Another great trip into Church Beck, Coniston. This time with Amy and her pals who were visiting the Lake District for a 'girlie weekend'.
We enjoyed having the place to ourselves, which is quite unusual for this Ghyll. There were waterfall climbs, pool jumps, swims, rock wall traverses, slides, and more jumps to keep us all entertained. 

As an added bonus, the sun came out to join us, almost drying us out by the time we'd walked back into Coniston :-)

We're back in the gorges again today and have availability for next week and throughout September. This is a perfect time of year to enjoy Ghyll Scrambling, so why not give us a call and let's make it happen.

​Mark

Great to welcome back the Cuff family. This time for Danny's stag do activities that were all happening here in the Lake District.
Starting with some fun rock climbing over at Hutton Roof crags. Perfect Limestone climbing with amazing views and easy access for the team who were staying over that way.
The following morning we raised the bar on adrenaline levels by going Canyoning. The upper Church beck in Coniston provides a memorable and thrilling experience, with waterslides and big jumps throughout. Loads of fun for all and perfect for a group of friends or family.
Once dried off, we drove the short way to Hodge Close quarry for Abseiling. More fun and games enjoyed by all and perfect weather throughout. 
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All the best to Danny and thanks very much to everyone, especially Charlie for arranging this with us.

​Mark

Yesterday the sun joined us and made our canyoning session in Coniston even more enjoyable.
Out with the team from Alertacall, who have previously joined us for Abseiling. Kitting up in wetsuits and waterproofs in the warm sun all seemed a bit overkill, but the cool waters of Church beck soon brought us back down to Earth, yes it's a little chilly in there, but oh so much fun!

Being a staff day out, the aim is to have lots of fun and bond as a team. An inclusive activity such as this is ideal and really helps unite people, often through emotions, which can run high when faced with big jumps into pools of deep water! The team came through this really well with plenty of smily faces and good banter on the return walk in the sunshine.

Thanks very much to Stephanie, Will, Jo, and all the team.

​Mark

A brilliant end to the school summer holidays, with some welcome sunshine and warmer conditions here in the Lake District.
We welcomed back the Hewitts and friends for a spot of Canyoning in Church Beck. Water levels were high making this a really fun descent through the gorge. After drying off, we spent the evening rock climbing at Tilberthwaite quarry.

And the following day, we had planned a climbing day but the rain slowed that down and instead we spent some time rigging abseils and of course doing some abseiling too.
The afternoon brought drier conditions so we headed into Langdale and Scout crags (almost always dry rock here). A top effort by both Edd & Lauren, between them leading the brutal 'Cubs crack' (Hard Severe). A few more routes were climbed on top ropes before tired muscles brought the day to a close.

Sam was also out today, running a rock climbing course for us over in Eskdale. They had some very damp conditions to deal with, but still lots of useful learning and of course plenty of time on rock.

Sunday the 22nd brought another full day of rock climbing. This time with Tricia and her 2 lads. I forget how many climbs we did that day, but it was a lot. We met up later with some of their friends who had been multi-pitch climbing at Upper Scout crags. They then made a rare ascent of the split crack in the large boulder below Scout crags.

Tuesday 25th I was out with the Lack family. We have enjoyed many days out together, mostly rock scrambling, but sometimes gorge scrambling and climbing too. Today our objective was the classic Langdale scramble of Jack's Rake on Pavey Ark. This is graded as a relatively straightforward scramble, but should not be under-estimated, for there is much exposure and some challenging moves. Without doubt this is one of the very best days out to be had in the Lake District, and one I always look forward to.
We thankfully enjoyed splendid weather for the whole day, so enjoyed far reaching views as well as dry rock!

On Thursday 27th Kate was out leading a guided walk for a party from Bahrain. Elterwater and Colwith Force provided just the perfect scenery all were looking for and a grand day enjoyed by all.

The following day (Friday) we had a team day out on Dow crag. A friend had managed to leave some climbing gear behind on one of the long multi-pitch routes so we decided to go see if we could retrieve it for him. Unfortunately for us a heavy downpour soaked the crag just as we arrived so the initial climbing definitely felt tenuous. Dow crag is well known for its 'slippery-when-wet' rock and this stuff felt like ice! The wind did a grand job of drying the upper pitches, so it wasn't long before we were able to enjoy dry and grippy rock, and all in an amazing setting looking over to Coniston Old Man.
The gear we had come in search of had already been removed, however, we still had a blast, always enjoy a visit to Dow.

I was back in Stickle ghyll the following morning with a family group of 11. Plenty of water and warm conditions all helped us have a fab time in here yet again.

Sunday 30th saw us out with Andzelika & Eugene who we've been out with quite a few times now. They like the Lakes so much they moved up here recently. This time their friend Nicky came along too. As the weather forecast was very good I took a chance on the Pike O' Blisco crags.
Starting on Long Scar, we climbed 4 routes from about 'Diff' to 'Hard Severe' we then moved up to Black Crag and climbed 4 more routes, this time up to E2! 

Below are a few photos from the days.

Thanks everyone, so nice to see you all and we hope it's not long until you're back in the Lakes again.

Mark