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
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
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
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
LAST CALL for Carl Betts Mountain Skills course on Sunday. It is a great opportunity for new & established members to think about what we do in the hills & learn things – so please get in touch as we have a few spare places. See the Calendar entry…
A fairly select group of warts, including guest appearances from the Spinks and brother Winterburn, enjoyed a real Harmer classic, battling through head-high heather, bracken, bog and assorted filth, at sub 40-minute mile pace across Hobson Moss and similarly unprepossessing tracts of flatish moorland to a number of largely unremarkable Read more
End of the month for the first Winter Mondays race of the season, with training sessions every other week to work on your speed on the hills. All on tarmac, but if it’s good enough for Messrs Walker, Holmes and Spinks, then it’s good enough for me. With Keith smarting Read more
With just two fixtures left in the Carshare League, Mr. Rimmer has eked out a slender leader from @DPCalendar and Carshare respectively. Still time to pre-enter at Langdale, with 27 brown vests already signed up, and always a great race. Carshare’s notes here. As for Guisborough 3 Tops, well Carshare’s Read more
As per the recent piece in DP News, Carl Betts and friends are putting on a Mountain Skills Course, free to all DP members, on Sunday 6th Oct, 9am to 4pm-ish. The day will be based at the Pure Outdoor Education Centre in Stoney Middleton, but is intended to be Read more
The Winter Wednesday night calendar has now been uploaded, listing club road and wartin’ runs. After the categorical complexities of last year’s version, we’re returning (I hope) to just the one routine warts listing, with ad hoc alternatives to the Sportsman based runs being advertised roughly a week beforehand via Read more