Oh I do like to be beside the sea side…
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From Isle of Man
Author: Laetitia
Wilton Quarry
Shap Abbey
Wet & Windy at Brackenclose
Isle of Man
Greatend
Laurence Comes Climbing
De Mer de Glace àle Fayet
Montenvers Cragging
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After the skin-full last night we got up late... Too late to do anything big, so we decided to head out to the coast so I could take Pete up some sunny rock (he was still feeling tired after yesterdays efforts and booze!). We drove out to Jack Scout Crag...
The forecast was for hot and the crowds were on their way. We decided to head the other way. We drove down to Wilton Quarry and watched hundreds of cars queuing on the north bound M6...
The cold weather and early finish gave us an opportunity to explore. We decided to take the road that explicitly says "No public right of way". Well, we're not public, so that obviously doesn't mean us...
I was hosting the CC meet at the FRCC hut in Wasdale, Brackenclose, and had been looking forward for months to doing Botterill's Slab...
Caroline and Saskia talking… It was that time of year again, Caroline’s birthday, so the Elliott sisters decided it was a good excuse for another get together. The venue was Caroline’s house on the Isle of Man. I flew from Blackpool and Saskia flew from Luton. It’s always exciting flying from Blackpool. The plane is …
Another sunny day so we hot footed it up to Greatend in Borrowdale. The last time we went there it was very overgrown and a loose boulder on Banzai Pipeline persuaded us to abseil down. However, "mandy" had posted a message telling us that there had been some serious gardening going on so we decided we should investigate...
Laurence flew over from the Isle of Man for a weekend of fun and climbing...
We had great plans today - catching the early télégraphique, ski across to the Tour Ronde, tick the North Face and ski the Mer de Glace... However, news of a fatality on that mountain the day before put us off somewhat...
We didn't know how much snow there would be after last week's heavy falls so we decided a good idea would be a trip to some of the rock climbing at Montenver...