Woodentops Archive

The festive holidays always have lots going on race-wise, to get you out of the house working off the over-indulgences.  Here’s a quick roundup of what P&B members got up to. It was nice to see an appearance from Rob Hope at a very ...Read More

It has been a very busy 2018-2019 winter for the Juniors at P&B, representing the club at a whole host of events. Our Juniors took part in the Lightwater Valley 10K, as well as the first Bunny Run and FRA Fell Junior Championship races. ...Read More

As most in the fell running community will know, Dave & Eileen Woodhead, AKA the Woodentops, have decided to retire from race organising. Entries for their final race, the 2017 Auld Lang Syne, filled up within a day or so but fortunately we had ...Read More

It all started the Monday before the fell inter counties. A quick trip to Sainsburys Local in Aberdeen, where I am working at the moment, for some milk, I noticed my phone buzzing – Dave and Eileen Woodhead were trying to get hold of ...Read More

Flower Scar – 7th March 2015 – 5.6miles / 1542ft of ascent Here we go again, the English Fell Running Championships 2015, and first up this relatively unknown little gem in Todmorden. The excitement had been building for weeks & in fact Neil my ...Read More

18 January 2015 – Stanbury Splash (Changed to Stoop route due to ice) – 5 miles / 820 ft The last of the woodentops winter series before handing over to the bunny runs in the spring. The previous day’s snow and ongoing cold temperatures ...Read More

12 October 2014 – 7.5 miles / 984 ft The day provided a couple of nice surprises at this popular local run over Howarth moorland. Firstly we had a mass turnout of P&B (by our standards!), providing a nice sprinkling of both Junior and ...Read More