Willy Kitchen

As a result of the Club Chair flexing his (dis)organisational muscle to move the dinner and champs to the end of November, together with the rumoured cancellation of Gisborough Tops, I’m calling a last minute change to the final Carshare League fixture, which will now be the Tour of Pendle Read more

For those in the north/west of the city wanting to get/keep fit over the winter – get 28th September in your diary. The fortnightly Winter Monday Race Series, alternating with fortnightly training sessions, is highly recommended. Organised by Nicky, inherited from Carshare himself, and led by sergeant major Keith, both Read more

As keenly anticipated as the cast of Strictly, or the occupants of the Celebrity Big Brother house, the 15/16 Wartin’ Calendar is now available online for your collective delectation. Be sure to read the small print – who knows what gems lie within – and if you’re new (or relatively Read more

Two blogs well worth a gander: 1. Rhys FR’s somewhat minimalist account of his and Oli Johnson’s adventures in the Alps. Sort of the Keystone Cops meets Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure – see here; 2. Aleks Kashefi’s account of running (mostly) barefoot and (mostly) off road from Land’s End Read more

Congratulations to Ellie Crownshaw on her selection for the England Women’s U20 Team at the Mountain Running Home Countries International in Betws y Coed on 19th September. Good to see more success amongst the more youthful end of the club, with Ellie and Tom Saville both going great guns this Read more

Congratulations to Ian Winterburn, who yesterday climbed his 282nd Munro to collect the full set of Scottish summits over 3000ft – a journey which we understand has taken him roughly thirty years (albeit very largely confined to the last few years). Facebook using members will be relieved to note that Read more

Enormous congrats once again to Glen Borrell, who completed his self-supported BG last night in the very impressive time of 22hrs and 14mins, thereby ensuring that his kids could get to bed before midnight. Glen becomes the tenth DP member (and only the 38th person anywhere?) to complete the three Read more

With his successful completion of the Ramsay, Laurence Piercy joins a very exclusive club of people who have done the three ‘big’ UK rounds. The current list of 35 (36 with Laurence) can be found here, and by my reckoning, the DP members now number one quarter (9/36 – actually Read more