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The premonition

I should have known that I probably didn’t need two days off to reset my body clock before I get back to work. With a full day, and no need for napping, yesterday I spent my time catching up on mundane domestic stuff, as after a week or so away my OCD tendencies kick in. Continue reading “The premonition”

Half way round the world

It felt more than six months since my last trip back to the homelands to see the folks, but that is all it had been when I once again popped over for a cuppa or two. More frequent and shorter trips is the way of it, and some may think a week visit is tooContinue reading “Half way round the world”

Housework

Domestic duties can at time get in the way of getting out into nature, but today it was quite the opposite. It’s been a reasonably busy and long couple of weeks at work, in part as there was a need to wrap things up today. Watching the extra hours build up each day, and asContinue reading “Housework”

Ice creams all round

I am not the best in social situations, especially where there is small talk. That said I have tried to encourage the social aspects of our local crew. Back some years there was pretty good social element going and we’d meet up at crag, to watch climbing films or flick fests, or at someone’s house. Continue reading “Ice creams all round”

Cooking lessons

At twenty six degrees we were not intending to feel like we were getting cooked. Maybe that was what led Josh to try his luck and suggest a 5:45 meeting time in Capel, by which time the sun had well and truly risen into the sky. As it was I didn’t object to the time,Continue reading “Cooking lessons”

Four!

We finally managed to get the pest control booked in for Thursday last week, to spray the house and deter spiders from cohabitating with us. We have this done annually, this time being delayed and we had noticed an increase in White-tailed Spiders (Lampona cylindrata). These were the biggest concern, as bites from these canContinue reading “Four!”

In it for the right reasons

It seems a few of the local crew may be heading off for travels this year, some with a stint of climbing in mind and others not so much. Ash is soon going to have a climbing trip, so he was keen to get a bit of his climbing fitness back. Missing out last weekendContinue reading “In it for the right reasons”

What’s in a name

Today was take 2. My lack of experience, and to a degree observations, led Rongy and my last attempt to bolt the three new routes at Welly Dam come to a grinding halt. What was lacking was grunt in the equipment we had, but also the fact that there is a difference between a hammerContinue reading “What’s in a name”

Double luck

After a successful dive yesterday I was keen for a second dip before the usually relaxed start to the working year, during January, would come to an abrupt end on Monday. You may be pleased to know that this also signals a likely slowdown in posts, as my time to get out into nature willContinue reading “Double luck”

Heard but not seen

I did wonder if the title of my last post may have made some think that they would get some long overdue underwater images. And I did indeed consider taking my snorkel gear when we climbed at Castle Rock, as I knew the water would be clear. The coarse sand there settles quickly. It isContinue reading “Heard but not seen”