Northumberland Bouldering

Snap bouldering mats and accessories are now in stock at several outdoor stores for their first season on sale in the UK. Snap is the second brand to be taken on by Newcastle-based the County Climbing Company, who also import E9 clothing. Snap pads were first develpoed in France in 1996 with the goal to 'promote the development of rock-climbing and fulfil climbers requirements as much as possible by manufacturing innovative and stylish products'. Since then they have been very successful in their home country. The local stockist for the North-East is Sunderland Climbing Centre. Right: Managing director Andrew Earl with his Snap pads.

More Northumberland esoterica checked out and added to the site, this time at White House Rocks located just North of Alnwick on the Eglingham road. The recent felling of trees and addition of some harder problems has made this a venue worthy of some attention.

For those interested in checking out some proper county esterica, Lemmington Woods hosts a handful of good problems on excellent rock which are easily accessible from the B6341 Edlingham/Corby's road. The area has recently benefited from the removal of trees directly in front of the main buttress.