Author: Pete
Founder of Sterling Adventures!
"The weekend looks set to be wet again." says Ian, "Lets get out Friday evening if it stays dry..."
Ian and I met up in Chapel Stile with plan A being a trip to Gimmer - the weather in the morning had been wall to wall blue skies. But no, not for us, as I drove down the Langdale road it was raining! But we soldiered on and changed to plan B, Raven Crag...
The combination of the weather forecast and the actual weather messed up all our plans for climbing this Friday, Saturday and Sunday...
We'd planned a day up high today after our little bit of acclimatisation yesterday. But as luck would have it Laetitia has caught a cold...
After waking up to a beautiful morning, late as usual, I was keen to get out after two days cooped up in the apartment...
Yes this slab (sorry, wall, Terry) was "Grande" and great fun too. Although I think we got off route a bit at one point finding ourselves in the middle of very blank slab some way above the last protection...
We said we'd get back to Le Chapeau (it was good last time) - and today the poor forecast coupled with our forgetting the guidebook meant we needed a plan B; Chapeu...
The weather forecast caught us out and delivered yet more rain instead of the dry sunny spells promised, so we ended up passing on the climbing option. Doh! It's a good job there are plenty of efficient mountain streams in the Lakes or else I'm sure we'd be under feet of water by now. When will the rain stop and summer arrive?
There's nothing like catching the best weather of the week. Actually, with all the rain so far this month (and yet more forecast), probably the best weather of the month! And then enjoying the late evening sunshine at Castle Rock with a couple of friends...
