Year: 2012
Dried Cod
Friday had terrible weather, so after a walk in the mountains in the rain in the morning, we beat a retreat and rented a fishermen’s cottage, or Rorbu, for the night. The rest of the day was taken up with watching the rain out the window, drying gear, and eating cinnamon rolls from the Ã… …
We did a bit of climbing
I got invited on another climbing trip to the Dolomites by my friends Neil and Elizabeth and I can never resist being invited on climbing trips, especially when the lure of Italian food, mountains and the great company of Neil, Elizabeth and Friends is involved, and I even repaid the favour, by tempting my friend …
Side Walk
Laetitia’s parents were visiting at the weekend and somehow I managed to get a day-pass to go out climbing with Paul! (I think Laetitia had taken pity on me after having managed so little quality climbing this year due to the awful rainy weather we’ve been having all summer.) We chose Dow Crag, and Paul …
Two to Ã…, please
(Not Really) Making New Ground
Whitworth Upstream
Soaked!
Land of Monasteries
As long as nice summer weather lasts I’m not wasting my time during the weekends. During my drive home from my previous weekend trip I noticed an interesting looking gorge and I decided to come back here to check it out. Then I found out that the area has several Orthodox monasteries worth visiting, one of them even part of the UNESCO World Heritage.