Untitled - Dark Peak Fell Runners

*********EDITORIAL*********Wind chilled on Win Hill - and otheroccupationsDark Peak Pell Runners has around 230 members with about 100active in the local area. During the year there are a number ofclub events organised such as Margery Hill, Crookstone Crashoutand Dungworth. These events usually attract between 20 and 40runners (with the sad exception of the Cutthroat race last month)and are, for many, among the most enjoyable DPFR activities.Dark Peak also shows its face to the outside World throughthe organisation of Open events. The FRA navigation course atEdale has been popular with those who have attended but our showpieceevent each year is the Skyline. It is the ONLY DPFRorganised long open event each year and, recognising this, therehave been calls in past AGM for an additional long race to beorganised. Whether or not this race ever comes to pass is notsomething I have strong views on. However, before we can organisetwo long events we have got to organise one!In the past we have been lucky, and we still are, to have agood race organiser. Tony Trowbridge and now Tom Foley did and doa great job (ably assisted by Alan Yates) but next year a new nameis needed to wear the 'Race Organiser 1 badge. If you have been anactive (or even inactive) member of Dark Peak and would like toput something back into the club, have a word with Tom.Meanwhile there is still the 1991 race to see through. Lastyear there seemed to be quite a lot of late recruiting needed toreach the compliment of helpers. Particularly if you ran lastyear, think about ringing Tom or Alan and offering your help onthe one local race where it is more important NOT to sport theDark Peak colours (unless of course it's the sweat shirt).What a Whopper!Well, that's the heavy stuff over with. Now you can settledown for, what I hope, you'll find a good read. In he biggest EVERissue of Dark Peak News: Two poems, two languages and, finally,even the photographs have started to come in. Unfortunately, withso many reports I had to keep many of them back for the nextissue. Thanks for the wide range of contributions, two poems inone month must be record. Keep the articles coming, this issue maybe 44 pages but the next is still zero at the moment.Mike PedleyFront Cover: Happy New Year from the Millstone!Rear Cover : Yes, even DP News gets on the Turtle bandwagon.Thanks to Rhoda Swindells for both covers. Budding artists pleaseget your pens out and let's have a new cover or covers for 1991.>>>>>>>>>!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>3