Magic Number

Thursday 3rd May
White Ghyll,
The Slabs Route 1 (69m, S)
Seen below at upper left of picture, immense wall of grey rock

After a mass increasing, time dilating but relatively short slog up the Ghyll we were ready to go

NB running it out on P3

Gear!

A fine route with some great positions, particularly on P2 and P3

P1

© bowlingj
UKC

It's not easy having a good time.......

Do the Strand

Friday April 7th
After yesterdays deluge a great day for the beach

Walked to Marske and back


Fantastic light

The Hard Way

Monday April 16th
Possible Pinnacle day but opted for Shepherds visit as weather not great.

Donkey's Ears (S) - retrieved distracted crag fast young chap along the way, very distracting!

Last pitch Donkey's Ears
(c) Jamie Moss UKC

Ardus MVS 4b

NB contempates P2

The delicate traverse is done, it's all still there....

Final crack sorted with a modicum of drama, and
NB followed using NormStorm tactics

Weather held up well for a pleasant final route - Brown Slabs in the sunshine



Had brief encounter with Sir CB on walk out, (just completed Little Chamonix with a veteran chap), we exchanged pleasantries, fortunately I don't think he recognised us.....

Bowderised

Tuesday March 20th

More like June, 22deg and counting

Adventurous multi-crag day in Blistering Borrowdale

First up - Bowderstone Pinnacle - much admired from afar, now finally getting to grips with it

P1, HS+

BP about to do battle with the bulge

NB follows in a fine position

BP heading up into God-knows what's up there?

It took three belays to get up and off this tricky top out.

A minor epic


From here a rope walk off then down for two routes back in the valley on Woden's Face

Sphinxing about

March 21st
Three get out - NB,BP, AT
Getting the outside - back inside - the head

Setting out across space

 Making the twinkly move

 Making the twinkly move

finishing in a fine position
safe as houses but feeling out there

Norm abbing

BP balances upwards

Four Market Towns

18th March
Mothering Sunday
Chauffeur service for the mothers- tour of 4 market towns
Barnard Castle
Kirkby Stephen
Sedbergh
Kirkby Lonsdale

Kirkby Stephen

Howgill in the Howgill Fells

Sedbergh

Kirkby Lonsdale





What a trip!

Big in Bozel

March 3rd - 9th
It's the third year in a row for Thomski at Bozel Base
No overnight stop so 7 days skiing on offer
5 sunny, two snowy days added up to a great week

View across to gondola arrival

Looking across to the run off the back down to the Borselieres

Above the Rossa lift

Big area
Big snow
Big mountains
Big days out


More pictures here

A three minute video of most of the team here

And another video featuring some side of the piste stuff here