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From More awesome Bank Holiday weather
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From Awesome Multi-Activity Weather in the Lakes
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From The National Trust; For ever, for everyone
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From Always inventing stuff - Mark Vallance
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From Panoramic Route
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From Sabi Sand Game Reserve Safari
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From Waterval Boven
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From Cape Town
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From A post CC AGM day in Cwm Idwal
Author: Pete
Founder of Sterling Adventures!
While the south of England is cloaked in fog and Birmingham suffers from flash flooding the north west is continuing to bask in glorious wall-to-wall sunshine!
When the weather is as good as this the Lakes are unbeatable! Three super sunny days on a bank holiday weekend – brilliant. But for once we didn’t give every day over to rock climbing. Instead we made a plan that had each day dedicated to a different outdoor pursuit…
The bold proclamation of the National Trust – For ever, for everyone. It sounds great doesn’t it? The thing is, having spent six months of 2017 as a NT employee, I have a worrying feeling about the organisation that has motivated me to put these words together…
So sad to hear that Mark Vallance has passed away. He was a good friend, and him being “the” guy that brought us cams, i.e. “Friends”, we all owe him at least a moment of thanks. Of course not only did he transform most climber’s lives but he helped transform the BMC and the CC …
After our amazing safari experience the final part of our South African adventure was to take in the Panoramic Route on our way back to Johannesburg…
This was it, the main event, the most exciting part of our trip to South Africa – a Safari…
The next leg of our South African adventure was Waterfall Boven. I’ve been to Waterval Boven before on an international meet run by the Mountain Club of South Africa. It’s a great sport climbing venue, with a few high quality trad lines too, but it’s certainly the tough sport climbing here that gives it international …
We’ve wanted to visit South Africa for years and years, and this year events conspired to make it possible…
Although we did get out Saturday morning for a bit of bumble around the Llanberis slate quarries most of the day was taken up with CC business. I had a presentation to deliver about the Ynys Ettws refurbishment, then there was the AGM, talks from Mina Mina Leslie-Wujastyk and Maddie Cope, and finally dinner and …
