I want that pudding!!!!!!!!!!
Year: 2007
Quick Gin
For those that don’t like things that are too sloe, take a tip from me and get your gin quickly. All you need is: some cash (wonga) transport (your feet may do) a shop a pair of eyes (I suppose one eye would do) a shopping basket (or trolley if you need more than several …
Windgather and the Roaches
The boulderers tell us that zero deg C is best for friction. Well, although Tuesday dawned beautiful and clear, it was in fact fff..ing fffreezing, with a wind chill too. So, maybe Windgather wasn’t a good choice, with just a hint of slippiness as well? We took photo opportunities, to emulate the Rockfax shot (p114), …
Diane’s 1st Mountain
After my mum’s successful ascent of Helvellyn a few months before, my sister Diane decided to follow in our footsteps and go on her first ever walk in the Cumbrian Fells. I thought what better introduction could there be than a scramble along Halls Fell ridge on Blencathra. Andy, Brian, my mum Dorothy, Diane & …
Terry takes us to ‘Jack Scout Crag’
The team spread out on Jack Scout Crag in the November sunshine. 😀 Terry has been to Jack Scout crag before and it seemed like a good venue following the fireworks and booze of the evening before. A sunny aspect, short lines and something for everyone, even me with my injured tendon – no climbing …
Fireworks
:star: Our firework party is an annual event… :star: Check out the “small” firework Sabiene came with…
Kentmere Horseshoe
The boys contemplate turning this wheel at Kentmere reservoir and flooding Kendal! Paul, Dave, Laetitia & Pete enjoyed a day out doing the famous ridge walk, the Kentmere Horseshoe, today. Having been round this classic walk a few times before (it being our local valley), we did a counter clockwise circuit for a change and …
Making Sloe Gin (inc. Ingredients)
Last year we collected a load of sloe berries to make some amazingly tasty sloe gin (check here for that). In fact it was so tasty that we’ve done the same again this year! Although with the wet summer this year the berries were much fatter. Yee ha, should be even tastier!!! We are much …
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This plug-in enables the Sterling Adventures bbPress forum (News) to use the avatars from the blog (Adventures). It isn’t an elaborate plug-in, but I am fairly proud of it, if only because it only took 30 minutes to write. So, I think it is worth sharing…