Seeing the Welly Dam was out of action for a climb today I suggested to Adrian, who had intended to drive down from Perth for the session, that he may fancy heading to a crag just north of Pinjarra instead. Seeing there were at least two of them heading there, my absence wouldn’t be aContinue reading “Traffic signals”
Category Archives: Going walkabout
It’s too peopley out there
With a weekend of climbing on my mind, comprising two trips to Welly Dam, I thought I better get a quick walk in during the week to check for orchids. Based on my finds this time last year, I had three places in mind. One was more out of the way, another I knew IContinue reading “It’s too peopley out there”
Winding things up
Having come home from the big trip to catch up with Kym a day early, I managed to get through the list of things on my mind to do yesterday. They would have taken up much of today and that left me in a bit of a bind, as today is the one day ofContinue reading “Winding things up”
The tick list
It’s been a while that I have suggested you grab a cuppa before starting a post. It is probably however worth it for this one. A rather extended post for a very long overdue trip. One Howsie and I had been scheming for some time now. Unfortunately, something unavoidable came up just days before weContinue reading “The tick list”
Land of the giants
It has been a while since Howsie and I have graced the coastal cliffs that skirt the edge of the Leeuwin-Naturaliste Ridge together. Something we aimed to put right today. An early morning sprinkle meant we were both feeling OK with a slightly later start. Driving out and arriving in daylight, but still with notContinue reading “Land of the giants”
Here comes the sun
Since last week’s forays, which were that bit further away, proved to be pretty successful my motivation to get out to the local spots was a little lacking. This afternoon however, after wrapping up for the week of sitting at a computer for work, I made the effort to have a mooch round the CapelContinue reading “Here comes the sun”
Ready or not
Loading the car ready for an early morning start to head up the hill with Howsie, the moon lit up the evening sky. Forming a specky phenomenon in the same way I described when the sun had, as Craig and I were climbing at Castle Rock some months back. Not surprisingly 22-degree halos tend toContinue reading “Ready or not”
The second first time
Soon after getting home on Friday the wind started to pick up, reaching gale force overnight rattling the roof. Lisa with her ear plugs in slept through it. Meanwhile the unrelenting noise meant I saw several of the wee hours slowly pass by. The front resulted in a big swell being forecast, 6m at BusseltonContinue reading “The second first time”
Let it rain
‘This is the way’. Another wet weekend is looming. Meanwhile the week was glorious, even onset summer like, with a couple of days creeping into the high twenties. Having had a short week due to my inland trip I only managed one quicker than usual wander. Ducking out of work for a twenty minute strollContinue reading “Let it rain”
Hitting the road
When I rolled into the Ruabon Nature Reserve on Thursday someone was wandering around doing what I went there to do. We had a bit of a chat, and it was clear he was a long-term orchid nerd. Longer than me at least. Mentioning how he had heard on the grapevine, that in relative termsContinue reading “Hitting the road”
