Brantfell bouldering

I was up Brantfell in Windermere last night. It’s a regular bouldering haunt of mine, as I used to live here & still work here. So its quick access for me. For your true boulder, its maybe not quite hard or overhanging enough….. but for me, just an all-rounder it offers great views over Windermere (that’s the Lake, not the Village), looking down towards Lakeside & then out across the Coniston & Langdale Fells, it gives a wealth of fingery problems on a vertical to slightly impending wall that’s about 30’ long and 15/18’ at its highest point. It’s a great place to go of an evening & boulder around, hang out with a couple of mates and enjoy an amazing sunset over a beautiful Lakeland vista. There’s an excellent traverse that goes at 6a & a lower one at 6c, which I am yet to complete. Think I'l have a go at the Great Lakes Run, a mega circuit around the Scafell range starting at Stool End Farm in Great Langdale, organised by Ian Barns. This will be my first time in this race & I’m not as fit as I would like to be, but hey ho, I think I’ll give it a crack and see what happens… you never know, I might do ok.

Charliebrantfelljune18th2010