‘Tis the season, for mists and mellow fruitfulness and head torches, (forgive the mixing and ruining of quotations) this set the scene as we tentatively descended over the rocks and mud to the river bridge from Blackden carpark. It felt as if this could have been a sufficient albeit short Read more
I have cursed him many, many times when we’ve been staring face to face into a mass of impenetrable bracken some of which is trying to wrap around our legs in a “frond” boa constrictor like embrace. Where are we? On some direct route avoiding paths and, of course, roads, Read more
A journey of discovery or the wrong destination? We, the slow section of the Serious (Slow) Warts, were accused of incompetence by the fast Serious (Slow) Warts. They had run ahead to Shelf Stones and Shelf Moor to The Pike to appreciate its cave, and, because they are fit young Read more
After last week’s bracken-fraught outing, it was a pleasure for ten of us to step out into clearer ground. However, we did encounter some bracken immediately above Rowley Bridge. We hesitated and some of us bravely plunged in, whilst others continued road running to do a large zig zag eventually Read more
No, we weren’t doing a sort of duathlon, the plan was to have a shorter, “easy one” from Fairholmes by taking the original (Andy’s) or possibly the later modified (Tom’s) Cakes of Bread race route. Having found a free parking space, we sauntered up the steep climb entertaining ourselves by Read more
The thought of appearing in the Sportsman photo for the 50th anniversary celebrations of DPFR, brought out some recently missed Serious (Slow) Warts. So, also appearing at the Redmires car park were the golden oldies of Clive, John, Simon (not so old) and later Ian W. A goodly turn out! Read more
After last week’s Priddock Wood trauma, there was a need/feeling to balance it with a gentler expedition (“can we have a shorter one tonight” or “I might drop out early”). Fortunately, our returning Cap’n had provided such a recuperative route suggestion, starting from The Grouse and then over Totley Moor. Read more
It was a welcome return for three of our faster Warts, Phil, Dave and Chris, whilst our resident regular leaders were either otherwise occupied or injured, Andy was partying and Tom’s calf was playing up. Instead, Tim bravely stepped up to the mark. There was an air of conspiracy as Read more
There ought to be not much for me to write about because I was mostly on my own on the outing from King’s Tree. The weather may also be partially to blame, it was a clear and cooler than recent times, so what to wear? Tee shirt and lightweight Buffalo Read more
It’s not so often that an eclipse of the sun, full or partial, comes around but we were blessed with not only a partial one but also a clear sky to see it, on our evening outing. The timing even coincided with our run and planning it resulted in us Read more