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Author: Laetitia
After a day of short bolted routes, we decided to go back to the more fun traditional multi pitch climbs, but we would stick to ones in the sun (but keeping the grades reasonably moderate to look after Pete’s finger tendon injury)… On Tuesday we started with the first on our tick list – Geronimo. …
After yesterday’s epic on Jubilant Song we were so knackered we decided on a day checking out the Hoover Dam, it’s just 30 miles from Las Vegas, so we couldn’t miss it really… But the day started badly, our hire car had sprung an oil leak! All the oil had dripped onto the car park …
Las Vegas Boulevard – The Strip – what an amazing place! Entertainment city. So many lights, so many gimmicks trying to lure you in to spend your money. We spent a few hours wondering up and down the Strip, mostly just looking at the outside of the buildings but occasionally taking a look inside to …
Check out the snow in the background! Yesterday we got up early – still used to UK time – so we made our way to the Red Rock Loop Road, hitting the Visitors Centre just after it opened at 8am. It was a cold morning, but that didn’t deter us, so we started the loop …
Caroline and Saskia came up to the Lakes to enjoy the wonderful weather. It rained! Then it rained some more. We went shopping, spent lots of money 😀 and then had a lovely meal at Zeffirellis in Ambleside. We were surprised to find no meat on menu. I hadn’t realised that it is vegetarian. Hmmmm, …
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 – …
The boys contemplate turning this wheel at Kentmere reservoir and flooding Kendal! Paul, Dave, Laetitia & Pete enjoyed a day out doing the famous ridge walk, the Kentmere Horseshoe, today. Having been round this classic walk a few times before (it being our local valley), we did a counter clockwise circuit for a change and …
Last year we collected a load of sloe berries to make some amazingly tasty sloe gin (check here for that). In fact it was so tasty that we’ve done the same again this year! Although with the wet summer this year the berries were much fatter. Yee ha, should be even tastier!!! We are much …
High on the wonderful Laveredo Wall We were very tired after a bad nights sleep due to three snorers in Ynws Ettws’ bunk room and a little too much wine! So after a hearty Pete Eats breakfast in Llanberis we decided a nice easy day was called for. The venue, Carreg Altrem, has some wonderful …