It was with great sadness that I heard of John’s death in March. He was a distinguished “character” in the Dark Peak Fell Runners as evident by the soubriquets he was given, Gentleman John, Squire Edwards, John Ed which reflected Read more
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 DPFR 50th Anniversary celebrations, starting Read more
John’s funeral will be held on Thursday 30 April: 2.15 Service at St Thomas’s Church, Crooks 3.30 Hutcliffe Wood Crematorium 4.00 onwards reception at Norfolk Arms Ringinglow
The A57 is scheduled to be closed on Manchester road, between Onksley Lane and Wyming Brook drive, from 20th April, reopening 3rd June, with the planned diversion from Amey being through Hope Valley. Due to the high numbers of Wednesday Read more
It was a 3pm start for seven Serious Warts including Jim O who was doing his own thing on the opposite side of the Derwent valley. The remaining six of us were bracing ourselves for a classic brutal start from Read more
Sadly, last week, John Edwards (87) known variously as Gentleman John, John Ed and Professor John Edwards, has died at home. He was known as a character in the club and a staunch supporter of DPFR. He will be missed. Read more
On the approach to the change to summertime, we six Serious Warts (the fair-weather Warts were strangely absent) chose the Hagg hostel lay-by (unpleasantly littered) for our starting point. Any celebration of the arrival of summertime was very much curtailed: Read more
Early announcement to save the date! To mark 50 glorious years of Dark Peak, we’re going to have a special function with dinner and ceilidh. This will be on Saturday 7th November at the Kelham Island Museum, and has been Read more
Old men tend to tell tales of their youth, and the Serious Warts are no exception. For those who had been prepared to listen to us (not many, admittedly), we had recounted a recent experience in what we thought were Read more
After last week’s gentle downhill start, we reverted to the brutal normality of an uphill one from Birchen Clough from the cars up to anticipated feels like temperatures of minus 4⁰C in the strongish wind. The usual debate started on Read more