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A chill in the air
August 20, 2007, 03:22:39 pm
Definitely noticed one this morning, first time this year. Has it reached down south? Wonder if it's the start of some cooler, dryer conditions or just a brief blip?

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#1 Re: A chill in the air
August 20, 2007, 03:38:33 pm
just a blip i recon. in the peak its forecast to be 26deg over the weekend.

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#2 Re: A chill in the air
August 20, 2007, 04:00:17 pm
Just a blip - that low that passed over on Saturday and early Sunday is dragging a northerly airflow down for a few days although it did feel very Autumn like in Wales yesterday.  The forecast for the end of the week is for sunshine and warm weather.  I'm not complaining though as we've had such a crap summer we could do with sunny weather.

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#3 Re: A chill in the air
August 20, 2007, 04:33:06 pm
was a nice cool 12 degree's at bbg north t'other day, working blind fig

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#4 Re: A chill in the air
August 21, 2007, 10:59:18 am
Look at you. Twas baltic at the cowperstone last night

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#5 Re: A chill in the air
August 21, 2007, 11:02:01 am
another day forecast in the low teens with nearly 100% cloud covwer and a good breeze.
not good for photo's but good for climbing.
I'll be at stanage in a few hours  ;D

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#6 Re: A chill in the air
August 21, 2007, 11:38:40 am
If anyone wants to meet up with Jim, he'll be working The Ace.

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#7 Re: A chill in the air
August 21, 2007, 12:13:23 pm
I just drove through the Peak to visit my Opticians in Sheffield and it's a good day for bouldering.  Down to 11 degrees at Burbage with a breeze and cloud cover.  I have to work now for the rest of the day unfortunately.

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#8 Re: A chill in the air
August 21, 2007, 12:22:09 pm
I may even have to resort to a grit session tonight, as I fear the tor will be no good. Every cloud has a gritstone lining.

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#9 Re: A chill in the air
August 21, 2007, 12:33:36 pm
drop us a line on the 2-way d-dog, we should be still out.
We'll show you how real men climb on grit

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#10 Re: A chill in the air
August 21, 2007, 12:58:38 pm
We'll show you how real men climb on grit

Thats the spirit, footworks for bummers etc etc.

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#11 Re: A chill in the air
August 23, 2007, 11:03:27 am
One day I really hope to get rid of the finger numbness that stops me from climbing well in winter and experience this whole "grit conditions" voodoo.  This last week I've been climbing as well as ever (sent Si's Arete in the midday sun and fell off last move of Underhand on monday, just failed to hang last hold of Fight on Black on tuesday etc) and really am curious to see whether I would be climbing harder in colder weather. 

Still, I admit to recently developing a compulsion to boulder on limestone so I guess I must respond to the changing seasons at some base level (like a swallow in Spring!).  I wonder if any appropriate experiments have ever been done in those "bio-domes" - would a climber, kept isolated for years at a time, still remain tune with the external seasons by their unconscious prediliction for fondling in situ grit or lime boulders... any volunteers?! 

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#12 Re: A chill in the air
August 23, 2007, 02:04:28 pm
its cold and rainy down here.
good forecast for magic wood, on the other hand.
(very very strong) fingers crossed.

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#13 Re: A chill in the air
August 23, 2007, 04:15:19 pm
boiling hot over here now. cocktail and cigar weather.
got a box of monte cristo no.3's on there way  :)
having a quick ladder session to make sure the guns are still firing tho

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#14 Re: A chill in the air
August 23, 2007, 07:10:23 pm
 :bow:

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#15 Re: A chill in the air
August 23, 2007, 09:13:30 pm
Definitely noticed one this morning, first time this year. Has it reached down south? Wonder if it's the start of some cooler, dryer conditions or just a brief blip?

it's been pissing it down in surrey for days......
so much for summer effing holidays
 :'(

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#16 Re: A chill in the air
August 24, 2007, 12:42:03 am
only down there dr t. been out ont grit every day this wk. (apart from today which was still nice but wouldn't have sounded as dramatic)

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#17 Re: A chill in the air
October 19, 2007, 11:15:00 pm
sorry to resurrect this but...
finally fall is here.

tomorrow and sunday:
sunny.
7° at 2 pm
NE winds 30 kmh
wind chill -3°

feel the power.

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#18 Re: A chill in the air
October 19, 2007, 11:30:09 pm
Was cold and crisp up here last weekend, and looks the same for this one. First frosts this week.

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#19 Re: A chill in the air
October 20, 2007, 12:03:14 am
There's definitely a chill in my north-facing gets-no-sun-whatsoever-and-we-can't-afford-heating bedroom so I'm off to caley tomorrow to stick to some slopers, and hopefully do Horn Left Arete (which I won't do now I've said I'll hopefully get it)

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#20 Re: A chill in the air
October 20, 2007, 01:07:41 am
Wednesday was fuckin baltic at burbage earl, too cold for dense and beef.

Nibs, we call it autumn

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#21 Re: A chill in the air
October 20, 2007, 07:51:44 am
it was merely an excuse to get a bit of "space" with dense.
anyway my car was frosted to the hilt on leaving work thismorning, would be keen to get out except i should go to bed.

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#22 Re: A chill in the air
October 20, 2007, 09:01:51 am
Gonna be mint this morning i reckon, but if the cloud stays off it could warm up pretty quickly in the afternoon - I hope to hear of projects falling in these good temps!

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#23 Re: A chill in the air
October 20, 2007, 09:18:35 am
heading peakwards Thursday morning so here's hoping it stays chilly.....

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#24 Re: A chill in the air
October 20, 2007, 11:56:44 am
Hope these cool conditions last until Friday when I'm off to Thorn Crag for the first Grit of the season. Upper Tier Malham tomorrow should be well grippy in the cool. Here's hoping...

 

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