- Date and time: Monday 26th January 2026, 6:00pm
- Event type: DPFR race
- Grid ref: SK244926
- Distance: 5 miles
- Climb: 875 feet
- League: Winter Mondays
Start/Finish at gateway to Mortimer Road (SK244926). Run clockwise, descending footpath to Dale Road, then right and soon descending again left on track which switchbacks to bridge below Dale Dike Dam. Climb right on footpath to south bank of reservoir, keeping right across series of footbridges at head of reservoir. When leaving wood, follow footpath across field to Brogging house (do not be tempted to take shortcut to right through field), then right along metalled track to Stubbing cottages and on green track beside wall as far as Hallfield. At wooden gate into Hallfield leave track, dropping right on permissive footpath which circles below the house. Right through gate and along Hall Lane a short distance before turning hard left up track (rough at first) rising north-west beside woodland on your right. Turn right at top of track onto Mortimer Road for 250 metres as far as junction with Thornseat Road and Dale Road (SK236919). Turn left over stile and onto track/footpath climbing beside Bole Edge Plantation. Leave track at point it swings left near Thornseat Delf and (this section particularly warrants a daylight recce) pick route north-west through broken ascending ground before dropping to gate through wall above shooting cabins. Descend track to touch one of the cabins, then take contouring climb east on footpath to wall beside Thornseat Plantation, leading in time (1.5 km) back to finish on Mortimer Road. Full route on map.
Starts from 18:00 for slower runners, to 18:30 for the whippets. Special dispensations to set out earlier for the over 70s.
Please carry full FRA kit as a minimum, as well as a head torch and mobile phone in case of emergency and/or torch battery failure.
R.O. Willy Kitchen. Fuller details (and a bit of back history) for Winter Mondays series here.