Ken Jones celebrating his 75th birthday by Legging it round Lathkil. 3rd M70. Past races Roaches – John Hunt 1st M55 and Tom Smith’s first race in the famous brown vest. Welcome to Dark Peak Tom Smith. Results Leg it Read more
Slow Warts are not particularly known for their timing but we seemed to excel this Wednesday as we seven set off from Blackden car park. As we left the cars at 3pm, it started to rain and as we returned Read more
Tonight’s outing for we happy few, we band of brothers, the Slow Warts We were braced for our adventure with these inspirational words from Shakespeare’s Henry V. Whether they would help or not, we were about to find out as Read more
Another of Dave Lund’s easy to identify creations. Past races The third Peak Raid of the four race series was staged at the Roaches last weekend. Jennie Stevens was 1st woman with 390 points, is the leading F40 in the Read more
Currently there are precisely zero offers for marshals for the club championships on Sat 25th Nov. If you would like to spend a few hours sitting in one of my specially selected Peak District locations then please indicate your willingness, Read more
No, this isn’t a sponsored blog for the Abbeydale Brewery or for an illegally distilled hooch, it is the distant sight of the orange moon rising above Derwent Edge as we headed towards Coffin Rock from Jagger’s Clough. It was Read more
Fin Grant back to winning ways at Stybarrow Dodd, the first of the Kong Winter Fell Series. Mike Robinson and Spike were 4th and 5th M50’s respectively. Results. The maps below are Tom Saville’s Strava tracks from the Elite race Read more
Dark Peak Club Dinner 2023 – Saturday 25th November This year’s Club Dinner will be held at Burton Street Foundation at 7.30pm on Saturday 25th November and will be a buffet option with plenty of food as last year. The Read more
The OMM was run from Bethesda this weekend over the Carneddau and Glyerau with the overnight camp in Nant Francon. Three DPFR teams completed the Elite course: Oli Johnson and Tom Saville were 5th less than 3 minutes behind the Read more
The last Slow Warts of the summer was appropriately magnificent on a glorious autumn evening as we joined the crowds on Great Tor on Bamford Edge above Ladybower. At least ten photographers with tripods had also gathered possibly to take Read more