Over the past 12 months or so we've spent quite a bit of time at various bouldering venues across the North of England: Lake District; Yorkshire Dales; Northumberland etc (and at indoor walls pre-lockdown). The simplicity of turning up with nothing much more than a crash pad; climbing shoes; a guide book & whatever other comforts might be required for the day has an appeal to it. We've seen others out with quite young children, so when a day looking after the grandkids coincided with some dry warm sunny weather we took the opportunity.
We are blessed to have Carrock Fell boulders just a short drive away - it seemed like an obvious venue choice. There were a few folk about but parking remained plentiful & we headed for the "warm up" area in the Central Group of boulders. Evvie is 10 and Iris 6, they both had a great time! The morning passed quickly with a mixture of scrambling about on the boulders; weasling between them & generally larking about!! Carrock's Gabbro can bite a little but it also provides outstanding traction even for small feet that aren't wearing climbing shoes.
There was much triumph and no mishaps!
We were sufficiently encouraged by the success of the morning to consider this as a potential venue & activity from a work perspective.
As little people began to tire (ever so slightly!) it was even possible to get a couple of climbs in ourselves with Maz breezing up Frustration Slab & me feeling quite pleased with myself with a first attempt success on White Streak at F6a+
Mal
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