Five go to Smugglers’ cave

What child didn’t like the adventure that Enid Blyton offered in her books? I was, make that am, a thoroughly delighted fan of Blyton be it the Famou Five exploring the Dorset coast line, the Secret Seven finding intrigue closer to home or the multiple mischief at various boarding schools – Mallory Towers, St Clairs.

So bearing this in mind I was thoroughly delighted to find that a secret tunnel was discovered at a St Edward’s Church in Leek.

I can only imagine the excitement of Brian Hartley who found the tunnel.

Incidentally, the Famous Five has been brought up-to-date for a new series for the Disney channel. The story behind the new five is that they are the sons or daughters of Blyton’s original five. The jury’s out on the decision to update in the way it has been.

Keith Montgomery is a man whose knows something about adventure.

A regular competitor in the Original Mountain Marathon in Lake District he was forced to abandon this year’s race when hazardous weather conditions moved on to the mountains.

After two-and-a-half-hours Keith, from Leek and his running partner were only 700 meters from the start.

The thought of the race fills me with dread. I love watching running, marathons, athletics, you name it, but to do it myself? I much prefer to head to the gym – aka my second bedroom. Should the event have gone ahead? It’s easy to argue no with hindsight but lets see what happens next year and if more precautions are put in place.