Walking and climbing all over the world, on foot and by campervan. Australia, Namibia, South Africa, Patagonia and other bits of South America, Costa Rica, Norway and Sweden to barely scratch the surface. Climbing '60s and '70s archives, Kerry climbing route descriptions and of course, Grumpy Old Men's Climbing Club news.

Hedera Helix, words and pictures of walking and climbing all over the world, on foot and by campervan. Australia, Namibia, South Africa, Patagonia and other bits of South America, Costa Rica, Norway and Sweden to barely scratch the surface. Climbing '60s and '70s archives, Kerry climbing route descriptions and of course, Grumpy Old Men's Climbing Club news.

Archives. Anecdotes and pictures from the golden age of climbing in the early sixties. This is where it all started for some of us. See also the sixties gallery and for the younger ones amongst us, the seventies gallery.

Gallery of pictures. Chris' photographs and Sue's art work. New Gallery underway, you may have to reload or refresh this screen.

Grumpies? Well, check out the Grumpy Old Men's Climbing Club pages. They've been going for a few years now. Constitution? well there isn't one except that should anyone become positive and cheerful they may have their GOM T-shirt ceremoniously ripped from their stooped shoulders. Hah! So what have they been up to? For a start there was JR's summer birthday garden party - cucumber sandwiches with the crusts trimmed, all washed down with tumblers of Krug, Roy's garden shed warming party where, in the steps of D.H. Lawrence there was some risqué behaviour. Then of course there was your webmaster's birthday party which as far as he can remember was a success, and finally for the year, the annual Grumpies Christmas party at the Sheaf Hotel where there was lots of beer and sandwiches and the Grump of the Year T-shirt was awarded. All immortalised on memory card. Click on Grumpy. But it wasn't all beer, skittles and grumping, Dick Turnbull and crew got trapped in the Arctic ice, your webmaster and Sue went two months off-roading in Western Australia, the Gravelings went to China and many Grumpies even went climbing, check out the Climbing menu.

Walking. Eighteen brilliant tried and tested walking circuits in the Peak District, everything from 2.5 hours to all-day; detailed descriptions, grid references and points of interest.

Travel. Lots of that going on, words and pictures for many parts of the world, some of it by flying, other bits by campervan. Most recently a revisit to Scandinavia and a couple of months in Western Australia. But there's also lots of other destinations. try India, Mauritius, Iceland, Costa Rica, Patagonia and South America for starts.

Climbing. Plenty of that, check out the climbing menu, but there's also loads or route descriptions to the stunning climbing in Kerry, in the southwest of Ireland.

New New New for March 2012 Galleries. Recent scanning of colour slides has resulted in several new galleries. All in the main menu as well. New too, Peak Walks new walks and old ones revised.

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