We know of a disused railway bridge that people have been climbing, we know others have been climbing it because of the paint on certain bricks used to indicate routes people have created.

It's small wonder people keep this quiet and to themselves, it would be such a shame if too many people climbed this structure as the erosion of the wall would hasten and eventually it would be useless to us (Climbers).

As you can see, at first glance it appears that there is no way you can climb this - there seems to be nothing to hold onto but that soon changes when you start to climb - it is amazing what you can climb with the correct equipment and without the correct shoes this would not be possible.

I have learned so much since starting this sport, mainly to trust your feet which is easy to say - when starting out you have no technique which makes things very difficult but climbing is a steep (but nice) learning curve and people usually pick up the basics very quickly.

So on this occasion myself, Scott (Climbing Partner and friend) - His Two kids & Donny the dog loaded up the landrover and set off to the bridge - it was a weekday and the weather was good.

Upon arrival we had a quick look to decide which part of the wall to climb first - parked the landrover in the appropriate place over the part of the wall to be climbed - released enough cable from the winch so that we could place the carabina just over the edge. It was understood that the land rover would be a good enough anchor for people not weighing over 70 Kilo's LOL.

One went to the foot of the bridge, the other threw one end of the rope down after it had been passed through our Caribina.

There it is - you now have a 'Top Rope'.

So, now to tie ones self in and get climbing - Scott went first and then myself - a nice pleasent climb.. very good and a releif to reach the top and poke your head over.

Then we allowed the kids to have a go - as you can see Kids need a full harness so they cant turn upside down and fall out, we ensured they wore a helmet too.

The only draw back to a full harness is that they cant lean back properly and walk down the wall as is the norm when coming down - they had to be lowered which was a little odd but safety is always a priority.

I have to say the kids showed no fear and did very well indeed.

We then moved to a different part of the wall and did it all again, we chose a corner this time though to make things more difficult.

We will do our best to visit this location as often as possible as we don't have many places like this around here, or at least if we do they are not well known.

This was an excellent excercise, it's different to climbing rock and certainly not the same as climbing the manmade indoor wall we are used to.

I know I certainly learned a thing or Two after climbing this.

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