It’s the one day of the year that I really don’t want to be at work, and would much rather get out into nature and enjoy life. Luckily falling on a Friday I was able to encourage Howsie to join me on a little excursion to head to unfamiliar territory, just to make the dayContinue reading “Looking forward”
Category Archives: Climbing day trips
A send-off to remember
Rongy is once more heading off travelling, so today we popped down to Wilyabrup for a farewell climb. Sarah is joining him this time, so she too came along for a climb, but was also hoping to get a bit of herping in. “Herpet” is a Greek word that means creeping, and it could beContinue reading “A send-off to remember”
A bit too spicy
For quite a while now a couple of work colleagues and I have been trying to organise a date to get out on rock. All three of them have young families so it has been somewhat tricky but we eventually plumped for this weekend, which suited three out of the four of us. Sam hasContinue reading “A bit too spicy”
A little crustacean
The risk with long weekends is that it can get pretty busy at the crag. But being the last day before I go back to work, after a few weeks off the idea of heading out was just too tempting. And much to Howsie and my surprise we ended up with the cliffs all toContinue reading “A little crustacean”
Enjoying being out
Less than twelve hours after completing the twenty eight hour door to door trip home from the UK I was meeting Rob in the Capel, at the slightly tardy time of eight in the morning. He was a little surprised that I was keen to get out, but I find that getting straight back intoContinue reading “Enjoying being out”
Unseen but there
It’s been a while since Sarah has joined us for a climb, so we let her pick the location. I was happy when she picked Moses Rocks, which always offers a fun outing. There are two areas of Moses Rocks that she hasn’t climbed at, but the conditions today were not conducive for either ofContinue reading “Unseen but there”
Driving round
A damp forecast resulted in me bailing on a trip to Perth to climb with Mario. The five to six hour round trip for a possibly wet rock experience simply didn’t seem appealing. Instead of the excitement of going somewhere new, and as there was the promise of a dry’ish morning locally, Wilyabrup seemed aContinue reading “Driving round”
Looking down
On Saturday Lisa and I headed out for the morning, but that had been a town visit and as such did not satisfied my desire to be outdoors. Orchid season could be considered a little early, but regardless of that I headed to the Capel Nature Reserve later the same day. Before I got there,Continue reading “Looking down”
Time to come out
When given a challenge Howsie is always keen to give it a go. So after a lunchtime walk on Wednesday, with Josh and Mark, I sent him the following image. We were of course primarily orchid hunting and found a few, including the first Pink Fairy (Caladenia latifolia) and Slender Snail Orchid (Pterostylis crispula) sightingContinue reading “Time to come out”
The fear factor
Having a degree of arachnophobia makes Lisa a little jumpy when she see’s things moving on the wall, and what with poor eyesight anything on the wall can look blobby and could be a spider. The other day this is what she found on the wall at the foot of the bed. The House CentipedeContinue reading “The fear factor”
Sandbagged 