- Date and time: Monday 2nd November 2026, 6:00pm
- Event type: DPFR race
- Grid ref: SK 242 961
- Distance: 3.6 miles
- Climb: 610 feet
- League: Winter Mondays
Start/Finish gateway to Mortimer Road, beside plantation. Follow vehicle track anti-clockwise to shooting lodge and one km beyond; at head of Rushy Dike (SK224950) leave track and bash east-south-east on compass bearing parallel to dike as far as Dukes Road. Left along Dukes Road for one km to former gateway in ruined wall on right, marked by two gate posts (SK23649482). Turn left off Dukes Road on bearing north-north-east to grouse butts parallel to Black Brook. Left at track beside Mortimer Road to return to start/finish. Full route on map.
Starts from 18:00 for slower runners, to 18:30 for the whippets. Over 70s are welcome to race at any time on the day.
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.