Malham and Gordale..

Pat Bell and myself visited Malham Cove on Thursday as part of White Hall Centre's staff development week.

The weather has been fine for the last few days resulting in 'baking' conditions on the south facing crags, Malham being no exception. We did a few routes on the traditional 'Right Wing' before moving to Gordale Scar in the evening to seek out some shade.

Meanwhile in the Peak District Sam and Daryl were out climbing with Amanda and John as an introduction to single pitch rock climbing. On Thursday they visited Stanage and Lawrencefield prior to a trip to Froggatt on Friday. Conditions were good, although the midges are abundant at Stanage at the moment!

Other folk have also been busy in the Peak, with Ben Cossey and Pete Whittaker repeating Ron Fawcett's Stanage traverse! This whopping traverse over 5km allegedly goes at E5 6b! For full details check out the article at PlanetFear.

Again the excellent weather looks set to continue into next week at least..