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OnLine Weather: UK four day outlook Midlands area: four day forecast Sheffield area: two and four day forecast Manchester area: current conditions and four day forecast Leeds area: current conditions and four day forecast Wales: four day outlook Aberdeen area: current conditions and four day outlook NW Highlands and Islands - four day outlook Rockfax Tide Predictor |
From the European Medium Range Forcasts Precipitation forecasts Today , Tomorrow , 2 , 3 , 4 and 5 days ahead. The end of the 24 hour period for each prediction is shown at the bottom of the image. Follow this link for them all collected onto one page. |
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From the MET office: Latest weather reports from around the UK. General 3 day forcasts - regional and pretty good! UK cities 3 day forecast, including probability of precipitation Peak 3 day forecast. |
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| Climbing | |
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Newsgroups, Discussion boards, and 'webzines' uk.rec.climbing newsgroup - and they look like this. Oh dear. rec.climbing newsgroup - "cut a fat hog in the ass on this way overhanging thin crack", etc. While here you can put faces to names. fr.montagne.escelade - french climbing newsgroup. Rocktalk and Eclimb - discussion boards. MtN forum - climbing discussion forums. FRCC - Lakes-orientated message board, hosted by the Fell & Rock Climbing Club. UK climbing - general England/Wales climbing mag site, with New Routes database. PlanetFear - revised scared climbing mag site with forums. ScotlandOnline - climbing news and profiles from north of the border. ClimbScotland - another scottish site, offering news, but also crag guides and photo gallery. |
Information Sites Rockfax - homepage of the guidebook team, easily the most profession UK climbing site on the web with monthly features and regular route and access updates to their guidebooks. MegaGrip - home to some topos of recent (esoteric) Peak sport crags, and lots of product placement. BMC - the usual stuff, access updates and an admirable attempt to get climbers to share cars. UK bouldering - general site with movies that don't work for me, hey ho. Lake District climbing. Yorkshire Grit - a bit of news and galleries, and videos. Iggy's Yorkshire Bouldering - another site for the baggy shorts and big mats brigade Yorkshire Bouldering - as it says on the tin. Peak Bouldering - have these people forgotten what ropes are for? CragX - Peak-centric hard sport-climbing site, with occasional topo, usually by living legend Keith Sharples. Lundy Island - travel and route info. Dartmoor - good site on the headpoints and bouldering there from Dave Henderson. |
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Homepages YUMC - York University Mountaineering Club's site, with gallery and some info on Yorkshire. LUMC - Leicester University Mountaineering Club - the Linus site. Dangerous Dave - don't mess! Mad Frankie Fraser of the climbing world. Good gallery and Roche Abbey info. (Is that better, Dave?) Al Downie - Al works in an art department, the Puff (tm). Blinkin' Flip!! etc. Ben Lowe's Climbing Photographs - and very good they are too, lots of Peak ones. Gary Gibson - The Maninblack resurfaces with many topos and some 1st ascent photos. Gary Storrick - gear freaks behold thine master - "Don't trust your life to a grappling hook". eHut - "Tape up children!" Ray Jardine - interesting history and climbing log from the man who reinvented trad climbing. Graham Hewitt - picture galleries and the best links page in the world. Dark Peak Images - Stu Littlefair and chums and some very nice photos. John Dunne - excellent, non-commercial site from the man himself. Tim Ruthers - some gritstone photos. |
Commercial and Magazine Sites Eclimb - used to be Rock'n'Run. Check their Clearance list for bargains. The Outdoor Co-op - worthy gear suppliers based in Stone, Staffs. Rock and Groove - good US on-line mag, with regular news reports and much less 'Sharma' bias than I gave it credit for. TheDeadPoint - promising US on-line mag with some news items; very swish. Rock and Ice - monthly american mag online. Climbing - another monthly american mag online. Why can't the british ones do this? Catcha flaket - JUG!! - Excellent swedish online magazine, with a great name. Can't understand a word of it though. Mnet Mountain Net - very impressive Italian online mag. Serious Clowning - John Redhead 'product' site. Very good photo slide-show and insight to the man behind his more famous route names. Johnny Dawes Inc. - workshops and madness available for the curious. Onsight Photography - Simon Carter's stunning photos of Oz climbing Scottish Rock - Gary Latter's excellent guiding service, and some new route information. More nice pictures soon I hope! Nottingham Wall - new website with some great photos! |
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France Escalde Online - general climbing site. Escalde Only - similar thing. Cosiroc - comprehensive guide to what seems to be all the crags in France. Sorted by name or by region. DYNO! - pages dedicated to bouldering north of Paris. Fontainbleau definitive site - and you thought gritstoners were ok with slopers? Charente - where Fred Rouhling's hard routes are. Climbing in the South of France - courtesy of Hamish Morrison. Buoux - a short article on the cliff and its history written by Antoine Le Menestrel, though may need translating. Buoux Pictures - not amazing though. Grimp'Azur - SE France topos and pictures. Alsace sandstone - great site from Yann Corby - some looks grit. Mühlberg - looks suspiciously grit-like. |
Rest of Europe Swedish climbing web - a few links to the climbing in Sweden. Mnet Rock - Italian e-mag rock section, in English. Sardinia - a lot to offer, in English. Pulteri.net - bouldering in Finland. Teepaki - more Finnish rock exists! www.center.gr - climbing in greece |
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Vaguely climbing related stuff Mulitmap - free road and OS maps online Padarn Camera - looking across the lake down the Llanberis Pass, and a camera pointing at Vivian Quarry. Cool. Snowdon Camera - from 4wales.com. Cairngorm Camera - from Herriot-Watt University, with link to the weather station (check out the wind speeds!) Ben Nevis Camera - low level shot of The Ben, usually clouds surprisingly enough Cuillin cam - from the Sligachan Hotel, Skye. Glendrynoch cottages - on Skye, run by me mate's mum! Polbain Stores - the local Reiff supermarket has everything, and a good historical gallery of the area. Bradford Curry Guide - essential post-Ilkley establishments Northwest Scotland - virtual roadtrip. Drive to Reiff from the comfort of your office. 5minutesaway.co.uk - food, etc. 5 min from Uk motorways. Alastair McIvor's Stone Circle Pages - for bits of forgotten gritstone. Brimham Rocks website - with nice gallery. |
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| Other Stuff | |
| Links De Rigueur Urban Legends - the definitive list. Another good urban myths site. Mr Postgrad and friends. The Clangers - it's my age y'see. See here too. Staffordshire Oatcakes - this and the Roaches are the best things in Staffordshire. Oh, and Robin Reliants. Julia's page - Everquest stuff, the largest family in the world, but absolutely no frightening maths. What's the world coming to? Work - look, everyone has to do it at some point ... |
The Loony Bin Kama-Sooty - pick of the crop! In fact, this should be in the other column. Longdendale in the Peak - with UFOcam! Gallery of uk.misc - if you thought the uk.rec.climbers were strange ... The Bible Codes - pile of pants. www.jesuslovesyou.com - yours for a donation of only $7488.00 Mars Base - I don't know... The Hat Song Lobster Magnet Post-pyromanial episodes involving cars. Booked a flight? - determine your survival chances. Museum of Depressionist Art - one for you, Al. Learn some Engrish! Madness |
