The maintenance has been completed. It will take a few hours for the changes to work their way across the internet, and I have no doubt that there will be some glitches once it reappears, but at first sight it seems to be working reasonably well 🙂
Three weeks to go now. The limit of 400 entries was reached a while ago, so later entries have been going onto a waiting list. We have been going through the listed experience of entrants, and at the moment there is only one outstanding query, everyone else who is not Read more
The Warts Blog, courtesy of Chris Barber, makes a welcome return; and spares no time in blaming the Safety Officer for something. A must-read for anyone who’s ever wondered what “the older they are, the better they were” syndrome is … Read it here
The memorial service for Ben Hodges will take place at St. John’s church, Ranmoor (Fulwood Road, Sheffield) on Thursday February 9, at 2.15pm. Refreshments afterwards at the Florentine Inn, a short walk away from the church.
Enter via the SI website at https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?event_id=339…. Please make sure you fill in the experience section, if in doubt give more information rather than less, it will help us make a decision. There will be a revised route for 2017, the Skyline route page shows the new route.
Helen writes to note that whilst the road group is ‘fairly quick this year’, there is also a regular ‘steady option’ being led by Lynn from the Sportsman which non-whipppets may very well enjoy. Normally 5-7 miles, mainly off-road, head torch, map and compass and full kit essential. Start time Read more
Ben died peacefully on 19th January. Arrangements for his memorial service will be confirmed as soon as available.
The Edale Skyline is fast approaching (Sunday 26 March) and the club needs your help to make it run smoothly. This is DPFR’s biggest contribution to the FRA calendar and it needs a large number of us to be involved in order for it to run smoothly. Please contact skylinehelp@dpfr.org.uk Read more
To celebrate the commencement of @dpcalendar’s second half century, the calendar can now confirm that a bit of a race around the Kinder Dozen will start from the Nag’s Head, Edale from about 8am on Saturday 6th May (staggered starts to be confirmed anon according to estimated times to finish). Read more
They’ve been some time in the gestation – or rather in the procrastination – but here they now are; the carshare league counters for 2017. Full details on the calendar later tonight … Sat 18-Feb; 11:30am Flower Scar AM SW Pennines Sun 19 March; 11am Wrekin AS Shropshire Sat 1-Apr; Read more