Gogarth Main Cliff… and the express elevator
Another dodgy forecast prompted the first visit of the year to the hallowed crags of Holyhead for guaranteed sunshine, which duly greeted us as we crossed the Menai Straits. Lucky […]
Monthly Archives: April 2018
Dyserth Castle Quarry
The usual trawl through cragging locations on the Met Office weather app made pretty sobering reading: damp, dull, chilly. The only prospect of climbing was on the North Wales coast […]
New Mills Torrs
What a difference a week makes – another Wednesday evening meet on quarried grit, but a world of difference in the weather! From 24C down to about 10C and from […]
Beudy Birthday Bash
It’s the 70th Anniversary of the Rucksack Club’s acquisition of our Llanberis hut, Beudy Mawr, and there’s a major gathering to celebrate. For once, the weather gods are smiling and […]
Stanage Spring Sunshine
As the heatwave continues it’s not surprising that Stanage is looking busy despite it being a Friday. High Neb is humming. First time on the hallowed Grit this year so […]
A jolly day at Giggleswick
Grabbing the weather window we headed to Giggleswick South – probably not everyone’s idea of the perfect crag but handy as a meeting point between the Lakes, south Yorkshire and […]
Summer arrives at Hobson Moor
Got lucky again with the weather – REALLY lucky this time! After a shocking winter and early spring, and the washout of the first two Rucksack Club Wednesday evening meets, […]
