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Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:05:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/25/summer/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/25/summer/#comments Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:00:58 +0000 Pete http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=2046 Has summer finally arrived? ]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/25/summer/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/24/tucks-rift-4/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/24/tucks-rift-4/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:23:54 +0000 Colin http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=2031 Good weather means a trip into South Wales.]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/24/tucks-rift-4/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/23/bramcrag-quarry/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/23/bramcrag-quarry/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:43:54 +0000 Pete http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=2022 We intended to go to Sandbed Ghyll Crag tonight - the approach is described in the guidebook as "painfully steep but mercifully short (15 minutes)"...]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/23/bramcrag-quarry/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/22/the-tall-ships/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/22/the-tall-ships/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:46:49 +0000 Terry http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=2017 A slight digression from our normal theme but I thought your readers might like these shots of the Tall Ships in the Mersey yesterday... ]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/22/the-tall-ships/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/20/shap-abbey/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/20/shap-abbey/#comments Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:22:30 +0000 Laetitia http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=1994 The cold weather and early finish gave us an opportunity to explore. We decided to take the road that explicitly says "No public right of way". Well, we're not public, so that obviously doesn't mean us...]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/20/shap-abbey/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/20/bad-weather-decision/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/20/bad-weather-decision/#comments Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:44:57 +0000 Pete http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=1986 With a CC PSC meeting in the Wye Valley this weekend I had hoped to climb at Shorn Cliff or maybe Wintour's Leap, but the weather forecast was bad for the whole of the UK - or so we thought... ]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/20/bad-weather-decision/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/16/postcard-from-the-dolomites/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/16/postcard-from-the-dolomites/#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:10:11 +0000 Terry http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=1960 Terry's famous postcard series continues, this time from the Dolomites... ]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/16/postcard-from-the-dolomites/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/15/big-birthday-barbecue/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/15/big-birthday-barbecue/#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:21:06 +0000 Anna http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=1965 Pete turned 60 and we were invited to his birthday celebration...]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/15/big-birthday-barbecue/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/15/special-spuds/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/15/special-spuds/#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:50:18 +0000 Anna http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=1961 Thrills in Aspatria this week as we pulled our first potatoes...]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/15/special-spuds/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/2008/07/13/secret-stanage/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/13/secret-stanage/#comments Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:59:14 +0000 Paul http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=1954 A dry weekend at last saw Paul and the refugees from a wet week in the Lakes heading for Secret Stanage... ]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/13/secret-stanage/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/13/grange-old-school-opens/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/13/grange-old-school-opens/#comments Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:29:40 +0000 Ian http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=1941 After a lot of work, the CC finally opened its first hut in the Lakes...]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/13/grange-old-school-opens/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/13/twistleton-scar-cragging/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/13/twistleton-scar-cragging/#comments Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:38:16 +0000 Pete http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=1936 Limestone (especially polished limestone) can make for tricky gymnastic climbing, but it can also be great fun... Twistleton Scar offers a wide range of grades, a short approach and a lovely outlook up and down Ribblesdale... ]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/13/twistleton-scar-cragging/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/13/monte-poperna-basso/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/13/monte-poperna-basso/#comments Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:37:02 +0000 Terry http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=1939 The day was dubious anyway and called for something low down... ]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/13/monte-poperna-basso/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/13/the-cream-tea-team/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/13/the-cream-tea-team/#comments Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:16:42 +0000 Peter http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=1957 The CC hut opening wasn't the only unusual event in Borrowdale this weekend... ]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/13/the-cream-tea-team/feed/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/12/birthday-potholing/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/12/birthday-potholing/#comments Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:09:34 +0000 Pete http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=1927 To celebrate Dave's birthday he wanted to go down Gaping Ghyll's main shaft - the longest daylight pot hole shaft in the UK. But the previous week's torrential rain had made that option a decidedly dangerous proposition. Rowten Pot was chosen as a good alternative...]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/07/12/birthday-potholing/feed/