Lancashire and Yorkshire Bouldering
An evening of pulling on plastic and a yellow circular icon on tomorrow’s forecast had Andy and me making plans to capitalise on the last of the high pressure. I […]
Monthly Archives: November 2017
Horseshoe fix
With blue skies and Baltic conditions it was too nice to join the Tuesday lunchtime team at Stockport Wall but a bit chilly for much else. Time for a first […]
Sutherland and a first taste of winter
31 years ago, a bunch of work colleagues had a weekend away in The Pass, and we’ve got together on the same weekend pretty much every year since (none of […]
A gorgeous day at Gogarth – aren’t they all?
Back in Blighty in time to head along to the Manchester University Mountaineering Club (MUMC) and Rucksack Club joint meet at our hut in The Pass. Inevitable drizzle on Saturday […]
Highlights from a Balkan Odyssey
Back home from our Balkan Odyssey, and a chance to reflect on some of the highlights of a two-month, 10,000km climbing road-trip through Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria to […]
Effels, Nideggen
For a final night we were looking for somewhere within striking distance of Rotterdam (3 hours or so), not too far out of our way, and with maybe the chance […]
Burgfelsen, Lofenstein
We spent a peaceful but very expensive (€24!) night at a campsite in Steyr (an odd spot which seemed to double up as the boathouse and launch ramp for the […]
