We stood and stared into the very black and sinister looking empty darkness. Is it safe? It was Tom, who whilst not prepared to take the cold and wet option, broke the ice by throwing stones in or on to the black hole. Two results, a crack and crackly splash, Read more…
Once the fixture had been established, the club has held its Championships in November. An early one (the triple crossing) was held in January but concerns about the weather at that time of year caused it to be changed to November. Recent weather in this month however could hardly be Read more…
Slow Warts are not particularly known for their timing but we seemed to excel this Wednesday as we seven set off from Blackden car park. As we left the cars at 3pm, it started to rain and as we returned later from our wanderings, the rain then stopped. It was Read more…
Tonight’s outing for we happy few, we band of brothers, the Slow Warts We were braced for our adventure with these inspirational words from Shakespeare’s Henry V. Whether they would help or not, we were about to find out as we band of seven brothers set off from Fairholmes. We Read more…
No, this isn’t a sponsored blog for the Abbeydale Brewery or for an illegally distilled hooch, it is the distant sight of the orange moon rising above Derwent Edge as we headed towards Coffin Rock from Jagger’s Clough. It was quite romantic although none of the seven of us was Read more…
The last Slow Warts of the summer was appropriately magnificent on a glorious autumn evening as we joined the crowds on Great Tor on Bamford Edge above Ladybower. At least ten photographers with tripods had also gathered possibly to take photos of we elite athletes or, more likely, the sunset. Read more…
It is nearly always a pleasure to admire the views and the terrain from Shelf Stones, Sometimes the Welsh Hills can be seen and, nearer, the bright lights of Manchester, except on this night’s outing from Doctor’s Gate, there were even brighter lights apart from the cloud hidden sun. These Read more…
Was it the weather, which was warm, windy and sunny despite the mountain forecast promising single figure “feels like” temperatures on Kinder, or was it a combination of holidays, injuries, recuperation, work and even hair washing? Whatever, we had waited until 5pm but there were only three of us at Read more…
Penny, Clive and Roger made a very welcome return to the Slow Warts’ fold at the Midhopestones elbow for a venture into the north east of the Dark Peak. Andy had planned an ambitious outing, (untempered by Bob who was away on Barra) with, as he put it, a sting Read more…
The Slow Warts’ attendance register was somewhat depleted with only one from Loxley, three from south west Sheffield, including newcomer Peter, and a Hathersage contingent (two), not forgetting Jim from the north east corner of the Dark Peak. Moor closures had limited our venue choices so we made a rare Read more…