Applications to enter the Spine Races (full Spine Race and the shorter Spine Challenger) are already open for January 2019. It is likely that places will fill up quickly so for those interested it is best to apply early and if accepted a place can be booked. The 2018 even can be re-played (http://live.thespinerace.com/) to see the course, map and the race in progress (top left buttons fourth one along) and entries can be found at https://thespinerace.com/application/ at least one Dark Peaker has already signed up and I suspect that others have already done so or are about to.
Steven Jones