Something Wild Trail Running Festival

Fri 27th to Sun 29th July 2018

Huccaby Farm, Hexworthy, Princetown, PL20 6SB

The Something Wild Trail Running Festival is a family friendly trail running event at Dartmoor National Park. It takes place at Huccaby Farm, nestled in a secluded valley and surrounded by the fabulous landscape of Dartmoor. A perfect little haven for trail runners and their families!

Scenic trail races for all levels

We offer various races with fantastic routes for all levels: an ultra-marathon, a marathon, a half marathon, 5K and 10K races as well as kids races.

We’ve rescheduled the races for this year to allow people to compete in the 10K on Saturday and one of the longer races on Sunday. We will be publishing the best aggregate times for the two events too.

All courses include some tough climbs, enjoyable downhills and, of course, Dartmoor’s best trails and views.

Family friendly festival program

As we want this event to be a great experience for the whole family, we will be offering various children’s activities throughout the weekend.

On Saturday afternoon, we are holding kids races for those aged 3 to 11. Children aged 12 and above are welcome to take part in our 5K and 10K races on Saturday morning.

In addition to the races, we will have a forest school, a movement school session for children and adults, a bouncy castle, a guided wild swim and an amazing natural playground for young and old.

Speaker’s Evenings

Renowned experts in the fields of trail running, fitness and physiotherapy will hold interesting talks and Q&A sessions on Saturday evening at St. Raphael’s Chape starting at 7.30pm and finishing by 9.30pm. Entry to the speakers evening is free to anyone who books camping for Saturday night.
Speakers’ Evenings: Itinerary

Delicious food & drinks

Local caterers will provide hungry runners, their families and supporters with everything they need – from hearty dishes to sweet cakes.

This year, food is not included in the festival ticket price (which has been lowered accordingly), so food will be provided on a cash basis.

Beautiful, pristine location

Huccaby Farm is the perfect venue for trail running and camping at Dartmoor. It sits on a lovely bend of the River Dart and is located rather conveniently right on the route for our main running events.

The cow shed can house up to 400 people and will serve as our cafeteria and presentation venue. The small chapel will serve as a rather cosy venue for our speaker’s evenings. And there is even a secret cavern for our children’s forest school!

Camping and nearby accommodation

Runners, families and supporters are very welcome to camp on the fields next to Huccaby Farm. Mobile toilets and showers will be provided.

For those who do not want to camp, there are rooms available at the Forest Inn close to the festival site. Furthermore, there is accommodation at Brimpts Farm, which is less than half a mile away. Book early because the rooms tend to go early!

Besides, there are some great little B&Bs in and around Holne and Ashburton available on airbnb.

Just a quick and fulsome thank-you for a great race at Huccaby Farm this weekend. I expected and found the marathon to be a challenge for me, but it was nevertheless wonderful.

A great route through some brilliant bits of Dartmoor, but what’s more, a really welcoming festival and lovely atmosphere, mellow and friendly. I thought the venue was spot on, the food providers were all fabulous.

I’m only sorry we couldn’t hang around for speaker’s evening as I’d have loved to hear these, too.

Sean KeaneyPinhoe, Exeter

We entered last year and had a fantastic run in the half marathon, we used the race to experience the beautiful scenery of Dartmoor. We often run in Lake District and surrounding areas but loved the new experience.

So much, we have entered again! Olivia managed to win the half last year and is looking forward to running the route again as we both are.

Same as last year, Grandparents John and Olive will be looking after our now 18 month old son William.

Looking forward to this year’s event!

John & Olivia WiggansPreston, Lancashire

I absolutely loved everything about the Something Wild Trail Running Festival last year. We stayed on the Huccabee Farm campsite – what a setting!

This was my first ever trail half marathon. I took no supplies, wore unsuitable trainers and got really hungry as the run went on. Another strong memory was the need for peanuts and at the finish I was so happy to see that Ben had a table full of them. I scoffed a lot. I’ll bring a big bag with me this year.

The evening was really cool. Great food, great beer, great music. We attended the wild swim talk in the chapel which has spurred the whole family on to seek out other wild swimming locations on Dartmoor.

I’ve been looking forward to the 2017 Something Wild Festival since the last one finished.

Hans EdwardsTotnes

Event Itinerary

Friday, 27th July

The site will be open from 4pm.

A field has been set aside for parking adjacent to the cow shed, opposite the farm house.

Our caterers Bamboo Cafe will be on-hand to serve teas, coffees and cake. Additionally, our honesty bar and Clive’s Pies will be available at the cow shed.

6pm – 9pm: Registration in the cow shed
6pm: Guided wild swim in a secret spot 20 minutes walk from the campsite (meet at the cow shed)

Saturday, 28th July

7am – 9am: Registration in the cow shed
7am – 12am: Breakfast Cafe (teas, coffees, artisan breads and pastries by Bamboo Cafe)
10am: Start of the 10K & 5K races
10am – 12am: Forest School Session 1
12.00PM: Presentation of prizes at the cow shed
12am – 3pm: Lunch Cafe (honesty pies & honesty bar
2.00pm: Start of the 1K & 2K Kid’s races
2.30pm: Kids prizes & medals
3pm – 5pm: Forest School Session 2

5pm – 6pm: Presentation of prizes at the cow shed
6pm – 7.30pm: Communal dinner (delicious meal including tagine and couscous by our caterers The Kitchen Table)
7.30pm: Speaker’s Evening at St. Raphael’s Chapel

Sunday, 29th July

8am – 9am: Registration in the cow shed
8.30am: Start of the Summit Wild Ultra
8.30am: Start of the Something Wild Trail Marathon
10.30am: Start of the Something Wild Half Marathon

12:15 pm First half marathon finishers expected
1.00 pm First Marathon finishers expected
1.00 pm Half Marathon prize presentation
2.00pm First Ultra finishers expected
3.00pm Marathon & Ultra presentation.
5.00pm Festival wraps up although there will be the option to camp on Sunday night too for anyone who wishes to.