To weekend of 20th / 21st November

The six English Championship races next year will be:

30^th April – Guisborough Three Tops (Medium) – North Yorkshire Moors.

21^st May – Lower Borrowdale Skyline (Medium) – Tebay, not central Lakes.

18^th June – Buckden Pike (Short) – Yorkshire Dales.

23^rd July – Old Crown Round (Long) – An excellent race from Hesket Newmarket over the Northern Fells.

13^th August – Bradwell (Short) – Home turf.

8^th October – Langdale (Long) – Needs no introduction.

… and the British Championship races will be:

7^th April – Seven Sevens (Long) – Northern Ireland.

18^th June – Buckden Pike (Short) – As above.

2^nd July – Durisdeer (Medium) – Scotland.

17^th September – Black Mountains (Long) – Wales.

Lewis Ashton writes…

Last weekend saw the annual Rucksack Club meet entitled “Youth Fell and Mountain Running”. The high ideals of this meet were to provide the opportunity for younger runners to gain experience in the hills, to potentially take the step up from thrashing round in the peat bogs in the Pennines to bigger mountain adventures. Dark Peak were well represented across the whole of the experience spectrum. Saturday, saw us hiding away from the brisk westerlies by heading out from Croesor in two groups taking in various bits of Cnicht and the Moelwyns. Sunday, the majority took on the direct ascent of Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon): straight up Cwm Glas Bach. Next year’s instalment will be late November at High Moss in the Duddon Valley.

Past events

Roaches – There were about ten of us there on a fine autumnal day. Will Boothman, John Hunt, Keith Holmes and Ken Jones all took it in turns to go up and collect their respective prizes. Results.

Upcoming events

Saturday, 20^th November – Club Championships – Carshare! Arriving alone by car will be unacceptable!!!

Saturday, 27^th November – Baslow Bolt

JimP

Sunday, 14^th November