A 26 mile Challenge Walk around the beautiful Hills and Dales of the White Peak area of Derbyshire (Starting and finishing in the village of Monyash).
START TIME 10.00 - REGISTRATION AT MONYASH VILLAGE HALL FROM 8.30
UPDATE 9th FEBRUARY 2012
Afraid we are completely full. Unfortunately we do not have a waiting list as we have purposely "over subscribed" the entry list as we know there will be people who drop out between now and July so we cannot therefore accept any entries "on the off chance"
There is a similar walk taking place on 9th June 2012 in which I am involved. There are places available for this walk and it is run on very similar lines to the WPW. It starts and finishes in Chatsworth Park and I am sure you will find it rewarding. For further details please go to www.baslowchoir.co.uk and follow the links to the BootBash
REPORT OF 2011 EVENT
Saturday 9th July 2011 - 25th Anniversary
When four of us were standing around the bar about 26 years ago planning a fund raising walk in aid of Monyash Church, who would have thought that we would be giving birth to an event which would last 25 years and beyond and one which gains in popularity every year. In fact this year should have been our 26th event but Foot and Mouth got in the way and we had to cancel one event.
302 people set off this year and we are happy that we were able to “engineer” this number. We always state that we limit the walk to 300 people but we know there are going to be cancellations and no-shows so it is a bit of a lottery as to how many we allocate places to in the first place.
The weather, though a little hot was generally kind to us this year. We had sufficient water around the route to keep everyone happy and there were no problems on this front.
We broke with tradition by implementing a route change this year. Due to the fact that the Headstone tunnel at Monsal Head was recently opened up to the public, we thought it fitting to allow the use of it for this 25th event. We as a committee continue to debate whether this should be an option for the future and we invite any comments or feedback that you as walkers and runners may have. Certainly many people took advantage of the tunnel in preference to walking up the hill to Monsal Head – the views are certainly better from Monsal Head!
Results for this year:
First Man Steve Temple 3 hours 54 minutes
First Male Veteran Colin Travis 4 hours 04 minutes
First Local Man Julian Grant 4 hours 16 minutes
First Lady Jane Hewitt 4 hours 37 minutes
First Lady Veteran(s) Teri Thompson and Sue Shacklock 5 hours 03 minutes
First Local Lady Paula Riley 7 hours 28 minutes
If you staggered in at a time exceeding 7 or 8 hours, don’t be dismayed at your time compared with the superb times shown above. Remember that the WPW is a personal challenge and not a race and everyone is entering for reasons of their own. Whether you achieve sub 5 hours or post 10 hours, a distance of 26 miles in terrain to be found on the WPW is no mean feat and something to be proud of.
We were pleased to once again have Kinder Mountain Rescue Team as our first aid team. Most of their calls were for relatively minor issues although they did have cause to deal with a potentially more serious issue and a 999 call was required. Fortunately, the situation proved not to be too serious and the patient was released from hospital with a clean bill of health. This just goes to prove how important a reliable and efficient first aid team is to an event such as the WPW. Thanks as always to our resident radio team – Raynet. Without their assistance, controlling the walk and ensuring your safety would be considerably more difficult. Last but certainly not least, thanks to the many helpers who give their time freely to man the checkpoints, the kitchen and the registration/control desk – without their help, we could not possibly continue to stage this event to the quality that has developed over the years.
If you are receiving this by email, then you should have already received the results but in any case they are available as a pdf on the website. The website has also been updated to show both this report and the results. The website also has the 2012 entry form and we encourage you to fill it out and send it off while you think about it. The walk always fills early and we like to give previous entrants first crack of the whip. (at the time of posting this report, less than a week after the event, we have received over 20 entries already)
Finally, this year we awarded a special prize to Stephen Glossop who is the only person to have taken part in all 25 events – a proud boast. Rumour has it that he is going to keep doing it until he can find the correct route!
We look forward to seeing you again next year! (14th July 2012)
Peter, Colin, Al and Mike
PS. Please remember to put your email address on the entry form if you have one – this makes it easier for us to make contact with you and it helps to keep our postage costs down which benefits the many good causes that we donate to. However – I still require an envelope to send your final instructions in but please try to send a standard 220mm x 110mm envelope as any larger than this may incur a penalty charge by the post office.
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