Don’t be fooled by the title. This was not a gentle outing for the seven Slow Warts from Grindleford bridge and church. Whilst it wasn’t the wild setting we normally start from, the route set by Moz required serious concentration. Read more
Past races Shepherds Skyline – A trio of M60’s lead home by Steve Bell. Results Upcoming races Saturday 9th November – Three Tops Race, to decide the Eric Mitchell Trophy. This is a fine not-so-little race with any amount of Read more
Yes, seven Slow Warts started at Doctors Gate at 2pm, in daylight as an antidote to last week’s silent, rocky Fairbrook descent in the dark. Instead, this afternoon’s target was progressive, we’d head for one checkpoint and when there, decide Read more
Past races The OMM – was held in the Southern Highlands last weekend. Elite: Matt Harmon / Simon Mills 8th, Despina Berdeni / Lisa Watson 2nd female team and Stuart Reid / Tom Gomersall 3rd vets team. B Class: Guy Read more
What is a mountain? In England, one definition is “landform that rises at least 610 metres (2000ft) above sea level” and indeed 609.6 metres does convert to 2000 feet. In Scotland which has much high land, Corbetts are 2,500 feet Read more
A brief report about the FRA Relays in Athletics Weekly can be found here. Past races Peak Raid – The second of the four Peak Raids, from the Trespass carpark in Hayfield. Wet and windy but fortunately not overly cold. Read more
No, we hadn’t decided a new venue for our outing, instead, we had changed our plan to go to Pike Lowe from Lost Lad simply because it was getting late. We were in danger of another three-hour outing like last Read more
British Athletics Fell and Hill Relays The Dark Peak Open Men’s Team retained their title from last year. Congratulations to Nathan Lawson, Bertie Houghton and Tom Spencer, Jonathan Crickmore and Tom Saville, Finlay Grant. The victorious men’s open team with Read more
We were enticed by Andy’s promise that his proposed route from Midhopestones elbow “should be within the 2 hours”. Despite this, there was a low turnout of 5 including John and Moz from the opposite end of our Dark Peak Read more
Lakeland Classics Congratulations to the magnificent seven who completed the Lakeland Classics Trophy series. Joe Woodley was 12th John Hunt 21st and 2nd M50 Frances Collett 29th and 3rd woman Tom Pape 39th and 7th M40 Joe Blackett 48th and Read more