The Walk on the Wild Side

This photo might intrigue you but not Pete and Paul Ross who climbed that vertical strip of bare rock behind my right shoulder in the photo and as far as I know; no one has ever seconded that achievement, not even some of your top climbers. So take a good look at it because the climb was named 'The Walk on the Wild Side' and its on Upper Falcon Crag. I remember being at work at Kendal College when he was climbing it and I could not concentrate on my job for worrying about him as I knew it was a tough one. Anyway, in the afternoon I rang home and he had just got in, whew that was a relief.

So next time you are strolling along the footpath gazing at Derwentwater beside Falcon Crag take a look up and see for yourself or you might like to go to this link which Paul Ross submits climbs to and see the route described for yourself.

http://mountainproject.com/v/international/united_kingdom/england/106636411

The link will take you to all the Falcon Crag climbs and you just need to click on the one you want from the list. So if you like me are interested in the local heroes who put up some of the best climbs around here you can follow what Paul posts onto the site in the future. You will also see if you delve around on that link that Paul now lives in the US and he is still climbing new routes, wow that should impress you. Have fun.

Happy New Year 2010

This is a view from Latrigg on the way down towards Spooney Green Lane on Christmas Day. It was very icy and we passed a man with an ankle injury whose friends were giving a 6 digit map reference to the girl at the ambulance hq with little success. We said just tell her its Spooney Green Lane and they will understand and do you know 2 minutes later the ambulance was turning into the lane and coming up it. What a superb response, so I just want to end this year by saying thank you to all those people in the armed services, the police, ambulance, mountain rescue, fire brigade, doctors, nurses all of you and all of you I have forgotton to add. You know who you are - thank you for making our lives safer.

Lastly, I want to say a special thanks to all our many fans for coming on the walks in 2009 and I hope to see you again in 2010. If you are already here then please be safe on the hills at the moment you should not venture out without crampons and certainly take an ice axe if you are doing anything like Halls Fell on Blencathra which Pete, Bella and I did on Monday. Sorry no photos coz we forgot the camera but not the essentials mentioned.

Have a very Happy New Year and good health, peace and prosperity to all of you.

Have a good one.

It is getting late on Christmas Eve and we are going out for a quick drink, then a Carol sing in the Market Square. So it only remains to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy, peaceful and prosperous New Year.