A busy few days..

It's been a busy few days with excellent weather in the Peak District, North Wales and the Lakes.

On Sunday, I visited Harborough Rocks near Wirksworth to help Paul Smith out with a Single Pitch Award (SPA) training course. The rock in this area is fairly unique and is well worth a visit if you want to try well pocketed limestone at sub VS standard.

Over on the eastern edges John was out with Alex and Helen looking at the skills required for lead climbing. They visited Yarncliffe Quarry and the Crow Chin area of Stanage (a good bet at the moment as the breeze keeps the midges away).

Monday saw Andy Turner and myself over in North Wales climbing in the Craig Cwm Glas Bach area. The rock here is fantastic being exceptionally rough Rhyolite, although fairly compact resulting in less protection. The 'Stebbing' (E2) and 'Ecover' (E1) are definately recommended, the latter being a soft touch if you don't mind running the rope out!

Following this we visited Clogwyn Du'r Arddu ("Cloggy") on Tuesday climbing 'Troach' (E2 - pictured) and 'Longland's Climb' (VS). The crag was predominately dry although there was the inevitable seepage around 'Vember' and the drainpipe crack.

Again the fine weather seems set to continue so i'm sure the high crags will see some more traffic.