Laurence flew over from the Isle of Man for a weekend of fun and climbing.
Our first day was a mountain day. The car park at Stickle Barn was absolutely chocca so we drove back to the RLH, where we caught up with Terry, Bernie and Chris, and then walked back along the road.
Laurence managed the trek up to Stickle Tarn quite easily, so we headed to Jacks Rake. This was his first adventure in a mountain environment and he did a brilliant job. He’d taken on board all the advise I could think of: use your eyes; be careful with your feet; test the holds. He made it look easy, ‘though he did confess to being a bit scared.
We met Pete and Paul on the way down – they were have a break between routes – and then we slowly made our way down to Stick Barn for a well deserved ice cream – my very first Twister :yum: :yum:
A bbq and slide show were the evening’s entertainment at the RLH with Terry, Bernie, Chris, Ian, Anna, Little John, Paul and Pete.
On Sunday we made our way up to Shepherds to give Laurence the opportunity to climb with ropes on Brown Slabs. He loved it, “This is much better than yesterday” he kept saying – ah, a true climber, who doesn’t like the long walk-ins! π
He did a great job on Brown Slabs Face and Brown Slabs Direct, only needing a couple of pointers on the steeper bits.
It must have been a successful weekend when he exclaimed, “This has been the best 2 days of my life”. π
On the way back to the car we saw a red squirrel. π
Don’t let his folks see the brilliant picture of him on the climb, they’ll never let you have him again β
… and you even got a photo of the squirrell!! π
Actually, its a stuffed one I left there last week π