Congratulations to Mike Robinson who this week summited Ama Dablam, a 22,349’ fell in Nepal. The twice delayed 50th OMM finally took place from Langdale last weekend. Top 10 finishes for DPFR runners include Elite course – Chris Jones / Read more
Wednesday in winter does seem to steer the weather to the wet and windy for Slow Warts’ outings. This night was no exception, with the added forecast precision for the wind and rain to be between 5pm and 7pm which Read more
English championships The final standings in the English Championships were finalised this week. Our teams accumulated three 2nd places a 3rd and two 4th’s. There were individual medals for Alex Mason 2nd MU23, John Hunt 2nd M55, Keith Holmes 3rd Read more
The annual Boxing Day Bogtrot will start at 10am from Burbage Bridge car park. As always soup and warm drinks will be served at the Roy and Marilyn’s afterwards. Please see the calendar entry for further information.
All, Please use the sign up sheet below for the Dark Peak Club Dinner held at the Burton Street Foundation of the 19th November following the Club Championships. This is always a great evening and all club members, new and Read more
Christmas term! From here on in its the run up to Christmas. A quiet spell in the fell running calendar. Mid November has the Senior Club Championships, as usual. So we get an extra week off for that as volunteers Read more
FRA Relays Tom Saville writes… Thank you to everyone who travelled up to Broughton Heights in Scotland to represent Dark Peak Fell Runners at the British Fell and Hill Relay Championships. It is a massive commitment but hopefully you all Read more
Whilst it wasn’t exactly like fire and brimstone, the journey to Windle Edge certainly reminded us of them. There was a visible line of fire and smoke near Emlin and to add to the general atmosphere, there were several plumes Read more
Andy Harmer writes: the 76th Crookstone will take place on the 18th December and one way or another [Snake road may still be partially closed] it will happen. Tom Saville will take over from 2023 but my final route as Read more
Club Spending Summary. Please see linked below a summary of the clubs spending proposals following previous feedback. There is also some further requests for feedback to support future planning. https://forms.gle/Mroi6yqFd8Qij6ea9 James Lowe – Club Secretary