In the back end of the Devils Arse show cave (formally known as Peak Cavern) lies Doom’s Retreat. Reached by diving through Ink Sump it has been the site of a great deal of digging effort by several teams of diggers over many years. Each group has been drawn into the project by the loud …
Terry and Chris went out to the RLH hut in Langdale on spec of reasonable weather today. And amazingly bumped into Dave and Fiona, members of the Aylesbury climbing club who happened to be having a meet there!!!!
Nick’s got a big boat. A very lovely big boat. And today he let me and Pete come on board and help crew for a race on the Mersey. There were 10 of us all together. Every one had a job, but as we were complete novices me and Pete were given rail crew – …
We don’t class ourselves as novice cavers anymore, so we thought we should take a trip underground on our own. Rachel knows half of Oxlow Cavern pretty well, having been there several times to dig, so we thought we’d go and discover the other half. We set out about 1pm in rain and wind. Happily …
Ewbank Scar is a fine piece of limestone. No caves visible though....
It will probably have melted by the time you get to look 🙁 at this webcam from Place Balmat, but today there has been some fresh snow in Chamonix centre, and the forecast says there’ll be more overnight! Obviously it snows in Chamonix’s high mountains all year, but it gets quite exciting when the first …
Anna's new Landrover has need a bit of tlc... heres the bits that have been changed so far.....
Months ago, Sarah persuaded Anna and me to enter the pudding race, a 10km run through Langdale
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 …
