Just looking through for entries:- Moel Eilio – 17th May – the website has EOD only. Dufton – 30th August – pre-entry by end of July, and it was announced at High Cup nick that 100 had already been received. Blackstone Edge – 28th June – by 22nd Read more
So now it’s a big thanks to Roger Slater, “Photo taken on Monday 11 Feb, from Mangion Airways flight TED001.” The Dukes Road, heading out from Bar Dyke.
High Cup Nick:- This was recommended good, well organised,etc. Very much like leaving Hayfield direct to the Downfall, scrabbling up, and then shifting back down off Kinder Low. Vicious winds coming out onto the top, the stream plummeting upwards into the mists. At times very hard to make downward progress into Read more
Although the London Marathon can hardly be described as a fell race I’m running it on April 13th to raise money for the British Red Cross and to help my early season fitness! I’m hoping some club members might be willing to sponsor me and that I could give them Read more
Sunday 20th April in Graves Park Sheffield is “Theo’s 10k Race and 2k family Fun Run” .One of Lynn’s Norton Wheelers cycling team “is a doctor at the hospital and he asked me to try to get a few Dark Peakers to support it. The proceeds from this race go to Read more
Kendal Winter League:-Barbondale Fell Race. Sun. A fantastic out and back race set in a peaceful valley east of a line between Sedbergh and Kirkby Lonsdale. The race starts with an immediate, unforgiving climb which eventually eases to quick runnable ground along the top to the checkpoint at Castle Knott. Read more
Sports Massage Although most forms of torture are frowned upon these days, sports massage, though thankfully banished from the Dark Peak hut, is still in demand. Accordoing to a study from Stirling use of sports massage at major events has remained substantial and steady since 1987 (Galloway and Watt) ,despite the absence Read more
Mike Wynne was a stalwart of DPFR for many years, and Annie also a DPFR stalwart – as the Comment reminds us, before moving up to Ingleton, and he now has the infuriating habit of stuffing many of us regularly in Three Peaks and Lakeland races, in the Settle vest. Read more
Wadsworth Trog Results:- Most unusual conditions for the race – hot! A need to find water to quench the thirst. Clear and easy to find the way, but extremely heavy underfoot, and some very difficult going. Despite this, an excellent new record by Karl Gray, improving his previous time by Read more
Pennine Bridleway Results “A very exciting race for the ladies, with the lead changing several times between Dark Peak and Calder Valley. Philippa and Jo ran a solid first leg finishing just 1.30 mins down on Calder Valley handing over to Janet and Kelly (running her first relay for the Read more