June 9th-10th was the Lowe Alpine Mountain Marathon. Four of us embarked to Scotland for the weekend; Richard and John and Pete and I. We were all to embark on the C class .... 45 k of orienteering, carrying everything required for the night...
Having resigned myself to another weekend of inactivity due to a sore and swollen ankle and after a text from Strong Shane "wanna climb tomorrow" I thought why not! So after more texts S Shane suggested Wilton, Lancashire's answer to Millstone...
To round off an excellent day, except for hurting my thumb, we enjoyed an awesome BBQ on the shore of Derwent water...
Today's great plan was to give Grand Alliance (the ultra classic E4 of Black Crag, Borrowdale) a shot...
After a hot day at Black crag, what more could we want..... yes magnums delivered courtesy of Jon.... Mmmmmmmmmmmm.
Terry's trip report from the Costa Durada, near Barcelona, came in 'pre-internet' form; a postcard...
Dave & Pippa took a trip down the Lune from Halton to Glasson Dock.
With glorious midweek weather in Borrowdale, we headed up to Christmas Crag to escape the crowds.....
Pete flew back to Blighty this morning, so me, mum and dad went for a tourist trip by taking the train up to Montenvers for a closer look at the Mer de Glace...
