A fun-filled weekend of racing this weekend, with the Carshare League visiting Windy Hill on t’other side of the Pennines on Saturday (Messrs Nolan, Paxman and Tate all confirmed pace-setters), followed by a slightly unseasonal running of the Warts Revenge on Sunday. Our Jim has relinquished the organiser’s role to Read more
As the excitement reaches fever pitch, it’s time to reveal next year’s Carshare League fixtures (in the absence of an imminent DP News). Note in particular the Welsh British Champs counter on 18th April – Y Moelwyns – for which entries have already opened online. For full details, see https://www.dpfr.org.uk/blog/view/1/id/10842
With DP News likely to be some time yet, and entries already open for at least one of next year’s counters (Y Moelwyn), it’s time to reveal the eagerly awaited fixture list for the Carshare League 2015. So here you go, kicking off in Wales on 24th Jan with the Read more
Just updated the calendar with, I think, the full festive offering … starting with Bob Berzins’ inaugural night race from the Snake Inn this Wednesday night, Graham Berry’s celebratory waltz from King’s Tree on Saturday 6th, Carols at the Headstone on Wed 17th, Andy Harmer’s evergreen Crookstone Crashout on Sunday Read more
With apologies to Carshare for invading his blog, it only seems fair that the whole club (and not just the Facebook cognoscenti) should get to comment on this one. We are deeply indebted to both Adi Davis and Jim Fulton for providing the tracks that allow us to pose the questions: Read more
For those who missed the club dinner, Charlie Ramsay was in attendance to present Nicky Spinks with a print from the club in recognition of her third record breaking 24hour round … or rather, in Nicky’s case, her third sub-20 hour round. She’s clearly been practicing her smile 🙂
I think we’re up to nine or ten plus assorted kids for the weekend jaunt to Nether Wasdale for the final Carshare League counter at the Screes, followed by beer in the village and camping at Church Stile Farm – link here. We’ll drag ourselves out of the campsite and Read more
There is a map of this run, view the post to see it A most convivial of evenings with some pleasant autumnal mauves in the sunsetting sky, a balmy 11 degrees on the hill, and a remarkable consensus over route choice. Moz was magnificently straight-faced in delivering the new safety Read more
Just a heads up to those who may be interested in the longer stuff – Charlie Ramsay is speaking at the Buxton Adventure Festival on Sunday 12th October, 4pm, with an introduction by our own Nicky Spinks. More details here.
With the Calendar away biting off more than he could chew on the RAB this weekend, I’m afraid we’ve overlooked the Winter Mondays dates until now – so only the more eagle-eyed amongst us will have spotted that it was the first Winter Monday Race this evening. Sorry folks. Eleven Read more