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A voice in my head

Next week I’ll pick Lisa up from the airport. So with just me to get out the door I got an early start on another loop walk detailed in our Walking in Circles book. I rolled into a sleepy Gracetown as first light crept across the sky, and parked up as instructed in our trustyContinue reading “A voice in my head”

Packing a punch

Staring down the barrel of a four week stint in which I am likely to abstain from touching rock, I felt like I really needed to get out this weekend. Sadly, as seems to be a bit more of a common occurrence, the stars just wouldn’t align for other folk and I again had toContinue reading “Packing a punch”

A happy household

Lying in bed I could hear the rain falling in the darkness outside. The usually local crew I would badger about heading out for a climb were all doing family stuff or feeling crook. This did make me wonder whether to head out or just watch the outdoors from inside today. After all if IContinue reading “A happy household”

Not quite the same

Some people feel we have had a fairly wet winter to date, but this is not the case. I know this as through my work we prepare monthly rainfall and river streamflow data. The latest report released just last week shows for most of the sites where we record this information, in the South WestContinue reading “Not quite the same”

Waving goodbye

It has been four years since Lisa has been to the homelands, and today a long overdue trip back came to fruition. I dropped her off in Capel to catch the bus. And within a minute of the bus having left, Josh and Rongy rolled into the carpark. Rather than head straight home, and seeingContinue reading “Waving goodbye”

Walking in circles

We dug out our ‘walking round in circles’ book to see where would be a nice place to go for a walk today. Lisa tend to likes to have an idea of where we are going, so as to provide a little certainty of the terrain and any difficulties we might encounter. And this bookContinue reading “Walking in circles”

The frog pond

Some trips out seem to ignite a fire in the belly and desire to get out and go a bit harder on rock. The last trip out to Lost Buttress did exactly that for me, and I was floating on the feeling the day had given me just a bit higher and longer than normal.Continue reading “The frog pond”

As the crow flies

We almost got all the regular locals that are remaining out in one hit today, but Ash’s back was playing up again so he pulled out on Friday night. It was a shame as it would have been nice to get the whole small crew out together, which even with just five of us isContinue reading “As the crow flies”

Bubbles

The winter solstice is almost upon us, but I can’t afford to take a day off work on Tuesday to celebrate it with a climb. With shorter days, a lower sun, and winter being well and truly upon us some might struggle to leave the warmth and comfort of their homes. But the forecast forContinue reading “Bubbles”

A rare species

Having started climbing in the UK, I’m fairly accustomed to climbing in all kinds of conditions. But there are not many people in this part of the world that are keen to climb when conditions are inclement. As such with back to back days of a 90% upwards chance of rain forecasts, since Wednesday andContinue reading “A rare species”