Month: May 2007
Corvus
It was wet today! So wet that we almost stayed home and looked out of the windows wishing we were more dedicated… Are we just fair weather climbers? Then we remembered what fun we had on Liewedd in January! Yes we are dedicated! We quickly got our packs together and headed to Borrowdale, our target, …
BBC go filming
Mini LAMM, Keswick
Richard Dearden and I embarked on the mini- Lowe Alpine Mountain Marathon on Thursday. This event was organised as part of the Keswick Mountain Festival; starting from near Lattrig in Keswick, the idea was to find as many of the 19 control as possible in 4 hours. These were spread throughout the valley and hills …
Dodging the Rain at Wharncliffe
Nearly finished
Grit, Limestone and Paul’s Pink Bike
Paul and I had planned a trip to Scotland, but the weather forecast was very poor. Such a shame after the weeks of sunny weather we've been having recently. But, not to be deprived of our sport completely I headed down to the Peak to join Paul for some climbing on my least favoured rock; Grit! It seems to me that grit is either steep and strenuous or unprotected...
Four hours in a bivvy bag
Dave gives his body to a good cause for a few hours.
I got all my sisters with me…
Yeah – “We are family, I got all my sisters with me…” Well, that’s how the song goes, so me and Caroline made our way over to Bedfordshire to Saskia’s place for a weekend of sibling fun. Wine tasting, a huge pavlova, gossiping and Jonathan Ross on Friday night, and Nick’s golf on Saturday morning, …

