Evening Climbing
Neckband Crag
Pillar Rock
Kettle Crag
Esk Buttress Classic
Kentmere Horseshoe
Grizedale Mountain Biking
A Cold + Sunny Whit’s End Direct, Gimmer
Kentmere Mountain Biking
Skip to content
Work gets in the way far too much! We should get out climbing after work everyday...
You would have thought we’d be knackered after a week in Spain learning to skydive, but no, on the Sunday after our return, glorious Lakeland weather greeted us.
After the past week of glorious hot sunny weather, today started overcast and with a forecast for thunder storms! Perhaps not the best day to head all the way over to Pillar.
Super Hot weather, and the lethargy set it, so we had a “holiday day” at Kettle Crag. More like a holiday than regular Lakeland cragging because the weather was more like Spain than England.
With the amazing sunny weather continuing we took full advantage, hitched a ride with Max, Blue and his son Lewis, and headed up Eskdale to the superb Esk Buttress.
Thought I’d take a look at our local patch this afternoon and wander round the Kentmere Horseshoe. I decided to walk up the valley towards the reservoir this time and then catch the path up towards the Nan Bield Pass.
Great fun (and exercise) rushing around the forest getting dirty!
Ian decided to go for the sympathy vote by crashing over his handle bars.
It can’t be true, the second bank holiday of the rock climbing season proper and it’s nice weather again! The gods must be smiling on climbers for a change!
A bit of rain today, so no climbing. But that didn’t stop play, oh no! Out came the bikes, and off for a round of Kentmere we went.