Month: August 2007
A fantastic dinner (eight courses, four of which were desserts 😛 ) and a little booze (to lubricate the brain cells 😯 ) set up the field of contenders for the Trivial Pursuit championship… Earlier in the evening, and well before we got to the awesome food and the boys beating the girls at Trivial …
Not dancing, not singing and not even “Minging in the Rain” this time! Today it was Dave’s turn to put Gene Kelly to shame… …with a bit of Swinging in the continuing Lakeland monsoon!
Enjoying the great second pitch of Thirlmere Eliminate “The weekend looks set to be wet again.” says Ian, “Lets get out Friday evening if it stays dry…” We choose one of our favourite roadside crags, Castle Rock, to meet and I choose Thirlmere Eliminate for the four (Anna, Ian, Laetitia and I) of us. It’s …
Monday evening saw me and Pete high on Green Gable, in wind and cloud. We found Steve, but no sign of Anne in the cloud.....
Walking near Derwent Water The weather wasn’t great, which seems to be the norm in this summer, but we were determined to get out and make the most of it. Andy and Angela had come to visit and I wanted to let them have a chance to see some great views, albeit through the Cumbrian …
Well Kats, nice to know that its good weather in the Rockies, with an apparently fantastic season to date… Everett and Doug have been active again and sent me a picture of the North Face of Mt Stanley, taken from Mt Whymper, opposite, which they climbed today. Stanley is the face furthest right (the great …
Saturday, phone rings, it`s Clive. “Forecast’s poor for tomorrow so we’re off to Dovestone Tor”. Ok I’ll follow on. Two hours later I arrive to see Clive and Ganley finishing Route 1. After climbing Lancaster Flyby we moved back to the overhanging jugfest of Great Buttress (a gritstone must do) followed by two more jugfests …
After enough good weather in the Hepste valley in South Wales Andy and Colin thought Tucks Rift might be in condition. This is a long term project that has resulted in us finding about 100 m of previously unexplored passage and one aven with an impassable surface connection. At the end of this passage there …
Summer let us down again in the Lakes.............. with rain threatening in Langdale we headed again for Raven Crag, (close to the road) and the rain duly arrived; no sign of Gene Kelly, but better footwork from Tish as she danced up the wet rock.....................
