Emerging from a long and often challenging winter, our expectations for gentle conditions for Slow Warts’ Wednesday weather had become low to the point when disappointment was sometimes perversely expressed on the lack of wind, rain, snow, flood, pestilence, etc. Read more
Great scene in beautiful Duddon. The first round of the 2023 English Junior Championships was in the Duddon Valley 23rd April. The weather was pretty ideal, it stayed stayed dry, but the conditions were typically Duddon underfoot – Boggy! There Read more
The All-comers-group above Blackden Brook on Wednesday evening’s club run. Past races Kinder Springs – Race report and results here. Kinder Downfall – 23 brown vests with Edward Corden 2nd, Tom Saville 4th, Josh Williams 5th, Sally Fawcett 1st woman Read more
Unlikely bedfellows, but Slow Warts can find them especially if they gather at the unlikely car park of the “Elbow” at Midhopestones. Nine of us set off from here along the unforgiving concrete leading to Thickwoods Lane where, to preserve Read more
Jack Foxall apparently dancing a jig at the Whiteless Pike checkpoint on the excellent Teenager with Altitude race. Jack finished in an honourable 19th place with Simon Mills and Hal Roberts not far behind. Past races Wirksworth Incline – Dicky Read more
Thanks to all who joined the club weekend away in Torver. We had 22 attendees and got up to a wide range of fun with champs recees, Wainwright bagging, racing at Eskdale Elevation, some big days out and the odd Read more
Last year Dark Peak entered a men’s team into the Rother Valley Relays. With over 150 teams entered last year, it was a great experience. It consists of four 5km loops, with each team member completing one loop. Dark Peak Read more
Spring term Winter should be behind us now! But that doesn’t mean we won’t get some cold and foul days mixed in with the glories of spring! Dates, Venues & Leaders Date Location Comments 23rd Apr Redmires / Ocean View Read more
Cat Lane Canter, Sunday 23rd April – A plug on behalf of James Halse. See details and link to entries in ‘Upcoming races’ below. Past races Clare Oliffe reports that “.. there were a few dark peakers at the Manx Read more
Last week’s outing saw us enjoying some challenging weather but this week, twelve of us, including returnees Sarah and Penny, had some of the meanest weather we had encountered. Classic hypothermic conditions were there in abundance, heavy rain, strong winds, Read more