Honister via ferrata
by fresh airI missed this earlier on in the year because i was at rourkys bash. Is anybody else keen to do this and maybe turn it into a weekend ???
Web Address: http://www.honister-slate-mine.co.uk/via_ferrata_at_honister.asp
Posted on 19/06/14
34 Comment(s)

I would like to do it but I think I would be doing the kiddie one not the Xtreme one 🤔 🙂
PDPear Drop (Sarah)I may be interested Col, but would have to be after Aug for me🤔
Oh yes
RRourkyI'm in Col depending on dates.. 😀
LMLittle Miss Sunshine (Max)Yes Colin, I'd also be interested depending on the date.
lilizziedI'm interested too depending on dates 🙂
WiWiggyHi all, well as I thought their is a fair bit of interest in doing this.
fafresh airNow comes the hard part...... sorting out a date.
My initial thoughts were to do it in July.
I had Sat 12th or Sat 26th in mind for via ferrata
and walk on the Sunday.
I know these dates might not be good for some peeps ☹ (sorry)but we need to start somewere so feedback please.🙂
I'd be struggling in July, Aug would be better for me
PDPear Drop (Sarah)Hi Col, I'd be up for the 12th / 13th weekend,if you go for it.
BiBigfootHi FA, yeah would be interested but not in July for me ☹
mimilvusAug for me Col if poss, late July at a push then i can make a long wkend of it.
RRourkyI've done it before but I'd definately do it again. I'll keep my eye open for dates 🙂
LMLittle Miss MagicDates dependant Col 🙂
DJDebbieJHi all, I was aware of Chris's Pirate weekend being the 7th to the 9th of August so I didn't want to put another invite up to clash with that.I really need to keep the following 3 weekends free. So the only date in August for me would be 1st to the 3rd.
on 08/06/14 @ 15:44Honister yha is the obvious choice being right next door.It all depends on numbers. We have plenty of other choices to work with. Buttermere,Borrowdale Ennerdale and even Blacksail yha's are all possible, Camping, Glamping whatever floats your boat 😋
fafresh air1st/2nd of August is a free weekend for me too Col 🙂
LMLittle Miss Sunshine (Max)Some stayed at Honister last Remembrance weekend, and there was no access to the hostel during the day, whereas Borrowdale was open all day so might be more convenient? don't know if that was just cos it was out of season though....
PDPear Drop (Sarah)Defo Glenn & Borrowdale is one of my fave YHA's 🙂
LMLittle Miss Sunshine (Max)Two of us stayed at Keswick YHA and two camped for the last Via Ferrata.
MMMadMag1st to 3rd good for me Col
RRourkyNo goodme Col will be Crotia, but enjoy will catch up an🙂pther time
I have checked with honister today and there is only one ticket left for each session on sat 2nd Aug,and 6 for the morning and 8 for the afternoon on the 3rd Aug.They do not run the Classic and the Extreme routes at the same time. Beds and camping spaces are still available at Yha Borrowdale, but with only a max of 8 via ferrata tickets available is it worth putting it up as an invite for these dates??
fafresh airI'd say yes Colin - 8 places is a nice sized group 🙂
LMLittle Miss Sunshine (Max)Just checked online booking again and it is still showing 6 places for the 09.00 VF Extreme and 8 for the 15.00 VF Extreme on the 03/08/14. It takes about 2.5 to 3 hours to complete.If we are going to do it on this weekend then we need to start booking asap.
fafresh airSorry Colin cant do this date, enjoy.
BiBigfoot