Andy Bell is looking for a partner for this event at the end of the month. “Sadly my original partner remains broken after an incident with a ditch and his ankle on the OMM and potential replacements – can’t. I have a place on the short score. 8 hours overnight Read more
The CROW Act gives us all a right of access to all the Peak District Moors, but it also gives moorland owners the opportunity to restrict dogs. The crucial time for all this is the nesting season in spring and summer but some restrictions do apply year round. There have Read more
The 40@40 running order currently looks as follows. Could ROs identified who have not already OK’d the suggested date please calendar@dpfr.org.uk to confirm they’re happy with suggested dates – and check/supply calendar details (timings, CPs etc. as necessary) in good time. Still time for additional suggestions and/or volunteers to organise Read more
One small benefit of a week of post-Boundary Run manflu is that the calendar has been sat on its increasingly substantial arse behind just long enough to enter the 200+ new fixtures for the upcoming year to the DP website calendar. For techies with smart phones, you can download the Read more
The first race in the “for one year only” 40@40 league has been run, so there is now a league table, based on the Padley Skyline: Click here For anyone puzzling over the league table then all Dark Peak starters are counted, non-finishers get zero points, then all finishers get Read more
Contact Roy Small if you wish to claim either the over trousers or gloves which were left after the Boxing Day Bogtrot
We’re halfway there already with the Carshare League this year (see full list of races below), with a couple of us already having bagged our five counters. Looking good too at present for junior Paxman to deliver our first five women’s completions in a year … the trophy is a Read more
From Tanky’s family via UK Climbing forum: “We are sad to announce that Bryan (Tanky) Stokes passed away on Saturday 19th December, his birthday. He will be skiing the fresh powder, walking the heathered fells and climbing the grit. We invite you to join a Celebration of Tanky at St. Read more
As those who have read their DP News – or can count – will know, 2016 heralds the fortieth anniversary of the formation of Dark Peak Fell Runners. Our esteemed (ish) chair is plotting a number of events to recognise this questionable landmark.In the meantime, the calendar and webmaster have Read more
The Bradfield Boundary Run has contrived to celebrate both its twentieth and twenty-first anniversaries in the same year. Last year was the twentieth year, but the extreme weather confounded our various attempts to get round. So this will be twentieth running, in the twenty-first year. A very special occasion, and Read more