Is it a subconscious desire for warmth that the Slow Warts have visited a series of fireplaces during recent winter outings? A few weeks ago, we came across the ruins of a small stone hut with a fireplace and a still intact chimney, above Lawrencefield quarries. Last Tuesday’s (yes, Tuesday, Read more
To avoid the results of the excesses of New Year’s Eve on New Year’s Day, which happened to be a Wednesday, the Slow Warts decided on an outing on New Year’s Eve morning. By going on Tuesday, we would surely avoid the usual Slow Warts’ Wednesday woeful winter wet and Read more
Christmas and birthdays fortunately only come round once a year. Our last run before Christmas this year was on the week before, and nearly a week before my birthday. I was treated right royally with a sparkling lemon drizzle cake magically produced by Penny out of her sac, at the Read more
There was something missing for the eight Slow Warts’ outing from Strines Inn. Previously we’d had our doses of rain and had been suitably togged up, Tonight, there was no rain, just cold and grey, not that we could see the latter in the dark. We were still dressed for Read more
We were pleased to welcome Chris back, with his Barber bloomers, after his sojourn in warm and sunny Portugal although he was probably not very keen on the wet and windy weather facing the Slow Warts setting off from Mortimer Road/Thornseat Road. We had our usual discussions on health status Read more
Just how many Warts are there? There was confusion about who would be at the start and when. There were the Willy Warts who were rumoured to be coming but, after some discussion, we decided they were not. Then there were the Warts (no qualifying adjective) who were coming later Read more
The impending club championships from Cutthroat Bridge set our Slow Warts, including a welcome return of Tom W, to start from there, though we didn’t yet know the details of the course, apart from “the Ladybower area”. And, we nine were offered a choice of routes by Andy, either north Read more
Don’t be fooled by the title. This was not a gentle outing for the seven Slow Warts from Grindleford bridge and church. Whilst it wasn’t the wild setting we normally start from, the route set by Moz required serious concentration. It is autumn and the leaves had been scattered deeply Read more
Yes, seven Slow Warts started at Doctors Gate at 2pm, in daylight as an antidote to last week’s silent, rocky Fairbrook descent in the dark. Instead, this afternoon’s target was progressive, we’d head for one checkpoint and when there, decide where to go next. So, in pursuit of our possible Read more
What is a mountain? In England, one definition is “landform that rises at least 610 metres (2000ft) above sea level” and indeed 609.6 metres does convert to 2000 feet. In Scotland which has much high land, Corbetts are 2,500 feet minimum and Monroes are 3000 feet minimum and so it Read more