Bowderised

Tuesday March 20th

More like June, 22deg and counting

Adventurous multi-crag day in Blistering Borrowdale

First up - Bowderstone Pinnacle - much admired from afar, now finally getting to grips with it

P1, HS+

BP about to do battle with the bulge

NB follows in a fine position

BP heading up into God-knows what's up there?

It took three belays to get up and off this tricky top out.

A minor epic


From here a rope walk off then down for two routes back in the valley on Woden's Face

Sphinxing about

March 21st
Three get out - NB,BP, AT
Getting the outside - back inside - the head

Setting out across space

 Making the twinkly move

 Making the twinkly move

finishing in a fine position
safe as houses but feeling out there

Norm abbing

BP balances upwards

Four Market Towns

18th March
Mothering Sunday
Chauffeur service for the mothers- tour of 4 market towns
Barnard Castle
Kirkby Stephen
Sedbergh
Kirkby Lonsdale

Kirkby Stephen

Howgill in the Howgill Fells

Sedbergh

Kirkby Lonsdale





What a trip!

Big in Bozel

March 3rd - 9th
It's the third year in a row for Thomski at Bozel Base
No overnight stop so 7 days skiing on offer
5 sunny, two snowy days added up to a great week

View across to gondola arrival

Looking across to the run off the back down to the Borselieres

Above the Rossa lift

Big area
Big snow
Big mountains
Big days out


More pictures here

A three minute video of most of the team here

And another video featuring some side of the piste stuff here

It's a family affair

Feb 5-6th 2012

Original Artwork by J Flook

Birthday business

Seven for lunch at WWOW

Guests

Off out to lunch (Askham near Penrith)
February 6th

Oklahoma city looks oh so pretty

Jan 27th
Climbing with Mr B at Harrogate Wall

66
6b
6c

all good numbers

Sainte Foy-bulous

January 7th - 14th   2012
After months of anticipation we are finally off!
to.....

Straightforward zoom down the pipe to the Haute Tarentaise - just ten and a bit hours from the tunnel.

Sunday - mixed vis, great under ski

Stunning vistas everywhere, every day

Evidence of a big dump.... Hot Dog at 2450m

Day trip to Italy

Monte Bianco
imperioso

Sue and Mags in Val D'Isere

Enjoyed the day trips - but local skiing at Ste Foy hard to beat in these great conditions



Short film click here

More pics click here

thanks to VP and FW