http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog The latest reports of world wide rock & ice climbing (and other extreme) fun and adventure! Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:12:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 en http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/09/16/a-belated-post-from-the-dollies/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/09/16/a-belated-post-from-the-dollies/#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:33:33 +0000 Dave http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=2524 OK so we've been back over a week, but I don't seem to have as much time to post as everyone else seems to manage. Anyhow Dave E, Fiona, Phil, Tony, Chris and I all had great time in the Dolomites...]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/09/16/a-belated-post-from-the-dollies/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/08/25/mushroom-hunt/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/08/25/mushroom-hunt/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:33:18 +0000 Dave http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=2309 Well its been a wet and dismal summer but as with all things there is a silver lining its an early start to the mushroom season. Just in case you think mushrooming is a bit dull get this from the front of our mushrooming guide: "get it wrong and you or your loved ones could die a horrible death" ...]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/08/25/mushroom-hunt/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/08/19/a-day-at-the-seaside/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/08/19/a-day-at-the-seaside/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:46:44 +0000 Dave http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=2257 We had a long planned family trip to Swanage, but that wasn't going to mean no climbing... ]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/08/19/a-day-at-the-seaside/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/14/garlic-harvest/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/14/garlic-harvest/#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:15:21 +0000 Dave http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=1958 Fiona gets in her first ever garlic crop... ]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/14/garlic-harvest/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/06/25/cragging-in-aylesbury/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/06/25/cragging-in-aylesbury/#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:07:38 +0000 Dave http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=1880 Ok well its artificial but what did you expect? This is Green Park wall, ACC gets exclusive use on Mondays through the summer... ]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/06/25/cragging-in-aylesbury/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/06/21/middlefell-buttress/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/06/21/middlefell-buttress/#comments Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:00:41 +0000 Dave http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=1862 A weekend with Aylesbury Climbing Club at Little Langdale had been committed to when the weather forecast was still pretty good so we were a little disapointed as the week went on and the forecast gradually got worse & worse...]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/06/21/middlefell-buttress/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/06/08/crawling-with-giants/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/06/08/crawling-with-giants/#comments Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:00:37 +0000 Dave http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=1811 A nice weather forecast so Phil, Fiona & I headed off to Dow Crag for a climb up Giants Crawl only a Diff but two stars and I thought enough of a challeng for my first attempt at managing two seconds on a multi-pitch climb... ]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/06/08/crawling-with-giants/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/04/28/snowboarding-skiing-in-scotland/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/04/28/snowboarding-skiing-in-scotland/#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:56:14 +0000 Dave http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=1650 Ok this was the weekend before last but its the first chance I got to write anything up. Trev, Jax & I noticed the piste conditions in Scotland were the best in years... ]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/04/28/snowboarding-skiing-in-scotland/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/04/28/canyoning-in-mallorca/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/04/28/canyoning-in-mallorca/#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:36:07 +0000 Dave http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=1649 My company had a bumper year and so we got packed off on a "mystery" trip. Luckily I got the inside info on where this was to be... ]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/04/28/canyoning-in-mallorca/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/02/17/frosty-ridgeway-ramble/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/02/17/frosty-ridgeway-ramble/#comments Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:27:52 +0000 Dave http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/02/19/frosty-ridgeway-ramble/ The 85 mile Chilterns Ridgeway runs right past our backdoor so we decided we'd have a carbon free weekend... ]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/02/17/frosty-ridgeway-ramble/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2007/11/25/novice-trip-down-giants-hole/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2007/11/25/novice-trip-down-giants-hole/#comments Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:01:03 +0000 Dave http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2007/11/25/novice-trip-down-giants-hole/ These guys all work with me and we had discussed doing a caving trip together for a while... ]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2007/11/25/novice-trip-down-giants-hole/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2007/10/23/climbing-walking-in-mallorca/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2007/10/23/climbing-walking-in-mallorca/#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2007 10:54:28 +0000 Dave http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2007/10/24/climbing-walking-in-mallorca/ We just got back from a week of late Mallorcan sun. The plan had been to mostly climb and get up Gubia Normal by the end of the week...]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2007/10/23/climbing-walking-in-mallorca/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2007/09/29/little-chamonix/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2007/09/29/little-chamonix/#comments Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:51:49 +0000 Dave http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2007/09/29/little-chamonix/ We were up to visit Fiona's Parents & Sister for their 56th & 30th wedding anniversaries but we managaed to get a climb of Little Chamonix in as well...]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2007/09/29/little-chamonix/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2007/09/10/via-ferratta-in-the-dolomites/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2007/09/10/via-ferratta-in-the-dolomites/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:51:16 +0000 Dave http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2007/09/10/via-ferratta-in-the-dolomites/ Fiona, Charlotte, Phil & I are just back from Via Ferrata in the Dollies. Fantastic late summer weather gave us perfect blue skies all week...]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2007/09/10/via-ferratta-in-the-dolomites/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2007/04/22/tryfans-of-all-sizes/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2007/04/22/tryfans-of-all-sizes/#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2007 13:02:18 +0000 Dave http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2007/04/22/tryfans-of-all-sizes/ Fiona & I had a great weekend in Snowdonia. Cragging at Little Tryfan...]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2007/04/22/tryfans-of-all-sizes/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2006/09/25/a-day-at-the-track/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2006/09/25/a-day-at-the-track/#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2006 09:54:24 +0000 Dave http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=130 Took my R6 for a track day at Donnington Park.]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2006/09/25/a-day-at-the-track/feed/