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Wet In Wasdale
By Jon on 10/09/2002 13:00:35
Words and pics from a wet and windy walk via Kirkfell, Pillar and Red Pike. And why we went straight up Kirkfell...
Distance: 8 miles approx. Time: 5-6 hours Terrain: Mix of steep grass, rocky fellside and some simple scrambling on occasionally wet and greasy rock. Starts
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The Wet Weekend Weather That Was
By Michael Phishfood on 17/08/2001 09:57:00
What's dry, what's wet and what's actually open...
Weekend 18/19 August 2001 This is our regular Friday round-up of the general weather situation for the weekend plus links to specifics for all the main UK hills. For a particular area, scroll down and follow
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Why's It So Wet?
By Jon on 06/07/2007 11:56:20
A look at what's going on and whether it'll ever stop raining this summer...
TemperaturesPicRob Sutherland- OM AlbumOver to the experts at the MetOffice where the long-term Summer 2007 forecast is fortemperatures for the remainder of the summer to be above 1971-2000averages all over Europe. But before you get your hopes up
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Wet Wasdale Weekend Part II
By Simon Kirwan on 13/09/2002 16:23:31
OMers up to the gills in a rum deal
campsite in the 15th century.Water on the knee - Jon C and John make the first gill crossingJeannie gets a helping hand from Andy and John. Note fashionable slits in Jeannie’s trousers.Shouldn’t there be a bridge here? Looking for a feasible route across a
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Old, Used, Wet, Weekend Weather
By Walther The Weather Girl on 20/12/2002 11:43:11
Snow? You are kidding. Walter The Weathergirl strips off as the weather takes a walk on the mild side for the weekend...
Weekend Weather 21-22 December 2002 This is our regular festive Friday round-up of what'sin store for the weekend. Still no sign of the excellent OnlineWeather mountain forecast, allegedly back in January. Have a
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Monday Kit Tip - Wet Clothes / Dry Clothes
By Jon on 07/06/2010 11:20:16
This week, how to stay comfortably clothed overnight on multi-day backpacking trips.
No rocket science needed for this week's Monday Kit Tip, but it's a time-proven classic that makes total if sometimes uncomfortable sense and it's the wet clothes / dry clothes system for multi-day trips.Unfortunately, as you may have noticed
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Richard Gear's Top Wet Weather Camping Tips
By Richard Gear on 10/09/2002 17:46:24
The man himself reveals his mildly devious advice for staying dry in your tent when the going gets drippy
to resist a 12-stoneclimber falling clean from 6,000 feet. Disclaimer Richard Gear would like to makeit clear that he in no way endorses literally cooking in sleepingbags. Even synthetic bags make a poor substitute for a cooking pan(You're sacked Gear - Ed)
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Four Survive Scottish Avalanche
By Jon on 12/02/2001 11:47:00
Wet, thawing snowpack makes conditions hazardous north of the border
Three 'climbers' had a lucky escape when a slope in the LostValley, Glencoe, avalanched at the weekend only for one of them tosprain her ankle just 100 yards from the road, according to thisstory in the Herald.Apparently the trio were caught in a
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Richard Gear's Latest Answers
By Jon on 22/07/2008 16:15:28
Wet weather tents, blisters between the toes and rugged prescription glasses this week...
Our man Gear, Richard Gear has been hard at work answering your questions as always - this week he tells a questioner what to look for in a wet weather tent, suggests a novel way of preventing blisters from
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Weekend Weather
By Walter The Weathergirl on 15/11/2002 12:19:36
More cloud gazing and meteorological musings from Walter The Weathergirl as he / she/ it takes a look at the prospects for the weekend weather outdoors (as opposed to indoors)
Weekend Weather 16th - 17th November 2002 This is our regular Friday round-up of what's in storefor the weekend. Note that the excellent Online Weather mountainweather forecast is still being re-vamped, though
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