We hope you enjoyed the Dovedale dipper challenge and ramble.!!
Here are some of the comments from your fellow participants.
Each year we aim to improve the event and welcome any feedback you may have positive or otherwise, this really helps. Please click the link below and email us your thoughts.
Hi, just wanted to say I had a fantastic day as always, being my3rd dipper year... however I was slightly disappointed to discover some runners set of a while before 10am, which obviously affects the timing and results...its such a great day, i hope everyone enjoyed it as much as me. thanks again, Regards,
We had a great day doing the Dipper for the first time (I'm sure it won't beour last). Many thanks to you and the whole team for making it such a fun and well organised event.
Kind regards
Tom & Diana
Thanks Cliff and thanks also to all your helpers and support team for yet another wonderful challenge. As anticipated the organisation was superb but what really defines your event is the enthusiasm of everyone involved, including our fellow competitors! It really was an excellent day and Julie and I hope to join you on many more in the future. With all best wishes and congratulations once again,
Kathryn and I very much enjoyed the day too. Much more pleasant temperature than when I last did the event under baking sun in 2007! Just for the record, Kathryn (Walsh) transferred to the Ramble (15m) route (I'd probably ticked the wrong box when I did her entry), so should have been given a time of 4:45 for the Ramble, rather than 5:15 for the 26 mile route. We wouldn't want any of your competitive walkers to think she cheated! Well organised, and the signage was excellent. My complements also to the baker of the fruit cake at the 13 mile checkpoint!
Really enjoyed my day despite not enough training. Managed to have alight run today but still cannot walk down stairs! Many thanks to the lady at the first checkpoint who gave me a compede plaster. Everyone was very kind. See you next year for sure.
Please give my thanks to all, I really enjoyed the run (until my calves cramped at least) the check point people did a great job. This was my first long run for 6 years and I had only trained up to 12 miles so I knew I was going to suffer, must get some real training in for next year and have a go at Les!Team Kind regards, John
Thank you for the email. I would like to extend my thanks to you and to all the team that organised the event.This was my second ramble and hopefully not my last.The team deserves thanks for all the work that goes on behind the scenes as well as on the day.I hope you met your targets for raising money. After the challenges of mud last year the firm ground was quite nice and along with a number of other things like not spending so much time gassing at the checkpoints I improved my time. Whilst I do not see it personally as a race the idea of getting below six hours definitely appealed, so with my 6hrs 30mins from last year and in my mind I set off with a target of knocking 31 minutes off my time to get to 5hrs something.Well, I knocked off 1hr 9minutes ... so now with a 5hrs 21 to maintain ... or beat you can expect to see me next year.
Hello Cliff, I just wanted to say what a fantastic time we all had, it was such a beautiful walk. I organise sporting events in London and during the walk my brother pointed out that the thing that the events I organise are missing are cups of tea and biscuits, so I think I will have to take a leaf out of your book! I definitely hope to join next year and I might leave the folks to the 15miles and run (or try to) the 26 miler. I should probably start training now! Nicole
Neither of the items are mine or anyone from my group.I was joined this year by 3 friends from work who thoroughly enjoyed themselves and is already looking forward to participating next year, when I hope to encourage more to join us. Thank you all for an excellently organised day.
I very much enjoyed my day yesterday - hope that it was a great success. I couldn't track down my certificate at the end (even though the person I went round found theirs). I had to leave to collect my kids, so please can you post my certificate to me?
Thanks, Peter (Griffiths). Finish time approx 8:20
Thanks Cliff for a great event, albeit I am still feeling the aches and pains (all entirely my fault), but the route was great. Can I just enquire whether the results will be posted on the net?
Cliff, Phew, what a day! I have run some challenging races and did London this year in 3.43. So I thought I'd scoot round in 4 1/2!!!? Well 5 hrs and 27 mins after the start I saw the Village Hall!!! Having a horse chuck me in a brambly ditch and having a quick trample on me on Sat didn’t help but, well, I was pretty tired! A great race thanks and super route and organisation, well done! By the way do we have a certificate sent to us?? Thank you very much, and to all your helpers, and best wishes! Karen
Hi Cliff, Thanks to everyone involved with the Dovedale Dipper - I have only just started taking part in the LDWA events and thoroughly enjoy them. The marshals/helpers were all wonderful and very encouraging. The refreshments at the checkpoints were great - the cake was especially delicious and crisps at the last few checkpoints made a welcome change from the sweetness of the biscuits. Making sunscreen at the start was a lovely touch. Last but not least it is a brilliant route - a few hills to make it a bit challenging and lots of beautiful peak district scenery to take your mind off your aching legs! A big well done to you all for making it a fantastic day. Kind regards Emma
