When Neil Ruthven (1 North 1977) gave up playing hockey, a friend introduced him to the lycra-clad world of cycling. That was six years ago now and in that time he has cycled close on 50,000 km and taken part in events in many countries. Most recently, he organised a group of like-minded enthusiasts to […]
It has been a strange year for us all, but it was heartening to see the School once again full of pupils at the start of September. Don’t look too closely and you could be forgiven for thinking everything was normal but it’s not. No competitive sport, no live music or drama, no Chapel, Perspex […]
Angus studied chemistry at Oxford and it was there that his love of cycling really grew, starting with triathlon and then bikepacking and ultra racing. Now training to be a teacher he has spent much of his spare time travelling, often with a bicycle. Ultra distance cycling is now his main passion. GBDURO20 is an […]
On 1st August 2020 at least ten OCs took part in the Heroe’s Half Marathon: Bill Bathurst (Loveday 2015), Tom Farrelly (Loveday 2012), Charlie Firth (Cubitt 2016), Nick Going (East 2015), Jake Harvey (North 2016), Sam Lenselink (North 2016), Gregor McIntyre (Cubitt 2016), Cameron Montgomerie (East 2016), Ollie Pearman (North 2016), Charlie Serjeant (Loveday 2016) […]
Brian Gulland (East 1969) began his musical career as a chorister at Canterbury Cathedral where he took up the bassoon in 1959 at the age of eight. Sixty-one years later he is about to release his latest album and although he doesn’t like to ‘blow my own krumhorn’ he agreed to talk to us about […]
To coincide with National Volunteer week in early June, Richard Bourne (2&3 South 1997) launched a new charitable venture, Abling – a charitable venture to enrich the lives of terminally ill people and those under charitable car, through a network of volunteers. ablinguk.com is a free website which enables members of the public and businesses […]
Cranleigh School is widely known for its friendliness and sense of strong community. Parents of leavers often lament how much they miss the School and their Cranleigh friends once their child has left. With this in mind, the School has launched Cranleigh Friends to bring together current parents and parents of Old Cranleighans, former pupils […]
On Saturday 3rd August 2019, Nick Kelly (Loveday 2013), Freddie Wright and Will Slynn (Cubitt, 2013) took part in the Tallinn Ironman. After six months of intense training they set off for Estonia to take part in this event which involved a 2.4 mile open water swim, a 112 mile bike ride, followed by a […]
Ellie Good (1 North 1997) has always been the most creative of people. We asked her to write about her artistic passions and explain how her business, Ellie Good Illustration, adopts an eco-friendly approach, and talk about her latest venture, The Shift. “Until I came to Cranleigh, pursuing art at higher education wasn’t really on […]
In 1982 Steve Braham (East 1977), along with three other Cranleighans – Will Travers, Hugh Robinson and Dave Higgs – set off in a Land Rover to Africa on a journey that would change his life for ever . He never returned to the UK, but settled in South Africa where he married and had […]