From 2015 Family Christmas
From Lake District Rock Wins at Banff
From A Chamonix Painting Expedition
From Black Belt James
From Autumnal Shepherds
From Lakeland is Beautiful
From September Sunshine
From Coniston & Zac's First Swim
From Esk Gorge Scramble

2015 Family Christmas

Saturday, 2nd January 2016

Once again we had a big family gathering at Christmas. Unfortunately Pete’s mum couldn’t make it this year because she wasn’t feeling too well.

Lake District Rock Wins at Banff

Sunday, 8th November 2015

Lake District Rock, has won the guidebook category at the Banff Mountain festival. What a great achievement for the FRCC Guidebook Committee. Congratulations!

A Chamonix Painting Expedition

Saturday, 7th November 2015

Time to Work Last week Ian and I went to the French Alps to get a load of apartment maintenance work done. The lounge area got a complete floor-to-ceiling paint job (there was a nasty crack in the ceiling to repair too), and Ian’s kitchen area got a new worktop… Here’s a shot of the …

Black Belt James

Saturday, 7th November 2015

After 5 years of hard work, James achieved his Black Belt, and he’s still under 13.

Autumnal Shepherds

Sunday, 4th October 2015

We met up with Helen and Mo at Shepherds today.

Lakeland is Beautiful

Friday, 18th September 2015

The Lakes are without doubt absolutely beautiful!

September Sunshine

Tuesday, 8th September 2015

Black Crag – Camless Last week my great pal Boris was visiting the Lakes and we stole a couple of days to get Boris back on the rock… On the first day we went to Wallowbarrow in the Duddon valley for a gentle reintroduction to climbing rocks. I didn’t get any pictures – it was …