Bank holiday monday saw us eager to get out climinbing again, and after drawing straws to see if we head south into the Cleveland hills or head north into Northumberland we set off north, hoping the weather would be nice.
We headed off for Great Wanney with our photocopied version of the guidebook. Found the place [...]
For our first trip climbing outdoors on our own we decided to go back to Brown Slabs at Shepherds Crag in the Lake District. We also decided to go back on August bank holiday weekend! Would this turn out to be a huge mistake, or would we survive!
We got to the Lakes by about 7.30pm, [...]
Sitting in after a trip to Rock Antics in the afternoon I decided to get out of the house and take in a trip to Northumberland. Having spotted Corby’s Crag in the bouldering guide recently it looked an ideal destination, with plenty of each graded bouldering to be had (B1/2 or 4c/5a).
I have to say [...]
Well first trip down to Rock Antics on Sunday (website under ‘construction’ - Very bad as they haven’t even left a phone number or address up - I would recommend phone number, email contact, address and opening times as a minimum).
The place is simply packed to the gills with walls, and each panel is covered [...]
Oh my, what a day!
As a birthday present I got bought a days climbing instruction. The instructor took us to Shepherd Crag in Borrowdale for what was possibly one of the best days of my life.
The instructor was good (Mountain Activity Company - Nick was excellent), the weather was bright and sunny (after some [...]
UKC Forums - camping in Northumberland
Another link to a UKClimbing post just so I can remember where it is - we only live in Gateshead but when it can take 2hours+ to get to some parts of Northumberland camping in the future might be an option.