Kendal Mountain Festival 2018 – Stance World Premiere of Hood to Trail

Urban Culture. I’m oblivious to it. I’ve always lived in villages, socialised little outside of school and in my professional life, some 10 years on. Kendal Mountain Festival is probably the most social I am all year, bar races. And with that, cultures and counter cultures slip under my radar. The only exposure I have is…

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Langdale Pikes

It’s been a while since I’ve run in the mountains. The last time the rubber outsole of my shoes touched rock was at the Salomon Ring of Steall, some 6 or more weeks previously. I ran in anger. Pressurised. It was a race after all. This was different. It was my terms. My rules. My…

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Stance Run

Words & Images – James Mackeddie I’ve been using Stance’s run socks for the past 6 months or so (curtesy of Freestak) and have used them pretty much exclusively since receiving a couple of pairs to test. From the Lakes, to Trail Marathon Wales and the Ring of Steall, they’ve talked all manner of trail and…

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