This weekend I’ve been running two days of training for Leeds Mountaineering Club. Funding for the sessions came from the BMC and this is one of several similar courses Peak Mountaineering has run in the last couple of years. On Saturday I ran an Introductory Climbing Skills Day at Stanage and on Sunday an Intermediate Climbing Skills Day for more experienced members at Burbage North.

The weather over the 2 days was blistering and the groups were great fun – recipe for a really enjoyable weekend! Saturdays group focussed mainly on protection placement and belay building then Sundays group covered some revision of these skills before moving on to look at lead climbing skills (using ‘ghost’ rope back ups). Of course lots of other bits of info were shared during each day and the days were run as flexibly as possible to account for different needs. It is always brilliant to be out with such like minded people. Many thanks to all the participants and I hope you found the sessions useful.

While we were sunning it up at Stanage, Al was sweating around the trails on a private guided mountain bike day. Tina, Matt, Dave and Max are all returning customers who can’t get enough Peak MTB action (who can blame them!). Al took them on one of his uber link ups from Hayfield, via Edale, Rushup Edge and eventually, 5 litres of water per person later…….back to the pub in Hayfield to rehydrate in a completely different way! Nice one Al.