- Date and time: Monday 10th August 2026, 6:30pm
- Event type: DPFR race
- Grid ref: SK096928
- Distance: 5.5 miles
- Climb: 950 feet
- League: Summer Series
Start/Finish by stile at top of Doctor’s Gate (SK09599288). Run anti-clockwise: CP1 Bleaklow Stones – Anvil Stone (SK11529632), CP2 Higher Shelf Stones trig point (SK08899478). Crow flies route on map.
Main start at 18:30; whippets’ start 18:45; special dispensations to set out earlier for the over 70s.
Map, compass and mobile phone are compulsory. It is recommended that you also carry full FRA kit. No dogs please. Should you find yourself all at sea on Bleaklow, get out your pointy thing and follow a constant bearing south-southwest until you hit the Pennine Way, Doctor’s Gate, or Snake Road …
For further background to the series, see full 2026 series programme, and current league standings.
Race/series organiser: Willy Kitchen. Route: Jim Orrell (you have been warned).