After an interesting exercise in futility, aka writing an over-complex website, I have re-coded the Dark Peak site to be, I hope faster and accessible to everyone, not just those with fast connections, powerful computers and big screens! I have been able to test it on Internet Explorer 6, 7 Read more
Provisional news from the first English Championship race. Wet, bleak and snowy all around the Todmorden moors. Matt Speake was first, Lloyd a close second, with Rob Little, Stuart Bond and Callum highly placed to hopefully take 1st Team. Lloyd, Simon Patton, John Hunt and Mike Robinson may have taken Read more
Noonstone:- results I may well have missed off some runners from DPFR results, please help me out if that’s you…. Thanks to everyone for running, looks like 1st Seniors, 1st V40. Someone will have to work out V50’s and the Ladies….Right impressive to see two leaders coming up that Read more
Unfortunately the snow has overtaken us for the second year running. John will try to find an alternative date so keep an eye on the news and calendar in the hope that we can actually get this race off the ground.
Dave Bollington and Willy Kitchen are shuffling around the BG, Sat 27 to Mon 29 March. We’re staying in YHAs Friday (Derwent Water), Saturday (Grasmere Butharlyp Howe) and Sunday (Wasdale Head). If anyone wants to join us for part or whole of the trip, please calendar@dpfr.org.uk
Dark and White MM3 – Macclesfield Forest. – Cancelled “Wet Your Whistle”. – also cancelled Ilkley Moor – went ahead, but I didn’t get down the road for this, wouldn’t have been able to run it even had it been clear…. Ron’s Autobiography out at last…..the real, real legend…. As Read more
We are now about a month away from the race, and have a “grand” total of 13 helpers. So it’s time to read the riot act – this is our one large race, well known and respected throughout the fell running community. It surely cannot be difficult for a club Read more
Sue and I have been super-busy organising a Hope Valley Adventure FilmFestival to be held at Hope Valley College on 27th Feb. This is a fundraising event for the college. (The lesson is don’t turn up to a PTFAmeeting, and if you do then don’t come up with good ideas Read more
Roy Small is hoping to organise a Breakfast Run this Saturday – leave the Sportsman at 9.00 to run to Grindleford, eat your fill in the Grindleford Cafe, then run back to the Sportsman, probably back by about 12.30. Everyone welcome, calll Roy on 0114 236 7549 if you want Read more
Winter Hill. – results The Best of the Fells:- “The Best of the Fells is a collection of fell race accounts, written by runners, and featuring a wide range of races and challenges across the UK (and a few beyond). Read it for entertaining accounts of the Bob Graham Round, Read more