The last few days have flown past in a blur. Thunderstorms, lightening and a 24 hour dash to London to be at Robin's Funeral had left me in a bit of a haze. Only had the energy for a few strolls down to the river in the evenings between the downpours.
On Saturday, things picked up though and the warm was back in the air. After a morning of online teaching about knots, we went out and tied some for real.
It was great to be back on the rock, but the vibe in the quarry had changed since last time. Admididly, we were closer to the main track that leads through it, but we were both really surprised at how busy and noisy it was. Bikers, dog walkers, groups and climbers all passed by and even though they we 50m away the sound seemed to really travel. Afterwards, we wondered if it was because we are never really off together on a Saturday or if everyone else has just had enough of lockdown!
It wasn't the usual tranquil experience, so we only did a couple of routes. It's hard not to be a bit annoyed when the car parks is overflowing other climbers are there talking about how they felt travel sick on the motorway on the drive here?!
Anyway, we kept ourselves away from others and did the two climbs we'd come to do and I was still really tired, so we returned home in time to catch a bit of sunshine in the garden. I was very happy to flake out on the blanket for a bit.
An evening tour of the garden revelled that we have some wild redcurrants on the way. I say wild, in that we did not plant them!
Finished the day off with a drink with Aled - he turns 40 tomorrow and would usually be away on expedition. Having made sure he's be in the UK for the celebration, he now can't have a party! Was great to catch up in person though and we had some good belly laughs.
Llanberis Slate:
- Fresh Air, 6a***
- Seamstress, VS, 4c**
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