On Snowdon Sat 19th March

Good running this morning, though without Charlie, who'd stayed at home.
0630 start and normal route up from Llanberis up tourist path (1:21 to summit), then from summit to Carnedd Ugain (1:35); no visiblity at top so followed compass due west and met the Snowdon Ranger path spot on; Moel Cynghorion (2:10), then dropped down to path and fast back to the car (2:29), followed by breakfast at Pete's Eats. Collected Gran from Beaumaris at 1030 as planned.

Mark was beaten by another collie!

Mark did the Haworth Hobble yesterday; after the third checkpoint (approx 13 miles) he was overtaken by a collie with its human on a lead. Mark did his best to keep up with said collie, but lost contact after Stoodley Pike, and she (and human) finished about 5 mins ahead of him. She is about 3 1/2 years, just slightly older than me, so I'm not impressed at being left out of this race.
Mark, however, has entered me for a 13 mile Cani-X race in May, but he's told me that I can't stop at every tree and fence post.
He says that it is the law that only Border Collies are allowed in Yorkshire, but he did hear of a couple of spaniels who got in unobserved.

Sheep are as intelligent as humans

See here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/21/lamb_cutlets/
So that makes Border Collies the most intelligent creatures on the planet