Willy Kitchen

It will not have escaped anyone’s notice just what a successful year DP is having in its 40th year … and it’s particularly good to note and celebrate the enormous contributions made by present and former members of ShUOC to that success. The calendar understands, for example, that all (yup, Read more

Next year, your friendly neighbourhood calendar-slave turns fifty, in early May. As a Kinder Dozen obsessive, I’ve sought out the permission of Ken Jones to organise a one-off ‘racing’ of the Dozen – full, half or quarter to accommodate all comers – and in the hopes that someone might set Read more

There’s nothing quite like a Kiwi for being just a wee bit literal minded it seems … 40 controls in three hours for our 40th year, followed by a pint or two in the Ladybower. The perfect antidote to the Foxtrot and Hunter’s Wreck races. For full details, see here

Just in from Mike Hayes below … read it and weep (and please note the Cruiser and Middleweight categories are no more). Am thinking on whether the 40@40 League order should be determined by the ‘Sherpa rankings’ or not (i.e. on basis of additional weight carried, rather than total weight). Read more

For those in the north/west of the city wanting to get/keep fit over the winter – please note the fortnightly Winter Monday Race Series, alternating with fortnightly training sessions, gets under way tomorrow. Organised by Nicky, with training led by sergeant major Keith, both races and training sessions are entertaining Read more

Don’t ever let it be said that romance is dead in the Dark Peak. Spyke has been in touch to fill us in on some of the details of Jude’s recent purple patch on Lakeland Fells … some of which the Calendar admits had rather passed it by in the Read more

Congratulations to Jude, who secured the Lakeland Classics Trophy at Three Shires today, having completed five out of the six races. The hot champs race at Wasdale in 2013 clearly scarred her irreparably as she – like quite a number of the top end – have never been back since Read more

Now confirmed reports from Merrick (via Ian W on Facebook, a suggestively cryptic tweet from @RhysFR, and now confirmation from Dan FR on twitter) that Rhys has won at Merrick today and, with it, walked off with this year’s British Fell Running Championships. Ian W reporting Spyke as Silver Medalist Read more

A little bird tells me that Big Bob Berzins, our most distinguished club access (or is it environment?) officer, quietly completed his last Munro a week or two back; like the vast majority, I suspect, unaccompanied by any other human. My informant wasn’t quite sure which his final summit was, Read more