Author 'Its a Hill, Get Over It', 'The Round’, ‘Running Hard', ‘All or Nothing at all', ‘Voices from the hills’, and 'Three Peaks Race'. UKA coach. OSM mapper.
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As I am going on the ‘Here for the long run’ podcast it eemed a good time to collect together my podcast experiences, nine so far. The list (most recent at the top) has a brief description (usually from pod edition), and a link to play back if interested. itsahill.wordpress.com/2026/…
Was on the ADVENTURE HABITS podcast. We chatted on: Fell running, legendary challenges like the Bob Graham Round, the Three Peaks Race, and the Cuillin Ridge, and decades of experience. More like lessons learnt. buzzsprout.com/2512670/episo…
See Youtube for the full visual experience!
There was not enough space in the article on the Borrowdale record in Cumbria mag to include data. 2 tables are added here, listing the 10 best times run at the Borrowdale race, and the 6 races that Billy Bland won in a 3 week period when he set the record itsahill.wordpress.com/
Article of mine (on Borrowdale fell race record) has recently been published in Cumbria and Lakeland Walker magazine. PDF version can be read here: itsahill.wordpress.com/
Apologies for mistake in first sentence on second page (see if you spot it) which didn't get caught.
Link to interview at expressfm added to my blog: itsahill.wordpress.com/2026/… Interview covers my own running and why I wrote the book on the history of the Three Peaks Race @3PeaksRaceInov8
On this Bank Holiday I am pleased to say that I have just finished walking ALL roads in Bishop Waltham and recording addresses for the whole town. As an aside the last but one address recorded was Bank Cottage (one of the several former banks in BW). @openstreetmap
Really enjoyed being on the excellent Studmarks podcast (on Bob Graham Round with Scoffer and Mark Roberts). Link to podcast: shows.acast.com/studmarks/ep…
For a bit more info about it, check my blog post (also with link to it): itsahill.wordpress.com/2026/… #bobgrahamround
Signed copies of all my books are available directly from me: itsahill.wordpress.com/2026/…
Great podcast with Will Barton. He talks about his year, shoes, his varied racing and his study of training of some fell greats (Billy, Kenny, JohnW) - some of which he has encompassed. I have written a lot on this topic and chatted it with him a while ago shows.acast.com/studmarks/ep…
Just read James Cheshire's brilliant book 'The Library of Lost Maps'. He puts case well for not disbanding the UCL Map Library collection. Highly recommended read. What he doesn't say is whether there is a plan/chance of the map library remaining in place. Any insights? @bcsmaps
Time to review the blog year for '25. I did fewer blog posts, as the blog seems to be becoming less used by me (and less viewed by others: 20% less views). Referrals came mostly from Search Engines and Facebook, with Twitter/X being virtually moribund now. itsahill.wordpress.com/2026/…
Using the excellent Every Door app to add addresses to @openstreetmap data in Bishops Waltham
Nov 2024 (!) issue of the Cartographic Journal just arrived. A strong plus is the excellent quality of the papers in this 'special issue' on Ethics in Cartography. Downside though: no reviews (again). Footnote: books by Cheshire, Brotton and the Map Men have all come out recently
A list - the six best books I read in 2025: itsahill.wordpress.com/2026/… #goodreadsyearinbooks
In the January 2026 BBC Countryfile magazine there is an article on fell running, by Sam Pyrah, to which I contributed a couple of very short pieces. itsahill.wordpress.com/2026/…
Stretching before the @ItchenSpitfires session at the Southampton Theatre of Doom last night
