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This weekend Anna and I headed to The Downes hut to meet up with friends from our old climbing club in London. Paul headed south from Barnsley and also joined us.
It wasn't raining, but I was feeling cold and I didn't want to venture high. I wanted to avoid the potential crowds (!) on low-lying Lakeland rock and so I decided that we should head east to Yorkshire. I like the area near Austwick, so Pete picked a new venue for us - Pot Scar...
After what seems like two weeks of continuous rain it had finally stopped – the sun was even threatening to show it’s face, well there was certainly the odd speck of blue sky within sight. So with only a few weeks left of light evenings (yes, depressing I know, but summer hasn’t got that long …
Last weekend Mina and I drove to the Northern Vosgese climbing spots about an hour from our place in Karlsruhe...
Tuesday evening is normally climbing time but work and weather seem to have colluded to prevent any activity until now...
The weather didn't look so great on Sunday morning when we eventually got out of bed. The 'A' Team at Grange were off to Black Crag, but we thought the rain was imminent, so we chose a very unusual activity for us - a walk...
Maintenance meet/meat.....
With bad weather forecast for the maintenance meet w/e, Anna and I headed out for a quick evening trip up Haystacks with the AW walking group.
Working just outside Edinburgh (Livingston) I've gotten hold of a copy of the Lowland Outcrops SMC guidebook and have been looking for after-work cragging entertainment...
