Outdoor First Aid with Ian Winterburn (9-10 December) – A two day outdoor first-aid course. Woodhead Barn. Limited spaces available (3 remaining) Night Navigation with Dave Taylor ( Thurs 9th Nov, 7-10pm ) – Starting from Grouse Inn, gain confidence Read more
Dave Sykes’s Three Shires write up… What has to be one of the musts of the autumn fell running season in the Lakes saw 16 Dark Peakers arrive in the field opposite the Three Shires Inn on an improving forecast. Read more
Was it the weather, which was warm, windy and sunny despite the mountain forecast promising single figure “feels like” temperatures on Kinder, or was it a combination of holidays, injuries, recuperation, work and even hair washing? Whatever, we had waited Read more
The Winter Calendar of Wednesday night runs (October to April) has been published. Some details are missing but will be updated in due course. Please could Race Organisers get in touch to let me know of any races that thay’d Read more
Frances Collett on her way to winning at Three Shires. Past races Bollington 3 Peaks – Results Bleaklow Blitz – Josh Williams 1st, Laurence Piercy 2nd, Jordan Street 3rd. Results on the Bleaklow Blitz Facebook group page. Groovy Kinder Love Read more
Events on the DPFR calendar can be synced to your personal Google/Outlook/etc. calendar using .ICAL. https://dpfr.org.uk/wp_dpfr/wp-json/calendar/v1/ical.ics On Google Calendar this can be done by: 1. Navigate to “Other Calendars on the Left of the screen”. 2. Click the plus button Read more
Penny, Clive and Roger made a very welcome return to the Slow Warts’ fold at the Midhopestones elbow for a venture into the north east of the Dark Peak. Andy had planned an ambitious outing, (untempered by Bob who was Read more
Please use the link below if you wish to be considered for either relay teams. So far we don’t have that many people signed up and this is an excellent opportunity to represent Dark Peak! Men’s signup form: https://forms.gle/NNUMRV3ba4MFgm6Q6 Women’s signup Read more
Congratulations to Tom Brunt who last “Saturday … had a run across the Lakes in unseasonably hot conditions to complete a Joss Naylor Lakeland Challenge crossing in 11:47, just ducking inside the demanding 12 hour limit for MV50 runners. Great Read more
The Slow Warts’ attendance register was somewhat depleted with only one from Loxley, three from south west Sheffield, including newcomer Peter, and a Hathersage contingent (two), not forgetting Jim from the north east corner of the Dark Peak. Moor closures Read more