July 2012 Blog Posts (4)

After 3 weeks away on family duties in East Yorks have missed meets could date of next one in August be posted Dave D

Townley Loop                                                                               July 2012

Several of our members had done the M.T over one day but we had never done it as a club event.  With the influx of new keen members, most having mountain bike’s Ian suggested doing the route over two days and taking in an over night stop at the Manikins YHA below Stoodly Pike.  As usual there was a lot of interest and as the weekend drew close…

Two weekends ago marked a bit of a reunion as I got together with Joe, Frankie and Luke that I met in El Choro. It was really nice to get out with them again and we got a nice day in at Stanage.

We were lucky with the weather and it only rained towards the end of the day. This gave us a perfect excuse to pack up and get to the pub! For the full blog post and some nice piccies please click the link below!…

When D called me to organise the trip to Pen Trywn he intimated that it was going to be a ‘keen’ weekend. Predominantly all the trad routes were E1 and above and there was some tough sport climbing as well. Mark and I would have to get our arses in gear.

The first day was momentous for Mark, bagging his first E1. It was a lovely limestone route, technical and fingery with decent gear. Unsurprisingly he cruised up it with style and looked in complete control all the way. We followed…