Start: Shillito Wood Car Park. Free. SK295750. What3words received.adapt.veal Route- Greaves’s Piece, Flask edge, Totley moor, Longshaw, White Edge. Distance 10 or 11 miles. Nick Evans
Family meet at Windgather Rocks, parking at SJ993782 (just on the road underneath the crag).It’s a lovely short crag with features that are very child-friendly. We’ll be bringing a 3 and 5 year old but all families welcome. We’ll be setting up some top ropes and pads for the children and plan to have a […]
Northumberland has lots of quality crags, predominantly high quality hardsandstone with a good span of grades, so great for grit aficionados, or even loversof sandstone: I’ve really enjoyed the Staffordshire variety in the past. Camping is at Highburn House which has good facilities, electric/non electricpitches and is only a short walk to Wooler, a nice […]
Although this section of the Geo walk will take place in perfect weather on June 20 don’t forget your suncream, hats and shorts. The route is described following this link: https://peakdistrictgeowalk.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Section-12.pdf It’s 18 km long with 530m of ascent from Fairholmes over Lost Lad and Back Tor to Moscar and then the full length of […]
The Fylde M. C. cottage at Little Langdale (NY3157903030) is well positioned formost kinds of outdoor activities, walking, climbing or chilling out. Great Langdaleis a shortish drive away with all the climbing you could wish for. A glance at amap will show you all the possibilities of the area. The cottage sleeps 14 and is […]
It’s a long way off but some of us have already booked our annual trip to the Costa Blanca in search of sunshine, bolted limestone and beautiful mountain walking. We have booked a few days earlier this time to avoid the mid February weekend which gets fully booked very quickly. However the hotel is very […]
This walk links some of the small pockets of country parks in the Charnwood Forest, a very unique landscape between Leicester and Loughborough, famous for displaying some of the oldest rocks in England where the first published discovery of Precambrian fossils took place. We will meet at the Outwoods Woodland P&D car park at 10am […]
This meet is fast approaching and the Kelynack campsite near St Just needs booking in advance: https://kelynackholidays.co.uk/ It’s a great spot for an early summer holiday with walking and climbing opportunities galore. Join the WhatsApp group or be in touch. Ed Bloomfield
This is section 11 of the official Geo walk. It is approximately seven miles from Birchen Clough to Fairholmes car park. I would suggest starting at Birchen Clough and doing a car shunt as when I did a recce it was impossible to start at Fairholmes as no parking and tricky to park at Birchen […]
Pennine Way in Stages – Section A, 24 – 26 April Edale to Hebden Bridge (3 days, 46 miles / 75 km)
No commentsThe aim is to complete the Pennine Way in sections over 5 or 6 long weekends over several years, using public transport to get to the start and end of the sections. It’ll be a relaxed pace as we have much to carry and all day to arrive at our end point for the night. […]