Month: June 2007
Another week at work, another opportunity to sample some of London’s eateries! However, this week I was joined by Laetitia, Dave and Justin. Dave and Justin were in London for a few days with their company Lyon Equipment running a stall at a trade fair – something about rope access for theatres, and obviously London …
We’d gone down to the Cark Drop Zone to see if we could do some sky diving there; it was shut! So we settled for an inspiring walk out onto the beach (Morecambe Bay sands) at Humphrey Head. I recognised the name but wasn’t sure why until we saw the chalk left on the rock …
Marcus wanted to go and have a look at sump six in P8 (Jackpot) in Derbyshire. Several years ago he did some work towards sump ten but had always by-passed sump six which branches off between sumps five and seven, both of which drain into six. With sump six being the lowest point in what …
It was still hot! Would it never end??? (I know in a months time I’ll be moaning about the rain) Parking in Grasmere on the busiest day of the year (BHF fun run) proved difficult and expensive, but we managed and were soon at Helm Crag. This appears to be another crag suffering from under-use. …
June 9th-10th was the Lowe Alpine Mountain Marathon. Four of us embarked to Scotland for the weekend; Richard and John and Pete and I. We were all to embark on the C class …. 45 k of orienteering, carrying everything required for the night. Even though we did the C class, this is by no …
Cameo E1 5a Having resigned myself to another weekend of inactivity due to a sore and swollen ankle and after a text from Strong Shane [Ed. SS] “wanna climb tomorrow” I thought why not! So after more texts Shane suggested Wilton, Lancashire’s answer to Millstone. Starting in W3 Shane opted for warming up on a …
To round off an excellent day, except for hurting my thumb, we enjoyed an awesome BBQ on the shore of Derwent water… We even fed some of the ducks, check out Sarah ‘hand’ feeding them…
Today’s great plan was to give Grand Alliance (the ultra classic E4 of Black Crag, Borrowdale) a shot! “Before”; Starting Prana I thought I’d warm up, and check out how strong the fingers felt, by repeating it’s neighbour, Prana, an amazing E3… When I last climbed Prana the crux was reaching a crucial positive hold …
After a hot day at Black crag, what more could we want..... yes magnums delivered courtesy of Jon.... Mmmmmmmmmmmm.
