It was a welcome return for three of our faster Warts, Phil, Dave and Chris, whilst our resident regular leaders were either otherwise occupied or injured, Andy was partying and Tom’s calf was playing up. Instead, Tim bravely stepped up to the mark. There was an air of conspiracy as Read more
There ought to be not much for me to write about because I was mostly on my own on the outing from King’s Tree. The weather may also be partially to blame, it was a clear and cooler than recent times, so what to wear? Tee shirt and lightweight Buffalo Read more
It’s not so often that an eclipse of the sun, full or partial, comes around but we were blessed with not only a partial one but also a clear sky to see it, on our evening outing. The timing even coincided with our run and planning it resulted in us Read more
So far, we’ve only collected two, one above Cogman’s Cabin and a more significant one at Cowms Rocks which has been dignified with a name (see your local friendly Dark Peaker for that information). It was the latter one we needed to check for any widening, on our Wednesday night Read more
Somehow, we managed to arrive early despite having to slowly admire two lots of tractor drawn trailer loads of round hay bales heading our way. So, at the Midhopestones elbow, we had time enough to consider our health and well-being with attempts at outbidding each other on medications being taken. Read more
It was Tim who suggested it. The Summer Series has been taken over from Nicky by Willy K (thanks to both) and new routes have now been suggested and adopted whilst keeping some of the old ones. Jim O has devised a new one from Doctor’s Gate which, following the Read more
No, the heat hadn’t sent us into delirium but we had the age-old problem of confirming we’d actually arrived at Madwoman’s Stones. Fortunately, it was clear (and hot) so we could see other stones to our left and to our right, so we were correct, Madwoman’s Stones are the middle Read more
After a brief absence, the Cap’n returned to the Serious Slow Warts to lead us from Fairholmes on a classic Harmerian outing in early July. We’d already endured a jungle-hot and -humid, climate for a few weeks in the Dark Peak and this had resulted in extraordinary vegetation growth and Read more
We were apparently under a heat dome covering mainly Europe but, for us, particularly the Westend in the Dark Peak where the Serious (Slow) Warts were gathering. Even before we started there had been a bit of drama about the forecast record temperatures in the UK, so some Slow Warts Read more
It is rare for the Serious (Slow Warts) to venture to the more “civilised” south west corner of the Dark Peak, (dangerously near to the White Peak) but, with a touch of trepidation, we brave five did (Tom was cycling in Normandy, Andy was on honeymoon duties in the Solway Read more