No sooner have I posted the weekly blog, than I see results for the British and Irish Junior Mountain Running Championships. Congratulations Jonah on an England vest and 10th place in the MU17. A great result well done! In the Read more
Longshaw Sunday 4th saw us back out at Longshaw, by the pole, after the summer break. There were some enthusiastic new faces, who very much seemed to enjoy themselves. The elder group did some drills, tackled some terrain challenges and Read more
This from the Peak Park, or follow the link to Severn Trent below for their info page: Upper Derwent Valley – Howden / Derwent reservoir loop Landowner: Severn Trent (partnership management site) From mid-September 2022, the landowner will be carrying Read more
Lewis Aston writes: The Juniors are putting on a Kick-Off event for the autumn term. It’s open to all and it could be your way in to helping out with the Juniors. It’s an introductory session for everybody, new members Read more
The Met office mountain forecast was for an evening of 80% “double” rain when I looked in the morning but by the time we had reached Blackden through all the traffic lights on the way there, it was pleasantly warm Read more
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