Pot Scar

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.

Pot Scar is a very quick 20 minutes walk from the tiny village of Feizor and provides plenty of fairly short routes in amenable grades, and maybe best of all, there is a cafe where you park the car!!!!!

We had the place to ourselves. Perhaps it is mainly used as an evening crag. It certainly is popular at some time as there is plenty of polish, especially at the beginning of the popular routes.

The crag was sheltered from the wind, the rock was warm, and my body was being reminded of what summer should feel like. I even thought I might get my sunglasses out to reduce the glare from the guidebook pages, until I remembered they were back at home – I haven’t needed them much recently.

The routes were great, with just the right amount of challenge and just the right amount of protection.

We finished pretty early – we had a party to prepare for – and we decided to miss the cafe. It was still open and looked very tempting, but we had a carrot cake with our name on it waiting for us at home.

A quick change into beach clothes, and off we went to Ormskirk for Mark’s 40th beach theme birthday party. It was mad… actually it was fantastic. Hog roast, tons of food, cocktails, and loads of people in great fancy dress – mermaids, pirates, desert island discs, sand-castles, message in a bottle, jelly fish, and a few Robinson Crusoes.