Two Steps Forward, One Step Backwards
After four weeks, it was a huge relief to get rid of my big plastic boot and knee-crutch (I’m keeping hold of both – sorted for fancy dress options for […]
Tag Archives: Harpur Hill
So long Lockdown
The “roadmap” has finally yielded the beginning of the end of the latest Lockdown (was it the 2nd or 3rd, and more importantly will it be the last?) Time for […]
Social distancing in a post-Industrial hole in the ground
We nipped into Harpur Hill for a bit of lockdown-loosened cragging and were amazed to find the place rammed – not with climbers (though we did bump into Chris and […]
High Tor and other crags beginning with H
The bizarre weather continues – lashing it down one minute and blue skies the next, with the forecasters struggling to call the difference (just pick the forecast that tells the […]
A week in The Peak
Back from Pembroke and Ogmore, what could be a greater contrast than a trip to Windgather? We headed to this friendliest of Peak crags to catch up with Bill and […]
All shades of The Peak
In between dashing for the occasional hit of mountain cragging we’ve been sampling all that The Peak has to offer. Classic grit at Stanage and Bamford, moorland escoterica on Dovestones […]
In praise of “holes in the ground”
Another scorcher on Sunday, but we only had a short day available, so the east facing, lefthand walls of The Racetrack sector at Harpur Hill. Amazing what a bit of […]
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