Later this month Karen and Debbie will be taking part in Tour du Mont Blanc race (25th-27th August). They thought it would be a great opportunity to raise money for Dawn Hopkinson’s charity, Challenge Cancer Through Adventure. Please visit this website and guess how long it will take them to Read more
Hilary Bloor is competing in the World’s Longest One-Day Mountain Bike Race – Grand Raid Cristalp in August and has successfully completed the Joss Naylor Lakeland Challenge earlier this year. You may wonder why………..? Since being diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Disease (lymph cancer) in 1995, l have done many mad running Read more
Our roving reporter sends: “The Senior men were led in tremendous style by Lloyd Taggart (2nd man)to claim 1st place team. Vets were 2nd team in a close contest with Carnethy. Liz Batt was 1st LV 40 and Dave Taylor 2nd V40 in what was an excellent day for Dark Read more
Please read this note from Andrew Moore – you can reply by clicking here: “The Dinner has been booked at Ranmoor Hall, music will be provided by the Rock Band, beer by either Kelham Island or Abbeydale. We have a choice of dates – the 18th & 25th of November Read more
If you are considering running at Borrowdale this weekend but have not arranged your accommodation you may be interested to know that, following a late cancellation, there is currently space available at Knott View Guest House in Stonethwaite, contact Ann Jackson on 017687 77604.
From the Peak Park website: “Caution still urged on fire-risk moors in Peak District Ramblers have been cleared to roam on Peak District moorlands once more – but constant vigilance against fires is still urged during the current hot spell. The Peak District National Park Authority today (Mon Jul 24) Read more
This was an outstanding success with four runners, Roy Small, Dave Holmes, Tom Westgate and Andrew Killick completing the run round all the major Dark Peak Pub Venues to celebrate the club’s 30 years. 73Km 2500m and 15 pubs in 12:15 was the tally. Several other runners joined for part Read more
News just in of the first Dark Peak completion of the new SDC Cumbrian Traverse – the high level route from Dunnerdale to Derwent by Dave Lockwood, Dick Pasley, Alison Shepherd and Alan Yates on Saturday 22nd July 2006. 21 Summits, 50k and 4000M in 12 Hrs 49 mins. Two Read more
Snowdon International Race. First home was Andi Jones, with Tim Davies 2nd, Ian Holmes 3rd. Lloyd was 4th, Tim 11th, John Hunt 19th (2nd V40) and Kev 29th (3rd V40) . Full results link still to come.
Our attention has been drawn to this item on the Peak Park website:- Help prevent moorland fires in Peak District National Park People are being urged to help prevent the risk of moorland fires in the Peak District National Park as temperatures continue to soar. As a precaution, the right Read more