Derwent dipping

25th July
Shady walk on a really hot day around Derwentwater
Dipsville!
Click on a pic for full res experience!

Setting out


What a corking day!

Legs.
Are.

Out.

Lunch Spot

Thomski dips with the ducks

Bus back from Lodore south via Seatoller back to Keswick for the full Borrowdale experience

Howaah the Trad Lads

July 23rd
Peel Crag
Rendez Vous at Hadrians for more Whin Sill Struggles
Route 1 (VD) AT NB
Ulysses (VD) NB AT
Sunset (MS) NB AT
plus Twin Cracks VS5a and Overhanging Corner (MVS 4c)
BP and CB also Rock Island Line E1 5b and Tiger Wall VS 4c
and others

Middle of a warm mid summer spell so headed for the north face Romanesque delights - a short day for me given a dash back to the Boro for a 6pm appointment at JCUH, but plenty done and great to be in the company of Colin "Where's the Bolts?" Binks.  The Gman was booked in but he went and twisted a joint - time he learned how to roll 'em!

Mr B in colourful mode
Red, Purple, Yellow Blue and Orange all feature in a subtle blend.

Twin Cracks
Some hard moves low down


A series of shots from Overhanging Crack (MVS 4c) follow

Moving up the delicate cracks
Great Pro here

Mr Easyjet Binks gaining height - it's all there

Rocking up to the big jams

AT follows
in fine position

NB gets ready to make some tricky moves past the half way rest

Let's go!

More climbers please to this great lump of rock

NB coiling up right centre

Our Friends in the South

17th - 20th July
Roger and Sue visit

Warm walk to Headlam

Aperros!

Gorgeous!

Evening BBQ back at the ranch

Saturday out at Tynemouth

then....

Americana in Gateshead

Cafe 21 quite posh nosh!

Chuck Prophet - Sage 2 - Gan mental man!

Brilliant show

Saturday over to Fairbank for overnight
Shame weather not like this....

Great weekend and safe travelling in the new limo!

Play that song again I could hear it all all night long

They say every key is an original.....

This guy is

Multi (N) Yorks

16th July
North Yorks Multi Crag
A short day plan came good with a visit to Wainstones and an excursion out onto the classics at Ravenscar

2 slabs, 3 Lings and a Sphinx

Mr P sets up to head left and up and off

Another day

A good view of Ling Buttress

3 routes all good
Left out of the inverted v niche
Or up as per this climber and out via the central crack,
or (hardest) the right hand arete.
© John Lavelle UKC

On Airlift

Steep and juggy well protected get up there sort of route

Forest Face
Minor classic

Feels out there

What a sky

Patio days

Friday 4th - Monday 7th
Vikki and Pete at West House

Sizing up the door job

Collecting some raw materials

Barbie Nights

Technicolour cruising

Langdale playgrounds
Gimmer mid left sky line
See here for close up of distant action

Ducks

Deluxe

Fantastic photons all weekend

Not to mention some great tones

Stomping grounds

Happened to have some spare time in Leeds
So visited some all our yesterdays spots from 40 years back

Used to be in the Arcades, now in St John's Mall

Initial SC digs in 11A Springfield Mount

Me and Karl had top floor room at back

Hiten and Alex in front

A final year in the small front - forgotten his name - think we drove him mad

Many friendly mice

Back then the best I could manage was half a share in a Triumph Herald soft top

Plus ca change.....

Jeremy in the basement

Stuart on the ground floor

Karl middle

Andy up top

Let's do the Time Warp again!

Finished up at Manor Drive
Eileen in ground floor
Helen and Fuad middle
Me up top again

Plus another bloke Martin, who had noisy sessions with his pneumatic GF

Lots of damp in there, parents freaked out when they visited.

Stair carpet stolen the night of a party