Blog Archive 2010-2011

Below you will find all of my blogs from most recent to oldest (click on an image to read the full blog):

18/12/11 Hart Crag & Fairfield With the impending warm weather I went to make the most of the snowy cold conditions in the Lake District at the moment. Driving down...		13/12/11 Harter Fell I headed down to Haweswater Reservoir today to see what the conditions were like after the mini thaw we've just had. Parking on the...		09/12/11 Browncove Crags & Helvellyn A trip out in to the Helvellyn range today. Parking on the side of Thirlmere, I made the steep but relatively short walk in to Browncove Crags...		20/09/11 Housey & Langlee Crags A short trip up to The Cheviots today. With a dry but windy weather forecast I went to "check out" the climbing on Housey and Langlee Crags...
04/08/11 Stickle Gill and Jack's Rake Natalie and I headed out for a day scrambling in Langdale. With a slightly rainy forecast we parked at the New Dungeon Ghyll car park and...		19/07/11 Back Bowden and Bowden Doors With heavy rain having fallen seemingly everywhere I headed out expecting a short climbing session. However, when I arrived at Back Bowden...		28/06/11 Gillercombe A fantastic day in the Lake District, linking several scrambling routes together. Parking at Seathwaite at the Southern end of Borrowdale Paul...		21/06/11 Castle Rock With rain dominating the weather forecast Russell and I headed to the Lake District for some mulit-pitch climbing. With a short walk in and some...
17/05/11 Kyloe Crag A trip out to Kyloe Crag for some climbing today with Dan, Louise and Russell. Kyloe can be a useful crag for weather avoidance as it is relatively...		14/05/11 Wolf Crag With dry sunny weather I went out to Wolf Crag for a Saturday night climbing session. Wolf Crag is one of Northumberland's more easily...		24/04/11 Corby's Crag Natalie and I headed out to Corby's Crag (Northumberland) for some bouldering and even had time to fit in some sun bathing, it was 17°C after...		22/03/11 Cheviots - Henhole and Bizzle Burn With no great winter conditions within a two hour drive, Russell and I headed for the Cheviots to explore the possibilities for future winters...
31/01/11 Ben Lui - Winter Climbing With a busy month ahead I was keen to get some winter climbing in, despite the poor weather. Due to time constraints Ben Nevis and the...		11/01/11 Great End - Winter Climbing Despite the recent thaw Russell and I headed across to the Lake District in search of Winter Climbing. Due to the warm temperatures and heavy...		22/12/10 Helvellyn Range - Winter Climbing As the cold weather continues I took the opportunity to go to the Lake District in pursuit of winter climbing. With temperatures reaching -13°C...

Please note: I won't record all of my trips out, for pragmatic reasons I will only blog the best and most interesting days out that I have.