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From Birthday Potholing
Year: 2008
Pete turned 60 and we were invited to his birthday celebration...
Thrills in Aspatria this week as we pulled our first potatoes...
Fiona gets in her first ever garlic crop...
A dry weekend at last saw Paul and the refugees from a wet week in the Lakes heading for Secret Stanage...
After a lot of work, the CC finally opened its first hut in the Lakes...
Limestone (especially polished limestone) can make for tricky gymnastic climbing, but it can also be great fun... Twistleton Scar offers a wide range of grades, a short approach and a lovely outlook up and down Ribblesdale...
The day was dubious anyway and called for something low down...
The CC hut opening wasn't the only unusual event in Borrowdale this weekend...
To celebrate Dave’s birthday he wanted to go down Gaping Ghyll’s main shaft – the longest daylight pot hole in the UK. But the previous week’s torrential rain had made that option a decidedly dangerous proposition. Rowten Pot was chosen as a good alternative, being a nice short walk and not threatened by high water …