Hi Tim,

Just a short note to say thanks for a couple of interesting days out and
a really good introduction into Lakeland climbing, i enjoyed it . Good
luck with your coming expeditions and who knows we may meet agian
sometime ....

Paul Rowntree (summer cragging 2005)

Hi Tim,

Back from Scotland and looking out from my desk at work over the very green hills of Sheffield. This is just to say thank you very much again for a great weekend. Particularly the Sunday sticks in my mind. Walking up the goat path and then into a complete whiteout was quite an experience!

Hope to see you again some time and good luck with all trips you have planned.

Take care, Christiane (Winter Skills 2005)

Just a quick note to say a big thanks you for an excellent trip with superb leadership. I couldn't have done it without you ... and it wouldn't have been as enjoyable either.

See you again - John (Greenland 2003)

What a FANTASTIC weekend. I learnt sooo much and can't wait to put it all in to practice. Thanks for your easy to follow top tips and handy hints. Cheers mate - Chris (Winter skills course 2004)

Tim - just a quick note to say thanks for the week in the Cairngorms.

A thoroughly enjoyable week and one in which I learnt an aweful (sic) lot.

Good luck this year and hopegfully (sic) I'll be in touch nearer April pestering you for what conditions are like.

Thanks once agin (sic) - Chris (Winter skills course 2004)

Tim, thanks for a class weekend, learnt a lot more and am looking forward to putting some of your valuable advice into practice.

Wishing you all the best for the future and by the way, we all think you're a lucky ****** being able to spend your time earning a living and enjoying yourself in the process!

Hope to book something with you in the future.

Aurra best

Angus, Gordon & Donald (Winter skills course 2004)

Just a short note to wish you and Ali a very happy Christmas, wherever you are (Thailand?). Not a day has passed since we got home when we have not thought about our trip to Mera, it keeps us going during boring meetings at work (though people sometimes wonder why I've got a smile on my face during serious discussions). The photos & video turned out great. Haven't decided what to do next year, I think we said something about warmer and lower but the mountains call. Anyway, thanks for giving us a great trip.

Jane & Brian. (Mera Peak trip, Nepal 2001)

Hiya Tim,

Just a quick note to thank you for the excellent weekend. I enjoyed the logical approach and feel that I picked up loads of info and am looking forward to putting it in to practice.

Cheers mate - Karen (Rock climbing in Borrowdale 2004)

Tim - That was great. Absolutely great. What a trip.

Thanks - Richard (Ama Dablam 2003)

Dear Tim,

Just a quick note to say thanks again for a cracking couple of days. We both felt you structured it really well - the first day set firm foundations for newbie climbers like us, and then the second day was a revelation to get out onto real rock and see what you'd shown us the previous day fall into place. You had incredible patience on the static line next to us, with just the right balance of hints and instruction where necessary yet allowing us to work things out for ourselves.

As a result, the next day we felt confident, nay raring, to go out there and climb on our own. As you know, we went back to Brown Slabs, and as well as the two routes we did with you, we did Brown Slabs Face at V Diff (which felt significantly harder than Brown Slabs Direct, I was extremely glad that I only seconded it!), and the right-hand start to the main gully route up the little slab to the right-hand tree and up into the start of the gully. Didn't do the Arete route, so that's for next time.

We're both back in London now, but can't wait to get back onto the rock. Tim bought the Yorkshire Gritstone guidebook, so we'll have a go at all the Diffs and V Diffs we can find in it, and maybe top-rope a few of the 10-15m Severes and VS's. We'd also like to do a longer multipitch Diff or two (like Corvus which you mentioned) -- so plenty for us to experiment with before we're back for the next stage in our education!!

All the best,

Paddy (2 day 'learning to lead' course 2005)