Three Times Lucky

November 2017 - Scot Crags
March 25  2018 - Scot Crags
March 29th
Why interrupt the flow?  Let's get up to:

Scot Crags

Next few days looking very mixed so opted out of the indoor facsimile and headed back out to the real world, despite a rather friable forecast.

Not many pictures, too busy!
Anyhow seen em all before!

BP cruising Blaeberry Buttress Direct


The just past vertical start is where all the action is.

Right
Nook and Cranny

Left
Corner Direct Right

Pretty thuggy to get started
Hard with long legs

 
Given the early season conditions a 3 star effort all round

Everybody out!

Sunday March 25th

Winters grip finally letting go, promise of a dry sunny day, corks well and truly ready to pop so picking up where we left a mere 4 months ago at the NYM go to venue...
Scot Crags


Plenty of people out, good to see TM, MT and company keeping CB amused before AT and BP pitch up.

BP on Holly Tree Wall

Saints Wall

CB in great shape on Zeta Wall

The moves up to here are pretty thin

Until the jug arrives

The routes aren't long.


But they are packed with action.

BP needs no beta on Zeta


This angle reveals the steepness

AT spends a while getting to know  the one good hold

Tooth and Nail is another steep outing.


The crux is dirty this time of year



So bridging makes a lot of sense

Gravity Wall runs out of gear here


CB about to flutter right up the hard finish.

Forced to reverse it in favour of a more direct finish

AT follows




Went much better than last year's struggle

Jack's Delight doesn't offer much joy by way of gear

The top break welcomes most wires


Phew!

Great to get to grips with some real rock after months of confinement!  Bring it on!

BP did some extras solo

Lakeland Regular

Friday 10th March

Good forecast - one day only!  Plan A activated

Drive to Keswick - tick
Grab provisions - tick
Catch 12.20 78 to Lodore - tick
West Side walk - tick
Booths shoppery - tick
Horse and Farrier - tick!

All objectives met!
 

Low flier! 
Airbus A400M  flies low out over Bassenthwaite
Blimey!

Spring Tease 2018

March 8th

Late afternoon walk out

Pudding Hill Road

Last week's snow hanging on

Live Tweet

Wall Games

Feb 27th

Weather warnings, blzzards, wind chill terrors, forecasts of travel disruption and all round mayhem failed to stop large posse of pensioners arriving at Harrogate Wall for some indoor action.

BP leaves an on sight 6a+ trailing in his unstoppable wake


CB takes it easy after a minor op

Langton Locals

24 Feb

Spring nowhere in sight
But the lambs are out in numbers in the fields around Langton

There were at least fifty of the cute little critters

Les Bozeliers se Revenant

Feb 4th - Feb 11th 2018

Seven skiers plus a Thomski founder member back to the regular venue

After last years glitch prone and mixed weather week it was great to get better weather, cold and mostly bright with  and (almost) no snags!

 The Thomski operation continues to range free across three systems and all terrain.

Monday Champagny - La Plagne (7)
Tuesday Champagny - La Plagne (7)
Wednesday Pralognan la Vanoise (5)
Thursday Champagny - La Plagne (3)
Friday Courcheval (7)
Saturday Champagny - La Plagne (6)

Ready to roll down one of the Rossa runs


Courcheval system across the valley

Irresistable

It's a generation game

Team members queue up to pose with today's birthday boy......
(or maybe vice versa?)

Don't mention the lunch


We won't be going back!

This year's kit


Elan Amphibio 86

at 176cm

Best skis since the Scott Aztec Pro's

Members taking in the atmospherics up high at Pralognan

Cloud inversions persist on Thursday in la Plagne

(3 out)







View across to the floating Beaufortain range

Meet up at the Alpina for a very pleasant lunch

Following a freak binding flip Mike heads off in snow cat to secure repairs on the run at Courcheval 1650

Had trouble keeping up with these two after a rather long and liquid lunch










CJ grabs a brief kip at 1650

Binding replaced pronto!

Saturday venture out to lunch at La Roche
Two v cold runs off the Rossa, coffee and warm up at Borseliers and back up to the Quillis
Route in red
Via Quillis, Colosses, and Plagne 1800 lifts, 12.40 at the Chalet la Roche Restaurant, what a spot!

Chalet La Roche
Weather not quite as good as this...

Lunch!

Saturday night is Pizza Night

Travel Details
Ferry to Calais depart 07.10 (one before booked) arrive 09.40
Arrive Bozel 20.20

Depart 07.05
Arrive 17.25
Depart tunnel 18.40 (delayed by broken down car on carriage)
Arrive Sutton 19.30