Category: Rock Climbing
Climbing rock (aka Free Climbing).
We had a long planned family trip to Swanage, but that wasn't going to mean no climbing...
What rain? We expected heavy rain on Saturday; as we drove over Snake Pass and saw the first spots on the windscreen we thought it was gonna be as forecast - wet. Maybe a day cruising the gear shops of the Peak was ahead...
Our great British summer brought more threats of wind and rain so with that in mind Colin, Bev, Clive and Paul headed for Lawrencefield...
With only a few hours of play before having to leave Chamonix to fly back to the UK we took the popular option of grabbing a few routes at Les Gaillands...
After getting up late, as usual, to a glorious sunny Saturday, and the obligatory trip to Snells to buy those really essential items we just can't live without, we left a hot and crowded Chamonix and made our way up to the cool of Vallon de Bérard...
We awoke to the accurately forecast rain on Sunday. Any worthwhile climbing in the hills was definitely off the agenda. But we suspected it would be dry either on Anglesey or perhaps back towards Llangollen...
It had rained heavily in North Wales during Friday night, but we woke up to a reasonably bright morning. Dave and I looked up and down the Llanberis Pass, trying to guess where the best weather would be, and in the end decided to stay put...
Steve and I took a trip to Tremadog to check a route or two, some access descriptions and discuss the photography requirements for the new Tremadog guidebook...
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...
