Congratulations to Nathan Lawson who won two races on the same day last weekend at Gargrave Show and then a couple of hours later at Burnsall Sports! Read all about it The standings in the English Championships after Bradwell are Read more
Many thanks to Roy and Marilyn Small for organising what I hope will be the first of many Bamford camping weekends. Saturday morning’s excellent ‘Up the Clough’ race was won by Tom Milton, with Jon Coe and Simon Mills in Read more
No, we didn’t spontaneously break out into a rhapsody of Scottish songs praising the beauty of the heather, instead, it was self-contained and silent swearing about its often-overwhelming depth. It is the season for the full purple glory of the Read more
The A57, known as the Snake Pass, is to be closed for 4 weeks from 26 September 2022 so that specialist contractors can carry out an investigation into the causes of the landslip at Alport. The ground investigation is needed Read more
Unfortunately Dave has had a family bereavement and we are not going to be able to go ahead with the Summer Sharpener on Wednesday. We hope to revive these fabled events next year. We’ve also been struggling to locate the Read more
‘Up the Clough’ 10km, 540m climb 10:30 prompt start from the bottom of bamford clough, this is a ~10 minute walk from the campsite. A good chance to warm up for the *steeper than 1:3* start. The finish is a Read more
Barry Needle crossing the line at Bradwell. 2nd M80. Kudos! Something exotic from Chet Gillespie… Hello, hope you are well. Not sure if this is relevant for the carshare blog but did the PizTri vertical kilometre on Saturday. Came 18th Read more
Maybe it’s the heat, about 28⁰C, or part of the normal pattern of things, but there seems to be much dead vegetation left in my shoes and entangled in my socks after a Slow Warts’ outing. It’s mainly very fine Read more
New DPFR member Maddy Glasbey writes: Hi there, Just wondering if I could find a lift for the Bradwell race on Saturday for the women’s race? I’m not a dark peak member but have signed up! I live in nether Read more
As we head into another very hot period here’s the link to the FRA’s info sheet on what to do for heat exhaustion – heat stroke see: https://files.fellrunner.org.uk/documents/2021/hyp…