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The summer holidays are fast approaching.

The school summer holidays are upon us, so here is some ideas of adventurous things to entertain kids of all ages  in the beautiful North East outdoors. Hadrian’s Wall Covering 83 miles the is plenty ground to cover and lots to do. There are some spectacular walks in the area near Housesteads, including the most photographed tree in the north at Sycamore gap made famous in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and numerous local weather pictures. Most of the forts have a number of events throughout the summer, culminating with English Heritage’s... Read More

Gemma’s Morocco Trip

Last Tuesday a group of 13 from all around the country (many never having met before) met at stupid o’clock in Gatwick airport to head to Morocco to climb the highest mountain in North Africa Mount Toubkal (4,167m). After a very early flight to Marrakesh and bus trip up to the village of Imlil our first task was to walk to the valley to our guides home village of Arourmd.   Once we arrived in the village we got our first proper look at the mountains we were about to go walking... Read More

Stuff the Duffel – How much kit can a Base Camp duffel take? Part 4 (series of 5)

We looked at the medium yesterday and you can see the results of the weigh-in here. For Number four   in our duffel series we’re going to stuff the Extra Large  North Face Base Camp with a load of kit for a trip to the winter climbing in Scotland North Face Base Camp Duffel – Extra Large Dimensions when fully packed (approx) W:48cm D:48 cm L:81 cm Capacity in litres: 155   Ideal for:  weekend in the lakes , a trip to the snowdome, school trip, a days paddling,a weekend... Read More

Stuff the Duffel – How much kit can a Base Camp duffel take? Part 3 (series of 5)

https://www.ldmountaincentre.com/competitions/ We looked at the small yesterday and you can see the results of the weigh-in here. For Number three  in our duffel series we’re going to stuff the medium North Face Base Camp with a load of kit for a trip to the snow dome. North Face Base Camp Duffel – Medium Dimensions when fully packed (approx) W:38 cm D:38 cm L:61 cm Capacity in litres: 72   Ideal for:  weekend in the lakes , a trip to the snowdome, school trip, a days paddling,a weekend hostelling, a beach... Read More

Climbing on two legs again

This is a little piece done for us by LD Mountain Centre Friend Barry Hobbs, site manager for Go ape Matfen. We all hope to do the ativities we love for as long as we can, here is a positive example of surgery allowing someone to continue taking part in the sport they love.         After nearly forty years of self abuse through climbing and fell-running, I recently had a total hip replacement.  Although the surgeon said that climbing with it wasn’t recommended, he also explained what... Read More

My Favourite Jacket

Some of my colleagues here at the LD Mountain Centre often comment on the number of jackets I have calling me the Imelda Marcus of the outdoor Jacket world.  Alright I admit it I am kit geek and I do have one or two jackets but I do use them all or most of them.  Don’t tell the other jackets but I do have a favourite one, that gets used a lot more than the others.  My favourite is the May THE NORTH FACE Super Zephyrus Hoodie. https://www.ldmountaincentre.com/product.aspx?id=7809 The Super... Read More