I was recently up in Derbyshire visiting some friends and to make the most of the beautiful autumnal weather we went for an amble around the Peak on the Sunday. We started at Grindon and headed down to Thor’s cave before heading up to the pub in Wetton for a pub lunch. It has been a while since I have done any walking in the Peak and I had forgotten how beautiful the countryside is, a bit different to the mountains that I love but excellent for a sunday walk.
Lundy is one of the places I have wanted to climb ever since I started climbing, this is due to a few reasons. Firstly, I have heard lots of great things about it from my parents over the years and secondly, I love sea cliff climbing to so the idea of going to an island and climbing is brilliant. Due to injury and the alps with just over a month to go until the trip I hadn’t climbed for almost two months, and when I started climbing again I felt very weak. Due to wanting to get the most out of the trip I started training a lot, and it seemed to work as by the time I was in Lundy I was feeling pretty strong. The boat ride out in the fog was fairly rough and there were a few moments where I felt pretty touch and go, however I made it across and fixed myself up with a full english breakfast at the pub on Lundy. After we had dumped some stuff at the accommodation we headed off to the Flying Buttress to climb Horseman’s Route in the. Read the full article…