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British Fell Relay Results
https://www.sportident.co.uk/results/DarkPeak/2019/BritishFellRelay/ If you click on the title of this news item it shows a hyperlink to the results
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Kris Jones injured in European 10,000m Cup
Kris was one of seven athletes who represented Britain at the European 10,000m Cup in Minsk, Belarus last Saturday (10th). The BBC article gave Dark Peak a mention. Unfortuately he had to pull out with a calf injury; you can read his blog here. BTW talking of exploits off the Read more
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Mike Sprot completes 7th of 10 marathons in 10 days
Member Mike Sprot is taking part in the Brathay Trust ’10 marathons in 10 days’ event. They run the same course anticlockwise round Lake Windermere from Brathay near Ambleside. Today (thursday 18th), he completed seven and having achieved his initial £8,000 sponsorship target has bumped it up to £10,000. You Read more
Warts
Wed 15th October – Sportsman
Ten of us set off from the Sportsman, with Rob leading. There was an interesting route to the Headstone, with Jim and Peter separately peeling off to head down to the Rivelin track and up the ridge via the Reddicar Clough path to wait for the rest there. Then along Read more
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Conifers not facing the chop – just yet
Plans to fell most of the conifers in Burbage Plantation, as reported in the Summer 2013 club mag., have been postponed. Work was due to start this September but according to Ross Frazer of “Dark Peak Nature Improvement Area” it will now be September 2014 before the chainsaw men move Read more
Warts
Now that the meeting is over…
Not sure how necessary the meeting was. Maybe it achieved something in clearing the air and teasing out where the problems lie. But I doubt that any of us enjoyed it. Can we now draw a line under it and get back to what matters? I think we all know Read more
Warts
Gritstone icons and a Calpol bottle
Back at the Sportsman for an eclectic evening of entertainment. Moz and John D had been overtraining so decided to give their legs a break by pottering up to the Pole and back. Willy, as he scandalously reveals below, moved to the really dark side and ran on the road. Read more
Carshare
Clwydian Hill race
Is anybody planningto run the Clwydian Hills race this Sunday (4 Nov)? I’m looking for a one way lift there. Cheers, Gavin