Fisher Place Gill (Canyoning)

Dave, Sophie, Steve, Tom

Not quite the refreshing summer-scorcher splash around that we’d been hoping for, it was a drizzly 18 degree day when we met at 3pm for a later than usual trip.

Got in about 2 pitches from the top to avoid any more steep hiking, but still caught all the good ones. There was a decent amount of flow in the ghyll so we got a good dousing on the waterfalls, getting a bit chilly and drafty waiting in the pool in the middle of the double drop.

By the time we reached the social media Infinity Pool, we had a real audience for the big pressure washer pitch, presumably hoping to witness a repeat of yesterday’s accident where a tourist had fallen the full height of the waterfall.

We started leapfrog rigging the last set of pitches with them all being quite short, and with body temperatures dropping. We clambered out and legged it downhill for a change and a pint with chips (and a dessert of crisps) at the Kings Head at Thirlspot.