I won a guidebook for Portland back in 2007 so it was about time I headed down to Portland. Whats more, on cliffs there is no livestock and so it is a good place to start training the pups to become crag dogs! We managed to book into a caravan which would accept dogs it was just a shame after 2 hours of climbing the rest of the weekend was a washout!
The first evening we arrived was perfect weather so we wandered to explore the nearest crag to us, the cuttings.
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| Pepper exploring the cuttings with mum |
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Sunny Thursday eveing at the cuttings, with Button
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The next morning we were on the rock and with the dogs for around 2 hours before the rain started. The climbing seemed pretty good and I can't wait to get back in drier weather so I can do some more challenging routes instead of getting rained off during warming up!
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| The spotty crag dogs on guard |
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| Leading a first route at the cuttings |
The girls didnt seem too bothered about us climbing, once Pepper had tried to run up the rock and failed, but instead then they both ran up a hill opposite the crag so they could watch with a better view!
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| Cuddles in between climbs! |
So that was it for our climbing this trip but I took the chance to drive around and work out the location of the other crags on the island ready for next time. We spent the rest of this trip- walking the dogs in the rain and eating before heading home 2 days earlier than planned! Of course we couldnt leave Porland without the obligatory light house shot.
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| Smiling even in the rain at Portland Bill |
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