Author: Pete
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The team spread out on Jack Scout Crag in the November sunshine. 😀 Terry has been to Jack Scout crag before and it seemed like a good venue following the fireworks and booze of the evening before. A sunny aspect, short lines and something for everyone, even me with my injured tendon – no climbing …
:star: Our firework party is an annual event… :star: Check out the “small” firework Sabiene came with…
The BBC weather forecasters had said it would rain heavily on Sunday, but as seems usual they got it wrong for Cumbria. Instead what they meant was it would rain in London and that the band of rain would have passed through Cumbria the night before… And did it rain last night! At least the …
Being a bit (okay, a lot) of a grown-up kid, I planted a load of sunflower seeds this summer. Actually, I planted some last year too, but I planted them straight into the garden and the slugs (and mice!) ate them all before they got established. This year I grew them for a few weeks …
The colours in Chamonix, with the glorious low angled sunshine, are fantastic at this time a year. Also, a note for the future – alpinism at this time of year might be better than the traditional summer season? What is certain is (thanks to global warming?) the season is longer…
Laetitia & Vikki, with Mick Fowler & George Band behind The Welsh dinner was preceded by an EGM regarding the proposed new Lakes hut – check out the CC web site for more details on that. Next was the now annual slide competition. We’d entered a few pictures again this year, but there was no …
As is customary, Terry sends his greetings from far flung places, this time Canada, using pre-internet technology; a postcard! 😉 It seems that the weather is getting cold in the Bow Valley (down to -5°C at night), so the ice season isn’t that far away, but during the day is still allowing some great rock …
Jon two thirds of the way up Behind the Lines The weather forecast for the weekend looked great on Tuesday. Every day since then it has deteriorated and opening the curtains this morning revealed the truth, it had – grey and damp. Not the best weather for the adventure Jon and I had planned… We …
Grabbing some Cornish good weather before the long dark winter... Well, that was the plan for our trip to Cornwall, staying at the CC's Bosigran hut, the Count House...
