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Josje26 Mar 2014
Next month, w’re visiting northern England, or perhaps Scotland, with the kids. We’d like to do some climbing, but are not experienced enough to climb trad. (Climbing levels between 4 and 6a French)
Our original plan was coming to the lakes, thinking Tilberthwaite Quarry is a bolted area. But now we heard that only some hard routes are bolted here.
Are there any crags in the lakes with nice bolted routes in the lower grades? Or should we better change our plans and go, for instance, to the Yorkshire Dales?
AFAIK the Dales would be better, or you could look at top rope options of which there are loads in the Lakes. Climbing in Lakes quarries is an aquired taste !
@tlm: We're from the Netherlands, we're in England (or maybe Scotland) for a week.
I think I understand how to build a top rope using trad gear, but I have never done it. So without any proper instruction in don't think that's clever to do. We don't have any trad gear (yet).
More questions...
About three days climbing, depending of the weather of course. We'll be camping, hiking, making campfires, a bit of easy scrambling. Our youngest is five years old. So much depends on how brave en safe she will be...
heh - the thing is, all the most fantastic climbing in those grades in the uk is trad.
Maybe someone off here might fancy going climbing with you when you are over here?
Josje26 Mar 2014
In reply to tlm: eerr, in that case I need to fill in the picture some more: we have five kids to bring along .
Would be nice, though. We arrive April the 26th and leave May the 4th.
Nothing to do with climbing, but the Crannoch Centre near Kenmore, at Loch Tay is a brilliant thing to visit with kids of any age. You WILL be able to make a fire without matches after that.
Have a look at Church Crag in the Lake District. Not bolted routes, but there are some belay bolts in place at the top. Short easy routes which may suit a family outing.
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