John Dalton

Was it the weather, which was warm, windy and sunny despite the mountain forecast promising single figure “feels like” temperatures on Kinder, or was it a combination of holidays, injuries, recuperation, work and even hair washing? Whatever, we had waited until 5pm but there were only three of us at Read more

Penny, Clive and Roger made a very welcome return to the Slow Warts’ fold at the Midhopestones elbow for a venture into the north east of the Dark Peak. Andy had planned an ambitious outing, (untempered by Bob who was away on Barra) with, as he put it, a sting Read more

The Slow Warts’ attendance register was somewhat depleted with only one from Loxley, three from south west Sheffield, including newcomer Peter, and a Hathersage contingent (two), not forgetting Jim from the north east corner of the Dark Peak. Moor closures had limited our venue choices so we made a rare Read more

No running, only beer and chat was my agenda for this Wednesday night. A family outing in the afternoon was the priority but, surprisingly, this did provide a training effect for winter Slow Warts’ outings. A trip to the National Coal Mining Museum doesn’t seem like fertile ground for enhancing Read more

Singing and dancing at Unstone proved to be a greater attraction for the Cap’n than the glacial (possibly) Edale Valley. There were no such distractions for we six Slow Warts who gathered under the railway arches near Barber Booth and under an increasingly blue sky, prompting the usual review of Read more

The hint of a less Harmerian outing, suggested by Bob, happened to bring out not only the knarly old Slow Warts but also some members of the young and younger fast Warts. Louis and Dad Michael were joined by Dave H (a guest appearance?) and the rest of us at Read more

Mermen in the mu Our ambition in the heady atmosphere of the Plough at Bradfield last Wednesday was to do a “there and back” to Mermaid’s Pool from Birchen Clough. However, in the real world of the damp and misty conditions of the Birchen car park, our resolve dissolved in Read more

There were worries amongst the Slow Warts about whether the Mortimer Road would be accessible enough (road works) to reach the gas station, particularly for the Hathersage group, John D (and Moz) returning from injury recovery. Nevertheless, nine of us assembled at the gas station to agree Andy’s proposed route, Read more

A plan to satisfy a Slow Warts’ ambition to visit two caves on opposite sides of Yellow Slacks was shelved, as we gathered at Doctor’s Gate, because of speleological searching fatigue and replaced by Andy’s suggestion of a double crossing of Bleaklow with the first target being Hern Stones. Our Read more