Just seven cheery warts from Birchin Clough this evening, ably lead by Lucy and the Safety Officer – albeit sometimes in different directions. Still a bit of the frozen white stuff in the groughs, and just the odd sinker too, but a very pleasant run nonetheless, enhanced by the odd Read more
Only very limited intelligence on this one. An out and back clockwise loop (race route here) from near Bulbys Wood car park, Ingram Valley, nr Powburn, Northumberland – 5 miles, 1300 foot – and no evidence whatsoever on the DP site that anyone from the Dark Side’s ever run it. Read more
Full Carshare League listings in the calendar and here. Please calendar@dpfr.org.uk or leave a comment below if you want to hook up a carshare. Everybody, new members and old, encouraged to get involved – there’s nowt like a long car journey to get to know people and catch up on Read more
Three days to go to the inaugural Carshare League – Long Mynd Valleys. ROs have requested full *waterproof* body cover, so be sure to pack it. We’re up to at least four cars and runners in double figures; a diverse crew, as one might imagine, with recent converts including the Read more
By very popular demand (Messrs Harmer and Westgate seem especially keen, but I know Rob C and Lewis will take particular delight also), I offer the first in an occasional series of “spot the control points” race tracks. Tim T’s birthday race started and finished from the Sportsman (my watch Read more
As trailed in the mag, by Carshare himself below, and in the absence of significant protests to the contrary, please find below dates, times and venues for the inaugural Carshare League in 2013. Any five from twelve to count; calculations as per the local league. I’ve entered all twelve fixtures Read more
I fully intended to attend the officially advertised run from the Sportsman this Wednesday evening past, not least to support Ian Fitz’s Skyline debrief, but with my car having just failed its MOT earlier that afternoon (even more of a death-trap than its driver, apparently – which may, or may Read more
A very pleasant run through the snow via the Dukes Road, Fox Stones, Pike Low and the tram-track bridge. Harmony prevailed all night, and the Belgian Blue slipped down nicely in the Nags thereafter. Good to see Mr Harvey (aka “God”) in attendance, and young master Beresford for some of Read more
[gpx2graphics map 531] A game of two thirds this one … (reasonably) fine to Stanage Pole, then an especially grim bog trot and flounder in search of the third pond of the evening which, as the track testifies, I appear to have passed a good 200m to the south. Didn’t Read more
[gpx2graphics map 530] Having declared the tentatively advertised route to Alport Castles “contrived”, and determined that we should tackle Kinder instead, Cap’n Harmer (that most empathetic of warts) spotted Andy M’s lip all a-quiver and promptly reverted to said Alport route. Off we went then, up a bit, along a Read more