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"she is quite simply, one of the outstanding British women climbers to emerge from the 1990's"
Colin Wells - 'Climb' magazine.
Snowholes and parakeets! - 6th Feb 2010
I’m sitting writing this eating tea and cakes up at Glenmore Lod...Read more
A new week - 18th Jan 2010
As predicted Saturday was a busy day, in fact The Westway said i...Read more
Night boarding and more... - 14th Jan 2010
Just a quick one as it’s quite late and I’ve got to get my gear ...Read more
Happy 2010!! - 5th Jan 2010
Phew, Christmas and New Year are over. I have to admit it was al...Read more
A little news - 7th Dec 2009
Just had a nice weekend down Bristol way (although as usual, the...Read more
Kendal and more. - 25th Nov 2009
As usual, the Kendal Mountain Festival was great. To say it gets...Read more
All quiet on the western Sheffield front... - 4th Nov 2009
Yes I know it’s been a while, in fact quite a while- so much so ...Read more
It's official- I'm fed up!! - 5th Aug 2009
The last few weeks as usual have been fairly eventful, with quit...Read more
Light at the end of the tunnel? - 16th Jul 2009
Things are looking up! I am starting to feel like a climber agai...Read more
Van grimness and Marmot weekend in Wales. - 6th Jul 2009
Myself, Tim and John Horscroft (and Kodo of course), spent a ver...Read more
Hail and floods; summer's here!! - 16th Jun 2009
I had a good days coaching in North Wales at the weekend as part...Read more
Walking is the new climbing!! - 8th Jun 2009
More fun and games to report on the van- poor thing!! More about...Read more
New weekend workshop in North Wales - 18th May 2009
For more info go to News and Events....Read more
Life back in the UK - 4th May 2009
Here I am sitting in a café on Portland drinking coffee, quite n...Read more
Mission accomplished!! I have redpointed Kalea Borroka f8b+ - 22nd Apr 2009
Sunday 5th April 2009 was the day it happened. It was one of the...Read more
Good progress on Kalea Borroka in between the rain in Spain! - 7th Apr 2009
16th March 2009 - 23rd March 2009 It’s been a few weeks since m...Read more
A chilly Spain turns roasting & f8a onsights!! - 12th Mar 2009
Phew! A lot of time has passed since my last blog and a lot has ...Read more
2009 update. - 10th Feb 2009
17th January 2009. As I write this, I am in France. After retur...Read more
Spain December 2008. Part 2. WARNING, reading this may use up valuable hours of your day. - 19th Jan 2009
Well that’s about 5 days covered in the last blog, only another ...Read more
Spain, December 2008. Part 1... - 8th Jan 2009
December 2008 was an eventful month, an enjoyable adventure with...Read more
Kendal Film festival and stuff. - 24th Nov 2008
I ended up going out to Curbar with my Swiss friends again on Th...Read more
Busy time... - 19th Nov 2008
Well, it’s been a busy old time since I got back from Prague. I’...Read more
Indian Creek part 2. It's long, be warned! - 12th Nov 2008
So having had an amazing time in Indian Creek, the thought of go...Read more
Off to Prague. - 6th Nov 2008
Tim and I are going to Prague for the weekend for a bit of Cultu...Read more
Indian Creek, USA, October 2008- awesome!! - 29th Oct 2008
Well here I am, back in good old blighty again. A bit later than...Read more
Sunny days in Jersey. - 1st Oct 2008
Well, how lucky were we? Touchdown on Jersey was just I’d hoped,...Read more
Jersey, here we come! - 15th Sep 2008
I’m getting really excited about Jersey now, I can’t wait to go ...Read more
Another new question... - 11th Sep 2008
Check out Kate's question and answer in the 'climbing clinic'...Read more
New answer in the 'Climbing Clinic'. - 8th Sep 2008
More answers to come over the next week, also some new prize win...Read more
August Bank Holiday and more... - 5th Sep 2008
Well not loads to report on the climbing front to be honest. Aug...Read more
What a Summer! - 21st Aug 2008
Since my last blog, it’s been a fairly action packed time, in th...Read more
Rain stops play, again! - 8th Aug 2008
Well, Cornwall, it should have been sun, sea, surf and dry rock ...Read more
Another f8b - 24th Jul 2008
Awesome, awesome, awesome!! Today I did the route and kind of...Read more
Still no cigar! - 23rd Jul 2008
Blimey how long is this route going to take?? It’s all been a g...Read more
Friedrikshafen tradeshow - 20th Jul 2008
Got back from the German tradeshow last night. Had a pretty mad ...Read more
Raven Tor non action! - 11th Jul 2008
Well, no good news I’m afraid, I didn’t manage to do the route. ...Read more
Raven Tor action - 9th Jul 2008
Well we’ve had some iffy weather recently, so I’ve been confined...Read more
Portland and more UK stuff. - 28th Jun 2008
Well, Portland as always was great. In fact it felt like a bit o...Read more
What have I been up to? It's a long one! - 11th Jun 2008
Well, it’s been a busy couple of months, what with leaving the B...Read more
New 'climbing clinic' prize winner! - 5th Mar 2008
Check out the 'climbing clinic' to find out who has won February...Read more
A quiet climbing week - 24th Feb 2008
Well this week has been very busy on the work front and conseque...Read more
Another week passes by. - 18th Feb 2008
Well time seems to be whizzing by at the moment. I am pretty bus...Read more
Amazing weather- finally! And some upcoming events to watch out for. - 13th Feb 2008
Well I am happy to say the weather has been fantastic. I have be...Read more
January's 'climbing clinic' winner announced - 3rd Feb 2008
We have a new winner in the climbing clinic and also new questio...Read more
Antalya- a slice of sport climbing heaven. - 30th Jan 2008
Well here we are back in blightly, welcomed by the ubiquitous ra...Read more
More interesting stuff in the 'climbing clinic' - 20th Jan 2008
Check out the 'climbing clinic' for another good query. I'm off...Read more
New question for 2008 in the 'climbing clinic' - 18th Jan 2008
We have a new question in the clinic from Simon, probably very r...Read more
Happy New Year - 8th Jan 2008
Happy New Year! Well, here we are in 2008. We had a nice fami...Read more
Happy Christams - 23rd Dec 2007
I'm off down south now for a family Christmas, it isn't looking ...Read more
It's Christmas!! - 21st Dec 2007
Well, today was my last day working for 2007, phew. It's been a...Read more
British Team Trials and new question in the 'Climbing clinic' - 14th Dec 2007
Well, last weekend I ran my first competition. This was the firs...Read more
Glenmore Lodge dry tooling fest and new 'Climbing Clinic' winner and question. - 2nd Dec 2007
After driving 800 miles in just over 24 hours, I’m feeling a lit...Read more
Back from Albarracin - 27th Nov 2007
Back from a fantastic trip to Albarracin in Spain. We only went ...Read more
Off to Spain bouldering until Sunday, yay! - 21st Nov 2007
Also, new question in the climbing clinic from Raphael......Read more
The final chapter, a bit about grades too. - 18th Nov 2007
SO, to the day of the ascent. Again, I didn’t know if I was goin...Read more
More news on Slab and Crack- Curbar. - 16th Nov 2007
Friday 16th November. I have now had a few days for my overacti...Read more
Did I have my best ever climbing experience yesterday? - 13th Nov 2007
You may or may not have gathered that I headpointed 'Slab and Cr...Read more
New images in the gallery... - 11th Nov 2007
Check out the UK trad tab and the miscallaneous tab, for some gr...Read more
First week at work and October's 'Climbing Clinic' winner announced - 4th Nov 2007
We now have October’s winner of the ‘Climbing Clinic’- congratul...Read more
New question in the Climbing Clinic. - 30th Oct 2007
There is another good question in the climbing clinic from Saori...Read more
New images of Top Loader in the gallery and more... - 27th Oct 2007
I've been getting on Slab and crack at Curbar a bit recently, it...Read more
Check out today's good question in the 'climbing clinic' from Ruth. - 24th Oct 2007
Also, had another play on 'End of the affair' and can do it on t...Read more
Success on Top Loader plus a bonus. - 20th Oct 2007
After having a bit of a break this week from climbing, partly be...Read more
Frustrating weather - 13th Oct 2007
Yesterday turned out to be a bit of a non event. Got to Top Load...Read more
Congratulations to Robin; - 11th Oct 2007
This months 'Climbing Clinic' prize winner. Check out his winni...Read more
More top roping! - 10th Oct 2007
While the UKC debate has raged on, I got out into the Peak after...Read more
More Janus and whinging pommes! - 9th Oct 2007
Well, I was just about to start writing my blog about Janus when...Read more
'Janus' E7 6b- headpointed on Friday! - 8th Oct 2007
A first for me, I was a headpoint virgin. Really chuffed about d...Read more
Grit mad- not like me! - 3rd Oct 2007
Loads more grit action in the last week, it’s been a bit of a ba...Read more
Northumberland (again) - 26th Sep 2007
Been up in Northumberland for three days, such a cool place. But...Read more
2nd place in China. - 17th Sep 2007
A mammoth read for those who have time! Also there are some pics...Read more
Scarpa team event - 3rd Sep 2007
Well it’s been a fun weekend with the Scarpa team in Northumberl...Read more
Life is good. - 30th Aug 2007
Lots of exciting news to report. I found out last week that I’ve...Read more
BLCC- 28th July 2007. - 22nd Aug 2007
Well, it was that time of year again- training indoors and pulli...Read more
Happy Birthday! 19th April 2007. - 22nd Aug 2007
Well, my 36th birthday turned out to be a good one, I did my new...Read more
A French winter- 4th April 2007. - 22nd Aug 2007
Well, we’ve now been in France for nearly four months and I have...Read more
French trip - June/July 2006. - 21st Aug 2007
Summer had arrived, so where was the best place to head to for q...Read more
Abregnief 8b, April 2006. - 20th Aug 2007
I definitely wasn’t climbing my best at the start of my trip to ...Read more
Blitzing the Blue. 18th September 2005. - 3rd Apr 2007
After returning from a get fit trip to Europe, Lucy’s plan was t...Read more