Following on from the last two years of successful mass gardening and the fun had by all climbing in the sunshine at last year’s festival, a continuation (completion?!) of the restoration of Crag Lough crag will take place this year on 13th September.
A short film was made for BMC TV at last year's festival
http://tv.thebmc.co.uk/video/crag-lough-clean-up-festival
Spread the word, tell your friends, mention it to folk you meet at the crag and the wall!
The National Trust (land owner) are again fully onboard and supportive of this year’s event.
Given the success of previous years we plan to follow more or less the same formula of cleaning routes on the Saturday and climbing on the Sunday. There will be a BBQ at Winshields Farm Campsite on the Saturday evening followed by beers in the Twice Brewed Inn. Hopefully the weather will be as kind as last time!
A lot of routes have been well and truly transformed over the last two years and as anyone who has been back recently will know the difference is remarkable. The consensus at local BMC meetings has been that there is still plenty left to do. However given how much has been done in previous years, if there is a sufficiently large turnout we will spread our efforts onto Peel crag as well.
The next NE area BMC meeting will be held on Thursday 11th September, starting at 7.30pm, at the Durham Climbing Centre, any last minute details will be sorted then. If you are interested in volunteering or have any questions please contact me directly.
Cheers
Mark Anstiss
