Confusion -15 April 2026
The Serious Warts had decided that this week’s venue was to be Strines at 5pm but, in the meantime, we were told that DPFR were reviving the Way Out West race as part of the Read more

The first running of the Tour de Bradfield Moors attracted 19 runners to the men’s race and 6 to the women’s. Majka Kunicka won her race in an impressive 1:19:44, which would have placed her well up in the men’s race.
Tom Brunt waited until the weather broke on Monday to run and win the men’s race in 1:08:36. Long time leader Tim Rutter was second with Jack Foxall, the improving Paul Walwyn and Pez Holda not far behind. Further down the field Paul Sanderson’s time stands out as a welcome return to form.
The race was originally planned to be run anti-clockwise, but in a moment of weakness I allowed a late rule change so that runners could run in either direction. Clockwise proved to be both more popular and a good deal quicker. If we run this again next year, I’ll be tempted to make running anti-clockwise compulsory so that everyone gets to experience the pleasures of trying to run up through the heather on Wet Slack Ridge.
JimP
26th October, 2020
| Position | Name | Club | Class | Time | Comment | Bonus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Brunt | Dark Peak | M45 | 01:08:36 | Quite hostile conditions - squally showers on the tops (and cold), and muddy around the reservoir | |
| 2 | Tim Rutter | Dark Peak | M40 | 01:15:37 | Sped on by the pack of hunting dogs | |
| 3 | Jack Foxall | Dark Peak | M40 | 01:16:16 | Flat out dodging ramblers round the reservoir and up to the edge, then full on heather bashing to Emlin | |
| 4 | Paul Walwyn | Dark Peak | MSEN | 01:17:51 | happy with my line between Back Tor and Emlin... and managing to find runnable short heather most of the way | |
| 5 | Pez Holda | Dark Peak | M40 | 01:18:13 | Didn't even get lost | |
| 6 | Nick Kirk | Dark Peak | M50 | 01:22:51 | really enjoyed the moorland section from Cartledge ridge to Emlin | |
| 7 | John Webber | Dark Peak | M60 | 01:24:28 | So much of it was runnable and that’s the way uh-huh uh-huh I like it uh-huh uh-huh | |
| 8 | James Halse | Dark Peak | M40 | 01:24:51 | mostly runnable but with a bit of heather bashing | |
| 9 | Mike Annett | Dark Peak | M55 | 01:32:16 | Head wind from Emlin to Back Tor made for slower going..... and cold hands | |
| 10 | Olly McGregor Hamann | Dark Peak | MSEN | 01:32:51 | My first TT | |
| 11 | Paul Sanderson | Dark Peak | M55 | 01:35:35 | If you went anti-clockwise then you deffo made the wrong choice | |
| 12 | Jim Paxman | Dark Peak | M60 | 01:47:26 | Should have gone clockwise | |
| 13 | Ken Jones | Dark Peak | M70 | 01:48:55 | The last time I was up there was doing the 15 Trigs in 1996 | |
| 14 | Ian Winterburn | Dark Peak | M55 | 01:51:30 | the climb up hill into a head wind through deep heather was hard | |
| 15 | Pete Macfarlane | Dark Peak | M65 | 01:55:48 | Lovely early morning Sunday run. Finally found New Cross. | |
| 16 | Michael Griffiths | Dark Peak | M55 | 02:08:00 | It was a nice escape this morning cool on the tops | |
| 17 | Mark Gamsu | Dark Peak | M60 | 02:09:53 | spent too long running aimlessly ... looking for the path | |
| 18 | Jim Orrell | Dark Peak | M70 | 02:23:00 | Enjoyed, very varied, but a big proportion of "hard surfaces" | |
| 19 | M Jones | Mistook low tor for back tor. Was getting cold. Knew it was wrong coz no trig |