Dampish on The Scout
Williamson’s Monument (Not)
Dave and Laetitia at our faux monument We’ve lived in the Kentmere valley for years and have never walked up to the interestingly named Williamson’s Monument… Today (after a morning of yet more rain and some essential gardening chores) we (Dave E, Laetitia and Pete) took the opportunity to walk up to the “monument”. The …
Grey Wife Cave
This weekend, I have not only learnt the delights of Bar Pot and Grey Wife, but also, how committed and absolutely crazy my friend Colin is. Seriously, this man is nutty. Caving is one thing, cave diving is another thing. However cave diving in Grey Wife is a completely different matter. The amount of effort …
Bar Pot
The plan for the weekend involved three choices for the Saturday. We (Rach and Colin) ended up taking the second choice which was Bar Pot, one of the simpler entrances into the Gaping Gill system. After a quick walk up to the entrance we dropped down pitch one (the photo is Rach half way down), …
Warton Warriors
At 9am it was gloriously sunny, at 9.30 it was getting decidedly over-cast, at 10am it was quite cool. We decided a strategic journey south would give us a better opportunity to do some climbing… Earlier in the year (see this) we had tried Warton quarry, but the bird (Peregrine) ban prevented climbing. We checked …
Black Darter
Black Darter Dragonfly While Laetitia and I were are Warton Quarry today I got a chance to get really close to and photograph this Black Darter (Sympetrum danae) dragonfly. 🙂 Well, I’m pretty sure it’s a Black Darter – I’m no dragonfly expert! 😕 Correction; it’s a Common Darter, see comments below…
Colin Cycle Race Hero
Something Stupid on Long Scar
At last, a sunny day in the Lake District coincides with when I’m home. After a day in front of the laptop, I had a quick look at the guide and decided we should go to Long Scar for an evening of medium grade climbing – it’s south west facing and gets the best of …
Eden Valley Hoax
As a cure for a hangover and to work an appetite up for the now legendary “Ross” cooked breakfasts (oh, and also to vainly attempt to use a few calories from the superb food prepared by Andy & Sabiene the evening before), Sarah, Andy, Anna, Ian, Sabiene, Laetitia & Pete took a stroll along the …