It was a great pleasure to welcome Moz back to his first Warts’ outing for a few months, though sadly, he wasn’t wearing his signature fluorescent leggings to further brighten our time with him. We look forward to seeing them, Read more
I hope you’ve all had a good Christmas Holidays. Many of the senior runners have been chasing trig points for their informal Christmas challenge. I hope the juniors have been active through these holidays – Getting out there, having fun Read more
There has been plenty of action on the trig-bagging front over recent days with two teams making particularly noteworthy progress. The Fawcett / Mills pairing made particularly good use of the Christmas Day bonus points ticking off Margery Hill, Outer Read more
Graham Berry slipstreaming behind Andy Harmer on the Crookstone Crashout, on a peerless December morning. 12 Trigs of Christmas As reported elsewhere, as of last Wednesday Tom Brunt has a clear lead over the field, with 12,277 points. However, with Read more
Tropics After the tropical, yes, tropical and sweaty, conditions on the 76th running of the Crookestone Crashout, what should we expect just three days later on a Slow Warts’ Wednesday carol singing outing on the shortest day? The forecast for Read more
As we approach the end of the first week of the 12 Trigs competition here are the current standings. Somewhat embarrassingly the organiser is in the lead (although his score is unlikely to increase hugely). Lakeland exile Mike Robinson has Read more
The current holder of this trophy gets to decide which race will be used to pick the next holder, and Oil Johnson has called the Crookstone Crashout on 19 December as that race. Sorry about the short notice. The winner Read more
Twelve Trigs of Christmas Tom Brunt came up with this excellent idea for an informal competition over the next three weeks. Details in the News section of the website here. The question as to whether or not Stanage Pole is Read more
It was almost warm, single figure warm, for the ten slow Warts’ (Swarts?) outing from the gas station. The combination of the heat and warming up on the way to Emlin, did get the circulation circulating to the extent that Read more
Happy 80th Birthday Roger Baumeister! Our Club President turns 80 today. He’s a man who’s always generous with his time and certainly an inspiration to us all: to keep getting out there on the hill and keep setting new goals.