a Suunto Ambit 2S
Tick
Economy done two ways
May (31)
[Untitled]
Vorsprung Durch Lego Technic
How do I liberate my boy from his XBox?
Questions?
Life in the Woods
Lazy
MovesMissed
Intervals with a TomTom
Electioneering
[Untitled]
Tree fluff
More camping
Zen and Camping
Not eaten by bears
Bear food
Camping List
Camping Venn Diagrams
Floppy dog
Routes but not Rathbone
Illustrator wanted
Masking
Highlights
The Cosmic Ballet Goes On
Silverstone 10k :-)
Quick one
[Untitled]
Superhuman snooker
Dogturdflagman
Numbers!
Whittlin'
Chapter 1
April (29)
King Bin
Quiet day on Feedback Mountain
Listing
42
Go directly to parkrun. Do not pass Godzuki.
A day in Wales
[Untitled]
Spanner
The Lost Diadem of Fetchbook
Falling asleep in my dinner
Egg
Sofathon
God gave rock and roll to you.
Sugar Mule
Not bad, consid'rin.
Tinkering
Can U Dig It?
A weekend in Wales
Looking forward to Oliver!
Thank you, and more App talk
RIP Nan
Blah
Appy
Pyjamas at both ends.
Thump. Saturday has started.
Sore tum :-/
Zombies aside... first impressions of the new TomTom
TomTom Runner Cardio Press Event
Am I pregnant?
March (31)
Cornflakes Cornflakes Cornflakes Cornflakes Cornflakes Cornflakes Cornflakes
Sandy 10
#bedfordhappy
Me on YouTube
New graphs live
Follow the dot
Only the best for the Captain's table
Mrs Diahann Wagner is GOING HORNY
Sport Relief Win
Hot dogs, quick blogs
Toton Sidings
A sign!
Owen Farrell visualisation technique
Kebabs!
Booster fails to ignite
Myton Rugby Run (5 Miler)
Rugby before rugby
Sweetcorn antidote
Custard factory
Pooped
I did some intervals :-)
Speed work?
Many things
A bit cabbagey here.
Angry Wasp
Minty
Rainbow's End
Core Dump
Bath Half (in detail)
A quick overview
Down to business in Bath
February (28)
Made it to Bath
Unexpected hugs
Slider
I like to go a-wandering
Spring cleaning
Tongue-lolling
Because We're Worth It
I don't know what!
Thanks Jim
Enough now
Clearing the pipes
Crouch, Touch, Pause...
Medication, that's what you need.
Symptom Tour
Hello FBI
Dazed day
Why I'm an optimist
Mobius birds
Snotty knuckles
In this house...
Retch Everyone
Carrots
Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also
Ultrahalfmarathoner
Angry Birds
Belching
Clarkson averse
Good day :-)
January (31)
*bunting* *cake*
Bigger Boys
Zombies!
Pretending to be Saga Norén
Waiting for the AA
Ship shape
Readthrough
Technology takes you further
Love Garden
Cushions
High Heel Striker
Bit of a rubbish one
Ta
Hot Re-fills
Coding Grinch
An august prediction
Some Running Goals for Q1
Wipe-clean dog
Breaking it down
Snakes and Ladders
Bigger Ponds
Drink Your Weak Lemon Drink
All in All
Panning the pancake
Does JK Rowling own a dog?
Back to the kitchen table
Steve Davis shoes
Pigs on a water slide
Sloshing
Protocol
19 books :-)
2013 (29)
December (3)
Oh...
Engine Management Light
Hannibal Vector
November (3)
Speed skating
Stew-pendous
Cool Hand Grandpa
October (3)
Bookish
Minecraft Cake
Random dump
September (2)
Blog by Email!
Catchup blah
August (3)
Big Green Caterpillar
Questions answered - final CLS blog
Last Days at Club La Santa
July (10)
A nice morning of swimming and tennis
Please Read: Questions for a sports coach
Snorkeltastic
Hitting the straps
First Impressions at Club La Santa
Mile High Blog
Clocking off
For the second week running...
Another Club La Santa catchup
The Floor In The Plan
June (3)
Club La Santa
Bulk Uploading, and win a book
FERC Charities 2011-2012
March (1)
Bath Weekend
January (1)
Meet Steve
2012 (39)
December (2)
Tired Now Boss
Bath - Week 14 + Foodbank
November (3)
White Level Reading
Bath - Week 15
Bath - Week 16
October (2)
Onwards!
C'mon Dave
July (1)
RIP Arnie
June (2)
Rub some bacon on it
18 weeks
May (9)
Techy not tetchy
Time for a techy blog
Time to walk the dog
Stevington 12k
Properly coldy
Still a bit coldy
New blog design live
A bit coldy
Blogs Redesign
April (2)
Easter
SERIOUSLY LORD FETCH, SORT IT OUT
March (8)
A long run up
Running Tick
Weekend
Sport Relief Mile
Back once again
Swimming sweetcorn and other vegetables
Joy Rides, Sticks and Medals
Training Tip
February (9)
And...
Katie, ICT, and some more MySQL
May The Ground Force Be With You
Functions
Well done Batman.
Optimisation Crossword
Snow Days
Gallery, and parkrun
Pleased
January (1)
There Are Some Really Sexy Girls On Fetch
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