Our garden is a nightmare and a pleasant place at the same time! We've tackled everything in two mad days of full-on 'extreme gardening'. That is, getting it all done to minimise the number of climbing days used up.

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After the wonderful dinner and wine last night we felt a little tired this morning and so we headed up to Quayfoot Buttress, Borrowdale for a short approach to a not too long climb...

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When a woman of a certain age hits that certain age, I'm sure she's supposed to be very mature and responsible. Looks like I missed out on that gene, but I thought I'd dress up to try and look the part...

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One of my favourite paces to climb is Pavey Ark...

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I didn't want to miss out on all this adventuring on the Ben, so lucky for me Jon was keen to make the trip up north again. We left Penrith by 5.30 on Wednesday evening and made it to Fort William by 10pm. After stopping at the BP garage for a quick cup of beige coloured water that was unsuccessfully pretending to be tea, we headed for the car park that would be our place of rest for the short night ahead...

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Another weekend in Chamonix ski touring in warm spring conditions (10˚C) and with deep powder everywhere.

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It's been two and half years since I'd been caving, and I wasn't sure if my over suit still fitted, but Sunday 11th was the date we had a permit to do Notts Pot, courtesy of WMCEG.

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Somehow I managed to lose my crampons on the way down from Murchisons yesterday.

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