Warts

Went off route (deliberately, honest), and look what they’ve done to Blackden/Kinder East trig, where’s all that nice peat gone….

Fully twenty-seven seasoned warts celebrated the passing of the 13/14 wartin’ season, including a fair mix of the old, the new and the indifferent. A light dusting of snow lent proceedings a rather pleasant feel, whilst the now regular newbies, Adrian, Edwin, Fiona, Josh and David L showed considerable restraint Read more

So opined the evergreen Mr Fulton whilst bemoaning the fact that he only recognised half the faces in the pub. Meanwhile, a quietly recovering Steve Martin and our antipodean cousin Clive L discussed the dangers of kangaroos – especially if they jump through your windscreen and proceed to disembowel you Read more

Strictly in the interests of gender equality (where were you Mr Cole?), leadership of this evening’s Southern Wart from Hathersage Swimming Pool was assumed by Ms P. Collier. Drunk with the power thus assumed, Penny proceeded to frog march us nigh on ten miles around the highways and byways of Read more

A fairly small group of Warts turned up at the Ladybower, depleted,no doubt, by the prospect of the HPM at the weekend. We started up the infamous Piddock Wood climb towards Jarvis Clough, but much to the Captain’s disappointment we missed the near suicidal climb at the bottom, somehow finding Read more

Night Navigation The route for the run was carefully planned, Pike Low summit, the Sterling wreck and the big cairn on the Dukes Road. The map references were also given so there was no reason to go astray, except……..the start venue on the web site was at Midhopestones but the Read more

The Warts’ committee had made a determined effort for the Wednesday night run from Blackden. They had even managed to infiltrate the BBC weather forecast by predicting heavy rain, snow and very strong and blustery winds. Such was the trepidation raised by this forecast that the decision was made at Read more

With the rare appearance of the Club Secretary (or perhaps a hologram thereof), the return from St Lucia of Sarah B, and the addition of the newly elevated Dr Piercey to our ranks, it was a distinctly superior gathering that set out from Hagg Farm lay-by (Blackden having been deemed Read more

Just to add to Graham’s wise words below, here’s Dave Lund’s track of last Wednesday’s adventures. [gpx2graphics map 707] And by way of a coda: 1. I’m still smarting somewhat at Big Bob’s broken promise of whisky in an armchair in the cabin in Lower Small Clough; 2. It’s gratifying Read more

The Warts have the usual athletic and navigational powers which are wide ranging, of course.It seems that the Warts committee (all of the Warts?) must have an unerring ability to control the weather on Wednesday evenings. The Warts have taken the view that the more challenging the terrain, the better. Read more