R O Downes Hut Maintenance Meet
BBQ summer fizzles out
Froggatt
Pot Scar
Evening Grit
Lakeland Letterboxes
Grange CC maintenance meet
Haystacks
Lundy Letterboxes
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We heard the Downes hut was in need of a little attention, so I gathered some troops for a weekend of work...
It was the last walk of the AW Thursday night walking group, and true to form for this year the weather was rubbish.
This weekend Anna and I headed to The Downes hut to meet up with friends from our old climbing club in London. Paul headed south from Barnsley and also joined us.
It wasn't raining, but I was feeling cold and I didn't want to venture high. I wanted to avoid the potential crowds (!) on low-lying Lakeland rock and so I decided that we should head east to Yorkshire. I like the area near Austwick, so Pete picked a new venue for us - Pot Scar...
Tuesday evening is normally climbing time but work and weather seem to have colluded to prevent any activity until now...
The weather didn't look so great on Sunday morning when we eventually got out of bed. The 'A' Team at Grange were off to Black Crag, but we thought the rain was imminent, so we chose a very unusual activity for us - a walk...
Maintenance meet/meat.....
With bad weather forecast for the maintenance meet w/e, Anna and I headed out for a quick evening trip up Haystacks with the AW walking group.
On our rainy day I spotted a Lundy Letterboxing clue pack in the shop ... a way to turn a wet day getting bored and festering in the hut into an outdoor, all-weather, adventure...