Author Archives: Chris Barber

The first official alternative run or the last of the unofficial alternative runs, dependent on your perspective! The instruction was to climb and descend lots of hills so that we could ensure that our new treasurer would not receive a double pertex … Continue reading →

A large group of finely tuned athletes including a number of Penistonians gathered at Blackden for the evening’s fun, around about 25 including the safety officer. The run began by stumbling up Blackden Rind and then up to a notch(?) … Continue reading →

Let’s hope that that we hear no more talk about there being a drought in South Yorkshire! Messrs Westgate, Harmer, Hawley and Barber were the only intrepids to set out on this the foulest of nights for some time.  After … Continue reading →

The last run of the winter’s warting season took us up Parkin Clough to the top of Win Hill to see the back end of a beautiful sunset in calm and very benign conditions, a contrast to previous weeks. Jupiter, … Continue reading →

A select group of hearty warts set off from the nether parts of our region near Saltersbrook on the Woodhead Road. A cool night but very still, so no epic but nonetheless a testing part of the Peaks (with lots … Continue reading →

Another epic! We started off in cold but fairly clear conditions, with that sense of deja vu from last week’s run! However, instead of the Boundary stones, we battled our way up to Black Holes with the occasional snow flurry … Continue reading →

A select bunch of  ageing athletes forewent the pleasures of Ringinglow for a heartier trip to the Strines given that it was such a beautiful night, cloudless and mild. We made for the Derwent Edge via the Boundary Stones and Pepper Pot tending to swing … Continue reading →

A run which will surely go down in the anals as a “thank f… we survived it!” It started off inauspiciously by pissing down with the sort of rain that gets into every orifice, the path down Doctors Gate was … Continue reading →

Some 25 or so finely tuned Dark Peak athletes plus a guest from Kendal AC set out on this mild night. The run started with a wade through the upper reaches of the reservoir, followed by a long drag up to Wet … Continue reading →

A mild night and a good turnout. Moz was to be congratulated for designing a course that even he managed to get lost on, as he (and a number of others) failed to find the pond near Friar’s Ridge which … Continue reading →