Tag: summer

Memories of summer days walking together

16 November 2024

Memories of summer nights. Or in fact, Summer Days. We walked in to the secret valley in Glossop, lazed by the stream and cooled off. Originally posted on this post on Instagram

Summer dinner outside with James

24 October 2024

Throwback to the summer when we could have dinner with James and his Grannie, Grandpa, Grandma and Grandad. James liked the Halloumi. Originally posted on this post on Instagram

Throwback to the summer of camping

8 May 2022

Throwback to the summer of camping, climbing and recovering in the river with a beer. Rake End Chimney (Diff, ***). Not Recommended. Originally posted on this post on Instagram

One evening we popped in to explore

16 February 2021

One evening in the summer, me and Samantha popped our heads into Bull Pot of the Witches to do some SRT training. We learnt it isn't quite an ideal SRT training venue, but had a good gander nonetheless. For some reason I've never done the tourist trip of BPotW and we're dying to. I'm sure […]

Siobhan Monika and Jasmin on a Saturday

9 February 2021

One Saturday in summer, Siobhan, Monika and Jasmin met me and Judith to get to grips with SRT and roped caving. When you're underground, ropes are like roads and can help you access bits of the cave you'd never be able to climb down to. Learning to use SRT (Single Rope Technique) to go down […]

Summer trip with The Caving Crew

9 February 2021

Throwback to a summer trip with The Caving Crew to a historic former Matlock showcave. My highlights:'œ… Sending Monika, Jon and Jasmin off on climbing crawly explorey adventures'œ… Hearing Monika happily returned from Samantha's favourite passage'œ… Watching Jon lie in the water when we finally got to it in, apparent, bliss'œ… Seeing Polly find graffiti, […]

The niece and her great aunt together

8 February 2021

One summer moment when the Niece and her great Aunt appeared simultaneously and started working on sewing projects together. First photo: Niece: "This is how I'm feeling"Second photo: Great Aunt: "You're not supposed to have fun. You're supposed to work whilst I give unwanted advice" Happy moments. Originally posted on this post on Instagram

A summer adventure with the team

8 February 2021

Back in summer, Jasmin, Kirsty, Matt, Steph, Judith and me headed to Bagshawe cavern with The Caving Crew for some of the group's first ever caving trip. Some of my highlights:'œ… Letting Steph lead the party through part of the cave'œ… Reaching the main duck (currently sumped) 'œ… Listening to people complaining about wet feet […]

A summer of home and remote working

3 February 2021

A summer of home working, remote working and hard working. It's amazing that what was an ambitious dream of remote work 5 years ago, is a achievable reality of remote working today. Whether it's "the dream" or simply "an office by a different name" is open to debate! Throwback to some lovely days with Sam […]

A summers day with long time Clan members

1 February 2021

Throwback to a summers day with long time Climbing Clan members, Rebecca and Kellie, helping them [re]start their first steps safely learning to lead Trad outside. We gently looked at placing nuts – one of the most frequently used and most useful types of trad climbing protection – and a few other types of protection, […]

A Caving Crew trip that was pure joy

30 January 2021

Throwback to a Caving Crew trip in the summer that was full of firsts…and lasts. This is how I described it then: "So great to take Matthew, Mark and my aunt Polly on their first trip with the Crew. For Mark and Polly, this was their first caving trip since their childhood years, and for […]

A joyful group walk in the summer

28 January 2021

Throwback to the summer and a joyful visit and group walk with the Nene Meanies. Finally, after months of description, I got the experience the Northamptonshire rainbow, nightswim in the fabled river and feel the rain. Can't wait til sunset adventures again. Originally posted on this post on Instagram