Good to see that Dark Peak had a member in the winning team (John Hunt), and provided all 4 members of the winning Ladies team. The event also attracted a little, perhaps unwelcome, publicity when Ranulph Fiennes crashed his car on the way home from the event, picked up by Read more
Advance notice from Gavin that entries for Jura open on 1st March, that’s today. Also Coniston is an English Championship counter this year with an entry limit of 400, and entries for that also open today.
After Dave Bollington injured himself last week he is unable to run in the HPM next Friday/Saturday. Tim Ray has emailed to ask if anyone out there would like a run. Please give him a ring 0114 230 2889
After an interesting exercise in futility, aka writing an over-complex website, I have re-coded the Dark Peak site to be, I hope faster and accessible to everyone, not just those with fast connections, powerful computers and big screens! I have been able to test it on Internet Explorer 6, 7 Read more
Provisional news from the first English Championship race. Wet, bleak and snowy all around the Todmorden moors. Matt Speake was first, Lloyd a close second, with Rob Little, Stuart Bond and Callum highly placed to hopefully take 1st Team. Lloyd, Simon Patton, John Hunt and Mike Robinson may have taken Read more
Unfortunately the snow has overtaken us for the second year running. John will try to find an alternative date so keep an eye on the news and calendar in the hope that we can actually get this race off the ground.
Dave Bollington and Willy Kitchen are shuffling around the BG, Sat 27 to Mon 29 March. We’re staying in YHAs Friday (Derwent Water), Saturday (Grasmere Butharlyp Howe) and Sunday (Wasdale Head). If anyone wants to join us for part or whole of the trip, please calendar@dpfr.org.uk
We are now about a month away from the race, and have a “grand” total of 13 helpers. So it’s time to read the riot act – this is our one large race, well known and respected throughout the fell running community. It surely cannot be difficult for a club Read more
Sue and I have been super-busy organising a Hope Valley Adventure FilmFestival to be held at Hope Valley College on 27th Feb. This is a fundraising event for the college. (The lesson is don’t turn up to a PTFAmeeting, and if you do then don’t come up with good ideas Read more
Roy Small is hoping to organise a Breakfast Run this Saturday – leave the Sportsman at 9.00 to run to Grindleford, eat your fill in the Grindleford Cafe, then run back to the Sportsman, probably back by about 12.30. Everyone welcome, calll Roy on 0114 236 7549 if you want Read more