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Planning to head up to the Lake district for 5 days in August. Looking for must do recomedations on the bouldering front, Looking at areas that can keep you busy ofr a day in the usual punter grades 5 to 7a.  Due to having the dog Trad is mostly out although single pitch could work. Also any low level scrambles that a dog could mananage (small lab so pretty agile). Plus any advice on camping, will have the van and plan to do a couple of nights wild parking so to speak but fancy a couple showers so any good cheapish campsites would also be helpful.

Thanks in advance

Rich  

Outside the national park, but Saint bees head north is gorgeous on a nice day, also some sport climbing on the crags behind.  The main descent to the boulders is a little steep (some fixed rope) which may be a faff with a dog, not sure about the descent further north.

Carrock fell is also great, if hard on the skin!  But it can get a little midgey so you'd want a day with a nice breeze for a visit.

+1 for St.Bees (though not actually at St.Bees, from St. Bees head to Sandwith).

We have taken the dog down the roped descent but in a dog harness. There is an easier descent but with lots of boulder hoping to get to the main area.

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Also agree with St Bees but recommend on a cool day. A hot day there feels like you're bouldering in the middle of the sun.

I have very sweaty skin and always find I can still climb to a reasonable standard at St. Bees even in the heat, whereas I wouldn't bother going to carrock in summer temps!

Plus it can be a bit cooler by the coast even on a hot day.

As others have said St Bees is a must. Carrock fell is great but a bit overgrown with bracken in summer (and rife with ticks).

Langdale/Chapel stile boulders are OK for an afternoon and combined with a stop over in Langdale would give options for dog friendly scrambles (Jack's Rake etc) 

Eskdale Fisherground could be an option... loads in 5-7 range.... couple of campsites and 2 decent boozers in the valley too

Thank for the info everyone, looks like st Bees is a must and the description in the guid says the easy way down is ok and I am sure once we are down we can work our way along to any of the boulders areas.

Bring on the Lakes

Keen to visit st bees for at least a day. Once down, (The easy way looks fine for the dog) how easy is the boulder hopping again for the dog. Assume once in the main area it is fine for a well controled dog to mooch around etc. Any dog tips from yourself would be great. thanks  

The boulder hop is hard for a human carrying pads if it is at all damp, so go when it has been in the sun for a bit. I took about 30 minutes to get 200 yards along the beach because it was so slippy,  spent the next hour as a nervous wreck (no joke.) 

PS.  I have never owned a dog. 

As above.  I found the the so called easy way was pretty hardcore.  I preferred the middle way down, with the rope and chain, the easiest.

Amazing place to be and I loved the climbing.

Good info, I tried to find the ‘easy way’ down last time, but gave up; I won’t bother next time!

Once you’re down there the boulders are on a flat rock platform, but it does drop off into the sea. I think a dog would be fine if it isn’t too curious. The pictures in the UKC logbook give a good idea of what it’s like.