Van

Some arty and less arty pics of the van. It hasn't really got a name as yet, nothing has really stood out so far, i think its a lady rather than a geezer though, although it does growl a bit in the low gears.

With the continued van admin and some other personal bits and pieces I've had going on climbing has once again started to slip down the list of priorities. Id started to feel pretty fit towards the end of last week. Ive been out with my mate HP on the Peak lime and had managed to bag Bigger Splash from the kneeling start and The Pinch at Cressbrook, both 7c I believe, in not so many goes. Id also had a play on the sit start to Bigger Splash (Tsunami), which is 7c+/8a and done that very quickly in two halves. Now for me Peak limestone grades are pretty tough so I think to hit around 8a on one of these polished walls is a decent achievement and something that will get me back up to the Peak at a later date to try for the full link on Tsunami.

So after those sessions I was feeling positive but three days for admin duties, followed by a short visit to The Castle wall in London on Wednesday brought me back down to earth. Felt weak, skin was very soft etc etc. Anyway ill try and get back there this weekend at some point to at least try and keep some sort of regularity up before we head off to Font (that is looking like being next Saturday). I have a 40th birthday to attend first (sandstone dyno legend Chez George) in Madrid followed by a few days in Albarracin, the Spanish sandstone mecca. Have heard good things but not been so should be exciting. Only thing is Madrid beforehand will be heavy boozing and due to us flying with Pony Jet we can only take a tiny mat the size of a small doormat so I hope there is some good low level traversing in the vicinity.