Ingleborough Training Walk

Started off with a lovely walk up from Clapham to Ingleborough Cave, then through Trow Gil where we grabbed a quick break looking at the ice on the rock faces. Then up the scramble, which i must say seemed easier then i remembered. Just up from here Craig from British Gas Digital 2's team ran up the hill out of sight and made a very strange noise (not sure put hoping it was a toilet break).
Then it was up to Gaping Gill and the view of Ingleborough ahead, Craig, Steve and James had to go look right down the gill from the very edge, which i when Steve gave his wife Lindsey a heart stopping moment by slipping!
On to the climb up the hill, and all those bloody steps!! But hey guess Stannah haven't got the ability to build an out door one yet!!

It took a while but have to say bloody well done Lindsey on reaching the top, not sure my motivational speaking worked but you did it. But not sure the icey wind and instant frost bight when eating lunch was what we needed.

The scrabble back down was fun and interesting with Craig and James trying to be Bear Grylls and slide down the ice. i think the words Craig used was my arse is freezing now! We fitted Lindsey with my ice grips and once she was used to them down we went.

After a track and some cheeky people questioning my map reading which was spot on, we made it back to Clapham for a well earned beer, before all heading home for a bath

Next Training Walk

Ingleborough for the next training walk a week on Sunday, from Clapham un past the cave and then past Gaping Gill. Who's turn is it to fall?
Now working on Sponsorship ideas and fundraising, Salsa lessons with Matthew if and when we get a room for starters. Go help him with the rest of us dancing lol

Training Walk 2

Well training walk 2 was interesting, flooded roads on the way to Malham. But hey well worth the walk once we got there. James is phoning a stairlift company tomorrow for one installing at the cove for the event though!!!
The path from above the cove to the tarn was flooded upto 2 foot deep in places.
Matthew asked a couple to take our pic then realised it was on video, there's a theme there from training walk 1 at Pen-Y-Ghent.

On the way back Steve found that the bog was deeper then he thought, Matthew slipped and had a sit down, I slipped and on one knee said a prayer. Note to selfs must trip James up next time to make it fair.