News
Tigger Tor pre-entry only
This year’s Tigger Tor, 26th Jan, will be pre-entry only, so be sure to get your entry in to the RO in advance – details here – using the form available from here.
Warts
Cap’n Harmer’s Little Red Book – Westend Wart 4th Dec 2013
The most convivial of wartin’ evenings under a black starry sky from the West End via Alport Trig, Ravens Clough sheepfold, Banktop Hey and a final plummet through the pine needles. Twenty six warts’ head torches raking the precipitous sides of Ravens Clough is indeed a fine sight to behold. Read more
Warts
Blackden alternative – 27 November 2013
A baker’s dozen of warts set out from Blackden in mild conditions for Ringing Roger via Blackden Trig, finding the latter with relative ease before an atmospheric clag descended to lend proceedings an additional charm; only ever so slightly disturbed by the ever present call of the irrepressible Mr Winterburn. Read more
News
Stuart Walker breaks 15 Trigs record …
Huge congrats to Stuart Walker who reports shaving a minute off Simon Bourne’s 15 Trigs record today. By completing in 9 hours 57 minutes, beating Andy Harmer’s long-standing DP record for this finest of bog trots and becoming the first DP member to sneak under 10 hours, the Chaplain will Read more
News
DPFR – win the FRA relays
Good news from Llanberis. DP men’s A team take first in the relays. A full-house of third places too for the women, V40s, V50s and, most impressive of all perhaps, the men’s B team in the open. Only Mercia between them and the A team. We’re guessing that the nav Read more
Carshare
Carshare League #12 – Sun 27 Oct, Guisborough Three Tops; it ain’t over …
… ’til the fat lady (that’d be me then) sings. Methinks Messrs Rimmer, Tait and indeed my own early call of a clinching victory for our Greg may have been somewhat premature, since young Ashley, and infant David L, both retain a chance of pipping our front runner at the Read more
Warts
16 Oct 2013 – Strines. David McG saves the day.
International man of mystery, David Peak McGuinness, performed a first for the warts last night, single-handedly searching and rescuing a frailish little old Stannington lady, found sheltering in a grouse butt, two thirds of the way up the track to Cartledge Flat. It appears she’d taken the bus out to Read more
News
BG 2014 ‘guidelines’, after a fashion
With BG-meister Mr Hakes off cavorting on the Pennine Way, now seems as good a time as any to unveil his new, definitely not rules, sort of guidelines, for next year’s club attempt – confirmed for Friday 20th June at 6.45pm. See the new BG 2014 page – and associated Read more
News
Winter Mondays Training from Bolsterstone
A reminder that the first Winter Mondays fortnightly training session starts tonight at 6.40 and finishes around 8pm. The training consists of a warmup then hill reps interspersed with sprints. They are planned by Keith and are highly recommended. We meet at outside Bolsterstone Church. Reflective vests and head torches Read more
Warts
Unofficial Wart – 2nd Oct 2013 – Westend
In the absence of any report from the official warts, nor indeed any from the webmaster – moonlighting on the unofficial wart – it falls once more to your correspondent to seek to gild a rather damp lily … this time a decidedly claggy night stomping through tussocks, heather and Read more