Tag: rain

Rainy Saturday at Stoney Middleton Moon Coffee

2 November 2024

One Saturday, it was raining, so we headed to Stoney Middleton to hide in a cave. When we arrived, it was nice and sunny so we went for a walk in Horseshoe Quarry. Originally posted on this post on Instagram

Making the best of rainy weather on a Sunday walk

6 December 2019

When the weather gives you water, you have to make the best of it. Memories of a Sunday walk on the August Climbing Clan weekend trip. Splish Splosh. Originally posted on this post on Instagram

When it poured on the Climbing Clan weekend trip

6 December 2019

On the August Climbing Clan weekend trip. It didn't just rain. It poured. The big bois went off to Malham to clip 7a's in the dry, whilst we considered plan b, c, d, e, f and g. After just about discarding plan d (drinking), we decided on plan c (caving) and specifically plan g (Gaping […]

Climbing Barmouth Slabs in atrocious weather

18 August 2019

The weather was atrocious outside. As we left the hut for Barmouth Slabs, liquid doom splattered from the sky, pouring pessimism down the back of our necks. Surely there was no way there could be climbing today, could there? We arrived at the coastal crag with views across the estuary and eyed the rock and […]

When the rain ruins all your outdoor plans, go caving

31 May 2019

Remember weekend where it mostly just rained? It was: 'œ… too wet for hiking 'œ… too rainy for climbing 'œ… too moist for caving 'œ… too watery for kayaking so I went for a drippy drive round north wales "river spotting". It was a bit like a safari park – the rivers had been let […]

Moaning, Brits and the Weather: How does it all fit together?

21 November 2012

Every July or August, whenever there's a moment of cloud or rain, all around the country, conversations like this will spark between complete strangers: – "Not much of a summer this year is it?" – "Oh, it's just going from spring straight to autumn this year" I mean, it's almost like people are reaffirming their […]

#timontour VBlog: Western Lakes 2011 (Epic-navigation-fail edition)

17 October 2011

As you may have seen, I've been hiking around the Western Lake District over the past few days as part of #timontour. I've just uploaded all the video blog entries I made over the last few days… Enjoy! httpv://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2E734F88F2BE3C64