Whinlatter Wander
Month: July 2007
Grey Wife Hole
The weather had remained dry overnight so I took the chance of a trip up to Grey Wife Hole on Newby Moss, an interesting Sunday cave only 15 minutes from the road. The original plan was to go and dive the sump. Common sense prevailed and I went up with the aim of checking the …
Dodging the monsoon!
Allonby
The weather forecast caught us out and delivered yet more rain instead of the dry sunny spells promised, so we ended up passing on the climbing option. Doh! It’s a good job there are plenty of efficient mountain streams in the Lakes or else I’m sure we’d be under feet of water by now. When …
Lost Johns
Several people from WMCEG and a couple from Dudley CC have expressed an interest in supporting a trip down the Lost Johns cave system for which WMCEG had a permit for the 14th. In the event five people turned up for the trip. Rach, Rich and Colin from WMCEG: Keef and Brendon from Dudley, we …
Summer makes a fleeting visit……….
Two Routes, a Pint + a Pack of Crisps
There’s nothing like catching the best weather of the week. Actually, with all the rain so far this month (and yet more forecast), probably the best weather of the month! And then enjoying the late evening sunshine at Castle Rock with a couple of friends… It’s lucky that this week’s work venue has allowed me …
Rainy Stanage
We waited patiently in the driving rain, sheltering under a rocky overhang. We could see the distant breaks in the clouds, and yes we were rewarded with dry weather! The CC Vice Presidents, Laetitia and Pete (Finklaire), went off to enthusiastically climb every classic route on Stanage within 5 minutes walk of our rain shelter …
The Doubs – Not a Cave Diving Holiday
A mixed trip of caving, cave diving and cycling had been planned as the summer holiday for a small party including Andy (Rach please note) Sue, Marcus, Cath, little Peter and Colin. A house was booked that we had used several times before as it is centrally located in the Doubs caving area of France …