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Trip report by Rosie Dyer
"We had our first weekend away to the Peak District last weekend, we set off in convoy Friday night and after a long drive arrived at Chinley scout hut, a super cute little place with lots of flags and boy scout type decor, and after a not so brief trip to a 24 hour Tesco which was closed (?!) settled down to get a couple of hours sleep. We woke before dawn on the Saturday to get to the crag early and get lots of climbing done, we split into two groups, some discovering bouldering on gritstone for the first time and some spending the day experiencing trad. climbing for the fiirst time, we had a very relaxed day climbing and managed to get a lot done, some of us went to a nearby village and had a deserved cup of tea in the sunshine and a gander around the climbing shops, seeing the sunrise and sunset on one day was also very beautiful. We finished off the day with a takeaway and some hilarious games such as ordinary twister, human twister and the 'cork game' (I cant really explain it), they all ended with lots of laughs!
Sunday started with a lie in, we set off to a crag called Windgather, the day started off misty but cleared up as the day went on, the majority of people stayed at Windgather to do some more trad. climbing, a small group of us travelled about half an hour to a limestone quarry called the Horseshoe to try out the sport climbing. Again a very enjoyable day, we sadly said goodbye to Chinley and set off home. Thanks to all the people that drove on the trip. Hope you all had as much fun on the weekend as I did!"