I hope you've all enjoyed the excellent club magazine. The gamekeeper has done some work to warn people about the snares on Moscar and Bamford moors, though the promised signs have not appeared. If you take a training run over there, it would be brilliant to hear your feedback about Read more
New Chew – Nicky sends – “Steve and I had a nice trot round Long Score in the mist and came a very pleasing 8th overall, 1st Mixed team. Tim Martin apparently lost more points (-93) than Steve Martin totalled and still came a very creditable 3rd in LS. Maurice Read more
Keith has asked me to pass on his thanks to the many people who have offered to help him out, he is confident he will have plenty of kit for the event. John At last minute I've been drafted in to the Totleys Ladies Team (no more) for the High Read more
A run which will surely go down in the anals as a “thank f… we survived it!” It started off inauspiciously by pissing down with the sort of rain that gets into every orifice, the path down Doctors Gate was a small fast flowing river, no sign of drought on Read more
It made a pleasant change to run in the White Peak. No trudging through heather, without trespassing, needing to climb walls, barbed wire or fences. A trip through the Cressbrook Tunnel was added to the Thornbridge race route where the going was soft, the excrement around the farms deep and Read more
Everything comes to she who waits, and as confirmation of the truth of that old saw, here is the latest caption competition, send your efforts to Dave Holmes at news@dpfr.org.uk or comment below
There are a series of public meetings coming up soon, see the poster below and also the map showing the areas covered, which are very relevant to Dark Peak from our base at the Sportsman. You need to book if you wish to attend, again see the poster for details.
The Campaign to Protect Rural England, Friends of the Lake District, Campaign for National Parks, Open Spaces Society, Ramblers Association, John Muir Trust, Wainwright Society, and the Yorkshire Dales Society are supporting plans to extend the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks. You can support the extension by responding Read more
The National Trust is holding a series of workshops to discuss future management of the High Peak (Kinder and Bleaklow). The current agreement for sporting rights (shooting) is coming to an end, but may be renewed. Your views are needed on this and other management issues. This is a place Read more
The final race in the Urban Nights series is on Thursday March 8th. It is an urban orienteering race from the Fat Cat at Kelham Island. I have booked the upstairs room at the Fat Cat for food, great beer and a general get together afterwards. However, food needs to Read more