The recent announcement by the National Trust of their intention to introduce an outdoor activity licensing scheme for users of their properties and land has ruffled feathers in the outdoor industry, to put it mildly. The scheme runs as a pilot until September 2016 across 21 sites, including all NT land in the Lake District (more than a quarter of the Lake District).
Read MoreFor the fourteen years that we lived in Torver, Dow Crag was practically in my back yard. In the summer I could nip up after work and tick off a couple of routes, walking out by headtorch. I occasionally take a client to Dow, if the weather is looking good and we’re looking for lots of mileage. The crag has a special atmosphere, with steep scree sloping down to steely blue Goat’s Water, and views of the gentle lowland and estuaries of the southern edges of Cumbria
Read MoreThe Langdale valley has long been a centre of Lakeland climbing. The FRCC guide to Langdale opens its Historical chapter with this paragraph:
English rock-climbing in the late nineteenth century had been a story of summit seeking – of easy-way finding. Langdale offered no such summits, no such easy ways
Read MoreWhen I work out in Chamonix, I stay with my good friends, the Smith family. They have blessed me beyond measure over the years with their warm welcome and generous hospitality, so any opportunity to give something back is great. I needed to get on skis before starting work on Friday, so we (Pete, Cathie, and their son Pierre) loaded up with our skiing kit and headed up the Aiguille du Midi cable car.
Read MoreThe Langdale valley provided some very atmospheric conditions for our Personal Scrambling Skills workshop on Saturday. Our four candidates had a great day, brushing up their existing skills and learning lots of new tricks. The course covered the following aspects:
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