Essex Trail Events

17/06/2026

A week to go until The Midsummer Trail from The Farmhouse Inn, Monk Street.

I was out yesterday writing up the trail narrative. It’s a scenic easy to navigate trail of 5.7 miles.

Entries: www.entrycentral.com/Monk-Street

See you there

14/06/2026

Report and results of this morning's Exhibition Trail now up www.essextrailevents.com/race-reports-2026

07/06/2026

Please note that the charity supported by The Compasses and therefore the Ridley Round is Braintree Youth Project Charity and not Crohn's and Colitis as previously shown which was last year's chosen charity.

07/06/2026

A short report from yesterday now up www.essextrailevents.com/race-reports-2026

06/06/2026

Chignal Fete results now up
www.essextrailevents.com/results
The weather was much better than forecast although we had to run to the village hall at the finish in horizontal rain.
Thanks for coming.

05/06/2026

Weather looks grim tomorrow particularly in the morning. We will be taking entries on the day at the Chignal Fete from noon when you will only have 70% chance of getting wet, but 100% chance of spotting a scarecrow.

31/05/2026

We now have 4 races open for entries in June and July.

The first is next weekend on Saturday 6th June at the Chignal Fete, where you can now enter on the day, hope to see you there.
We then have The Midsummer Trail from The Farmhouse Inn, Monk Street on June 24th and at the weekend that week on June 28th The Caroline Coastal Trail where all profits will be donated to the radio station and Farleigh Hospice.
The very popular Ridley Round will be open for entries at 7pm tonight (31st May), this year it's on Saturday July 18th and all profits will go to Crohn's & Colitis UK.

Entries:
Chignal Fete: Entries on the day only (On line entries closed)
Midsummer Trail : www.entrycentral.com/Monk-Street
Caroline Coastal: www.entrycentral.com/Caroline-Coastal-2026
Ridley Round: www.entrycentral.com/Ridley-Round

Busy busy !

THE COMPASSES, LITTLEY GREEN assisted by ESSEX TRAIL EVENTS present THE RIDLEY ROUND NOW WITH STAGGERED STARTS AS WELL AS STAGGERED FINISHES A run, walk or crawl down memory lane visiting a number of fantastic former Ridley's pubs! Half

31/05/2026

Next Saturday is our annual visit to Chignal Fete. A proper old school fete. Here are some pictures of the scarecrows, some are on the route, others you will spot on your way there.
Entries still open www.essextrailevents.com/our-events

24/05/2026

It has taken 8 years but our page has finally got 3000 followers. Not only was Georgina our 3000th follower but she won her first trail today at Toppesfield Tens Trails. In those 8 years we have still only received 19 reviews on Facebook.
Thanks for coming on a very hot day.
Results are up www.essextrailevents.com/results

21/05/2026

Checked Toppesfield Tens Trails today. Saw the same six deer three times. Some excellent paths through the fields.
Entries still open.