There has been some torrential rain overnight in the Peak District, resulting in some very wet crags! However, the weather is much better today so fingers crossed that some of the more exposed venues dry out.

There will certainly some dry climbing to be found on the higher edges such as Stanage, Curbar and Froggatt for the keen. In fact Froggatt's slabs are probably the fastest drying bits of rock in the Peak along with the Burbage South boulders.

Yesterday, I was up at Rockcity Climbing Centre in Hull doing some training for visiting staff. It was certainly dry and warm in the wall... http://www.rockcity.co.uk

High pressure is set to dominate the UK over the next week or so according to the Mountain Weather Information Service (MWIS). As such this will hopefully bring some fine blue sky bouldering days over the Christmas break..

And for those thinking of heading out continental ice climbing and experimenting with leashless tools, have a look at the video here.. http://video.google.com:80/videoplay?docid=5850520159391279794&q