This is a sad and dispiriting thread. If I believed for one minute that the average fell runner "doesn't give a monkey's about the environment" I would leave the FRA and never run another race.

I'm new to this game and am immensely impressed by the care and commitment of the race organisers. It must be love because it aint money, the entrance fees to most races are insignificant.

I'm sure everyone who enters intends to run,its just that life and sometimes death gets in the way. Some simple standby system should be easy to arrange although as already pointed out numbers were available on here up to the day.

I'm so proud to be part of this thing we share (albeit at the back) all this demanding rules and namings and shamings seems to demean us all.