This is just a quick note to remind you that the Brown Willy Run will start from Jamaica Inn, Bolventor on New Year's Day. This year, in response to popular request, we are starting half an hour earlier, at 11.00. It's the usual 6 Cornish miles, out and back across Bodmin Moor to the top of Brown Willy and back, regardless of the weather. Please pass on the message to all the East Cornwall Harriers.

Forget the black coffee and fry up: the Brown Willy Run remains the definitive hangover cure. It would be great to see loads of East Cornwall Harriers out on the moor on New Year's Day. I'll be the little bloke on the top with an icicle on the end of his nose.

Just to reiterate, it's an informal run, not a race, although it will undoubtedly get pretty competitive up the front end. There are perpetual trophies for the first man and woman home, and there will be a memento for all finishers, but there are no race numbers or results or times. There is no entry fee, but we do ask everyone to consider a generous charitable contribution towards the Cornwall Search and Rescue Team, who will be out on the moor looking after us on the day, and the Merlin Project for Cornish MS sufferers.

Registration will be from 10 o'clock, and is just inside the main entrance to Jamaica Inn (off the car park), and simply involves signing in before the start and out after the finish, so we don't lose anyone on the moor. I hope everyone at East Cornwall Harriers enjoys a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

With all best wishes from Richard Willson, Truro Running Club