Three Cliffs Bay

Today the rain stopped early enough to allow the rock to dry out, so combined with a low tide I found myself climbing on Three Cliffs. I had the whole bay to myself except for 3 riders on ponies.

With the tide slowly advancing and the sun going down I climbed Initiation Flake, Perseverance, Spouse Crack and Left Corner II. The other climbs will be there for another day.



Above you can see Great Tor in the distance from the top of 3 Cliffs.

Back In The Saddle

At last I'm back in the saddle.

In the background of the photo you can see Three Cliffs in Three Cliff Bay, with Pobbles Bay and Shirecombe beyond. Three Cliffs and Great Tor are 2 of the jewels in the Gower Crown. You can also see the clouds brewing - shortly after the photo was taken it started to rain.

After a long lay off of 8 weeks, I'm starting to get fit again. Today I cycled to Great Tor on Gower to climb one of my favourites - the 'East Ridge' (S, 4 pitches, 73m ***) - this is fantastic and a must for everybody.

I managed to climb one of my favourites and cycle 32km - so a good day. I'm well on the road to a full recovery..

Time to put axes away?

The days are long now and the daffodils are out, it's Spring in Fort William, but you can just about find winter in the high hills if you look. There are still high ice routes in nic on the Ben.

There were people skiing on Aonach Mor today - there's still a few runs open for the mega keen. The chair and lots of buttons were open for business. However the snow continues to melt with freezing levels above the summits at least for another 2 days.Hannah had to work hard today cutting about 200 steps on the steeper snow, putting her training into practice. Good effort.
For those wanting to climb on the higher Ben routes the temp looks to be dropping in the near future (less than a week from now). However for those that have already given up, dry summer crags beckon... Axes away and time to squeak those rock boots again...