Blog’s Fourth Birthday

Monday, 28th December 2009

Yet another year is nearly over, and it's been a really wet year too - November saw record rainfall and devastating floods in Cumbria ... but the blog is another year old; a grand old age of four!

Yad Moss – Pennine Skiing

Sunday, 27th December 2009

I got up early this morning, with the intention of taking advantage of the winter climbing possibilities in the Lakes. Ended up skiing instead?! Nice.

White Lakeland Christmas

Friday, 25th December 2009

It was a glorious day, dinner could wait, so we went for a walk. As we were heading out into the wintry snow, we packed supplies… Champagne – check Nibbles – check Extra Christmas presents – check We ventured out from the door and made our way to the highest point – Brunt Knott On …

Who’d have thunk it…

Wednesday, 23rd December 2009

...a days winter climbing in the Lakes scuppered by too much snow! Shouldn't complain though, blue skies all day, light winds and the place to ourselves - apart from the very friendly/hungry robin that followed us most of the way in.

We go the extra mile

Tuesday, 22nd December 2009

Cake has featured quite a lot this weekend, so I'll give a quick run down...

Let it Snow

Tuesday, 22nd December 2009

And snow it did. And then it snowed some more…. So we stayed at home and fed the birds.

Canberra

Monday, 21st December 2009

Having arrived in Canberra to temperatures hovering around 30 °C, after a few days we set off to the Snowy Mountains with an ascent of Mt Kosciuszco [2228m] in mind...

Stob Coire Nam Beith

Sunday, 20th December 2009

With a forecast for cold temperatures and reports of good winter climbing conditions the previous weekend, Matt and I headed north on Friday night to see what we could find.