Category: Climbing
Climbing – rock, ice, mountains, boulders, etc.
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After some hectic carpet laying, to make Paul’s bedroom habitable for his stay with us over the Easter Bank Holiday, we headed out to see just how good some of the bouldering in Kentmere is. We’ve been to Badger Rock a couple of times, but haven’t tried any of the many other concentrations of bouldering. …
I didn’t want to miss out on all this adventuring on the Ben, so lucky for me Jon was keen to make the trip up north again. We left Penrith by 5.30 on Wednesday evening and made it to Fort William by 10pm. After stopping at the BP garage for a quick cup of beige …
Jon and Ian enjoy the sun at the top of Orion Direct
After our long day on Ben Nevis, and with the long drive home ahead of us, we opted for the pleasant sunny rock climbing of Polldubh. The weather was more like summer than when I've been to Polldubh before in summer...
Terry and I travelled up to the Scottish Highlands this weekend having heard about the almost perfect conditions on Ben Nevis, and adding in the continuing 'bon temps' forecast, we had to go. A big route on the Ben seemed within grasp...
Andy enjoys the sun on Troutdale Pinnacle...
Tiring going and not even half way!
“Let’s try somewhere different from the Roaches”, said Terry to Bernie this morning. “Let’s try Castle Naze”. So we did and the weather was exceptional. Still March yet the temperature in the sun hit 28C! Which explains the topless climbing photo attached.
Well, Pete & Tish were away so Terry went to play in Borrowdale and bumped into Keith and Fiona, following them up ‘Ardus’ (which is Latin for ‘gets harder every time you do it!!) Almost a summer day on Shepherds, except for the caf being closed. Opens 1 April.
