Last weekend the Avon Mountaineering Club descended on Capel Curig for its annual trip to Snowdonia. “Glan Dwr” (the name of the lodge in which we stay) has been on the Club’s Itinerary now for eight years. It is not so much a lodge as a house which sits conveniently next door to the Pinnacle […]
An esoteric but most excellent adventure to the alluring Church Rock sea stack near Bosherston in Pembroke using an incongruous armada of sea vessels. Much to our suprise the stack was duly reached and no-one drowned, drifted half-way to America or required rescuing by a Sea King taxi. Consequently the photogenic “crag classic” VS called […]
Introduction Around the start of September I spotted a wooden axe for sale on ukclimbing. It appeared to be in reasonable condition, and I had wanted one for my wall for a while so I sent off an email. A few days later a slightly rusty but serviceable “interalp camp” turned up at my office. […]