Back in the Peak
When the sun is shining, the Peak District really is a great place to come home to. In its August prime of purple heather, the scenery is sumptuous! Two contrasting […]
When the sun is shining, the Peak District really is a great place to come home to. In its August prime of purple heather, the scenery is sumptuous! Two contrasting […]
The Grand Beaux Temps were forecast to end in storms in the Val d’Arve and up into chamonix, and my toes weren’t fit for any more multipitch madness, so a […]
More like deux Vieux de la montagne – a very appropriate name. … l certainly felt like an old man of the mountains after this one. La Balme is almost […]
Back to the limestone, and another of the mega adventure crags of the Val d’Arve – Les Vuardes is on the opposite side of the valley to Maladiere, and similarly […]
After the fun of Guy Anne, we only had time for a short route before heading back down the hill. The thought of missing the last train down from Montenvers […]
amonixOur main objective for the week was the route Guy Anne, a 12 pitch TD+ with almost every pitch 6a or 6a+. It takes the skyline of the most prominent […]
With Grande Beaux Temps forecast for a few days, we decided to head up to the Refuge d’Envers for a couple of days. Our plans for an early start were […]
Just arrived in the Chamonix valley for a week’s Alpine hit. Dodgy weather when we arrived on Tuesday, but an on time flight and speedy car pickup left us with […]
We caught up with Mike and Dave in Borrowdale, in more unpromising weather, so an afternoon on Castle Rock was an unexpected bonus. Another handy and fast drying venue, with […]
Geoff’s Beudy Meet attracted a huge turnout – I counted at least 25, which must be something of a record! Geoff’s chilli was, by his own admission, “probably his finest […]