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Apologies for the last post. Was just feeling a little negative about the situation... It turns out things aren't that bad really, when one applies a little logic. Anyway, yesterday of all days I managed to get on the board and managed about an hour and a half of good cranking. It felt brutal given that I've not been on for a bit, and no doubt it will be a while before I'm hitting the really small crimps, but it felt really good to be back doing something, albeit not a great deal.. I'm feeling really positive about finally getting 7a done soon. We're past the shortest night of the year now, and if I can keep some momentum up with the board, it'll get done. On a separate note, I've finally got the new lathe up and running and can finally start getting some of the cherry and laburnum worked, I can't wait. Finally at 3200 rpm, nice! makes a decent task during rests on the board, aye!

So, here I am, in bed with a fever, hacking sore throat and general lethargy. What with the recent cocktail of long days at work, shitty weather, getting fat at kids birthday parties, getting fat eating hotel food working away, I really didn't need an illness on top. Ok, i might be being a little melodramatic, but this situation does stink. It feels like I've not been climbing in ages, and I've certainly not done any training lately. It's almost worse knowing that the woody is in the garage, but I haven't had the time or inclination to use it recently. In the new year things have got to change I think, the Font trip is booked for easter, so I need to start cranking sometime soon If I've any hope of achieving my goals next year. I guess I could sum up by saying I'm generally pissed off with my climbing, or lack of it recently... I wish it would stop raining soon, and I can get back on the projects,

I had the day off today, and a day of exploration was planned… I met GCW and R-man at ten to check out a small quarry I’d never been to before, and we walked to the crag, in spite of the forbidding signs warning to Keep out. After getting mis-routed, we found the crag and on first sight it looked a mixed bag. There was the obvious off-width crack that is already documented, but more interesting than that was a low roof that could well yield four or five decent lines. Unfortunately everything was wet… Further right there was also a decent looking wall, probably another couple of lines, and also to the left, although this was clearly dirtier and could do with having a tree lopped. Certainly something to come back to – typical esoterica, but with potential nonetheless. Next, after some indecision, we headed off to Duxon, a recently discovered crag near Brindle that R-man visited last week. The main crag is unfortunately mostly covered by a lake, and needs a lot of cleaning for it to beco

I found myself free for a couple of hours yesterday and GCW mentioned that him and R-man were heading back up to Billinge after a successful potential problem hunt and had decided to do a bit of exploratory cleaning. By the time I managed to get out it was nearing 2pm. GCW texted to say they were heading off by that time. I decided therefore to head over to Pinfold to check out the bouldering there, as there are some problems described on the left hand side. After getting a bit mis-routed getting there, I eventually found where to park (not masses of parking) and walked in. Unsurprisingly everything was sodden. I tramped through the fields on the way in and found the quarry, hidden around near a small valley. The bouldering hereabouts is on a terrace on the left and on first sight actually looks relatively clean and of good quality. It was all wet though, so nothing was going to get climbed, but definitely will be worth going back to. At this point I started to walk over to the other s

Blackstone Edge is an awesome crag, situated high on the moor above littleborough and I had planned on meeting up there with a few people yesterday. The weather wasn't looking promising as I left the house, and a call from Bruce confirmed that the crag was shrouded in mist. Nevertheless the weatherforecast looked as though it would clear out later on, so it was still worth the risk. The idea of todays visit was to see what bouldering problems were 'done years ago and try to reconcile them with the latest information. The cloud didn't look like it was disappearing and as I arrived I went straight past the first carpark and had to brake sharply to avoid shooting past the second. Visibility was virtually zero. Bruce was already there when I arrived and we got chatting while we waited for the others. GCW arrived, then R-Man, and Gordon, and we all trudged up to the crag. As we were walking up, the cloud was dipping into the valley, creating a great cloud inversion with the crag

Last week I was working in Lutterworth, and the wife had a baby shower to go to on the Sunday in the area, so I decided to find somewhere to climb. Leicestershire isn't too well endowed with climbing, and when I lived there we used to always head further afield, but I decided to give Beacon Hill a try as it was close, and looked like the best option in the circumstances. I paid £2.50 to get into the carpark, which was a bit annoying, and parked up. Wandering up to the first crag, it was apparant that the rock, which is apparantly Hornstone was horrendously polished in places, and unnervingly greasy. It reminded me of the polish at Hutton Roof. Actually, the routes were not too dissimilar either, mainly beinjg easy trad solos. I wouldn't really describe it as a bouldering venue as it does in the guide as most of the routes are pretty easy and the harder ones have a definite trad feel about them. After looking at the summit crag, I moved down to crag number 4 which had a nice cou

Apparantly it's been over a month since I've posted anything on the blog - I guess I have been pretty busy lately though, I spent a week working in France driving down to Marseille with various stop offs on route, although I had no free time to head off and climb anything unfortunately. Then I was in Glasgow for a couple of days, then Lutterworth and then a week in Torridon on holiday with the Family. So all in all I've spent a lot of time away from home recently. Hopefully over the next few weeks I'll be able to get back into the swing of things and get back on with a bit of training. Last week however before I went on holiday, I managed to head up to Brimham for a rare Yorkshire visit with the G-Man. I arrived after a rather stressful morning, and soon got lost among the jumbles of rocks - I still find this place almost impossible to navigate, but hey... After a while I eventually found the Pommel area and dispatched quite a few of the easier problems hereabouts, a re

So after work I had to go over to Yorkshire to pick up a lathe but I wanted to see the new problems that gcw had done up at Wilton 1. I only had twenty minutes or so by the time I got there. These new problems are on the block opposite the main wall, ( Grey Wall?) a quite innocuous wall that you would normally walk past. I recognised it from all the broken holds, so I knew this was where G had been!! First I got on the right hand wall, (font 5) which involves an enjoyable move out right and then up although I avoided the top out through getting mangled by the remnants of last years burnt heather. Then I climbed left arête (font 5), topping out this time, a nice set of moves really. I then had a look at the dyno (6a) and after a few goes latched it, not very stylishly admittedly, legs flailing leftwards. This feels harder than it is as it's slightly slabby, making you feel like your legs are going to clatter against the wall... Lastly I had a go at the 6b undercut problem but I did

Well, I've finally finished the board - I finished it some time ago, but haven't got round to getting a post done. The top board was difficult. I had to mount it on my own , which meant rigging a hoist from the ceiling and man-handling the board so it aligned with the board below. I cut out the spaces for the rafters to maximise the length of the board and prayed that they fit properly. If they hadn't, I would have been back to square one! So in the end I managed to get it to fit, although on the far end no matter what I did, the board just wouldn't sit flush with the diagonal beams - so, currently it's sitting just under a cm off the beams. I used the over-engineering principle and set to screwing as many screws as I possibly could to ensure that it doesn't actually go anywhere, so in spite of this minor fault, the board is now complete. I took the photo below about 3 weeks ago - since then I've been adding holds as quick as I can carve them, using off-cuts

Yorkshire gritstone again. Two weeks ago I managed to get over to Widdop. John fancied getting out and all things considered I wanted to make an effort, given that his availability is severely restricted. I turned up to pick up JB and found that Chris had put in an appearance, and we were to pick up JB's mate who I can't remember the name of cos it was two weeks ago. Anyway, short and tail of it was we ended up getting over to Widdop by about 9.30, and made our way up to the crag. The original intention had been to go tradding, but it appears that JB had chosen the most damp, humid and generally sweaty day possible to visit the crag. It had also been raining almost continuously for the past week, so the moss on the main crag was looking as luminous as ever. With an overwhelming sense of enthusiasm we went up to the crag and shuffled about making non-commital noises and generally pro-crastinating. We decided to head over to look at the boulders to give the main crag a chance to

It's been a while since I've visited Yorkshire gritstone and I had a free morning yesterday so decided to head up to Earl crag. I've never been up to Earl before, and supposedly it's a good crag to visit at this time of year, in other words it's bloody cold in winter,nay unclimbable. I arrived at the tower and having never visited the crag before I cut straight down to the crag and decided to work my way along from left to right (facing out). This turned out to be a mistake, firstly because there weren't many problems I wanted to do at this end due to the shocking landings and general highball nature of the problems, and secondly to traverse to the other end involves scrambling across jumbles and jumbles of rocks strewn everywhere. It didn't seem to be a very friendly crag and by now I was quite pissed off and grumpy. I was short of time.. Eventually I made it to the low block right of trick arete area, and set to on the sistart on the right which goes s

I had a meeting in Cumbria today and in spite of the weather fancied getting out climbing. As I came down the M6 the weaather was looking grim, and the only viable plan was going to be Craig Y Longridge. GCW had grand plans for the weekend that necessitated lots of packing, so was not available to crush, and I remembered that Tom lives a stones throw from CyL so decided to see if he was free. In the event he was indeed free and in spite of having to attend to a calf with a hernia, he managed to make it on time. I arrived at around fourish and although it was raining, the crag was bone dry, aside from some of the footholds on the right hand side. We starteed off by looking at a 6b problem that Tom has been working on recently although it became apparant that this was a bit too much of a shock to the system to tackle straight off. We headed over to the tarot plane area and had a look at Seven A (font 6a) and I flashed it, actually finding it pleasant. Tom all but nailed it too, just

R-man has been busy lately in the Wiltons, repeating previous lines and climbing new ones. Last night I went to check it out with GCW and see what all the fuss was about. As I left work it started to rain, and didn't look good. Having seen the weather earlier in the day I thought it should clear out though so decided it was worth the risk. The Postmans Daughter' sitstart felt absolutely impossible, another R-man signature problem, and after a brief look at the others we moved on to the Prow. It started raining again after a brief let up and things weren't looking good... Nappy Rash looks like a worthwhile problem but was wet... G was having a go at the 7a to the left of Beneath deception, without too much success, although at least that was dry. We did Clamp, 6a+ and Flywalk 6b, both good problems. After a while it became apaprant that not much more was going to get done so we went over to the Snakey B wall, I had a go at SB which I still couldn't do, and the G-ma

GCW fancied getting out and I had a pass last night. As the weather was crap we opted for an indoor session and West View was the venue of choice. I ended up being later than I hoped due to underestimating the time it would take to get there, and as I arrived G was tucking into a large flapjack. It was quieter than usual (although it is summer) so it wasn't too hot. We warmed up on a few of the V1s and 2s and then I had a short rest a la Niks advice. I then did a couple of V4s and flashed a V5 which I was pretty pleased with bearing in mind my lack of fitness. The rest of the session involved trying the other V5s but alas it wasn't to be. G was looking as lanky as ever, mostly reaching past the hard moves. I think he managed a V6 flash too, which is not bad going although he foolishly dropped another. While we were there there were a couple of young girls, between 8 and 11 I'd say, leading up the overhanging wall on 6bs/6cs. I was really impressed, there was no faffing

Last weekend saw a return to trad with a visit to rivelin. Alas, the slab was not on the list, but there are plenty of worthwhile trad routes to be had. I picked Ken up at around 8 and we got to Outside just before it opened at half nine. The plan was to meet the Welsh contingent there and decide on a plan. I quite fancied a look at the millstone bouldering, Owler tor, Mother Cap etc, but it was really rather warm, so the concensus was to go trad climbing, and luckily I had the gear to cover all eventualities. On my way out of Outside I bought a new pair of 5.10s, this time in size 8 as the 7.5s were pretty tight last time, and uncomfortable after a while. We'll see how these ones compare. I was very surprised at how much climbing shoes have gone up in the last year or so, it seems you need to spend upwards of £100 to get a decent pair, especially in a retail outlet. I don't know whether it's the rubber prices or what but they are quite expensive nowadays... So Blacky, S

So I had some spare time last night and cracked on with project crush board. Now it's looking better, the frame is now complete, with all five diagonals and support beams fixed. Next step is to drill the holes in the ply to receive the tee nuts and then mount the boards and bolt holds to it. About half way there I reckon... From outside garage... From inside..............

Any spare time that would otherwise have been spent out climbing has been spent recently sorting the garage for the crush board. Progress so far... One diagonal beam cut for checking the correct length All other diagonal beams cut to the same length horizontal support beams measured and cut to shape Kickboard frame cut, constructed and bolted to wall mid-wall beam bolted to wall. Actually now that I have pretty much all of the wood cut to the correct size apart from the ply, it is proving fairly quick to construct. I now have three of the diagonal beams in place. Having never constructed anything like this before it is quite a learning curve for me - naively I thought I would be able to screw straight into the rafters without any pilot holes but even with the corded drill this is impossible, so now the process involves lining up a diagonal, nailing it in place, drilling three holes through the beam, taking it down, drilling through the rafter, replacing the beam, then using the drill t

Well, not much of any great shakes has been happening at this end... I went to Cadshaw last week which was a bit of an anti-climax. I was expecting the conditions to be good as it had been raining in the day - as it turns out, this wasn't an issue actually - conditions were reasonably ok. The problem turned out to be the swarm of midges that greeted me as I arrived at the crag. Anyway, this is all starting to sound like an excuse. The bottom line was that I got back on to the problem I seem to have been trying for the last year, Brian Jacques and felt awful on it. The move to the good crimp which I've only managed to do once felt impossible. I might have to shelve this problem until I am a bit stronger or when I can get more mileage, which has been an issue of late. Tuesday saw a visit to Healey Nab, a pretty esoteric little venue a little further than Anglezarke. It's quite a scruffy little crag with the ubiquitous litter and graffiti, but there are a few quality problems

So, I've got a couple of meetings in the Paris area this week, and it just so happens that todays meeting ended early so I was able to head round the peripherique and down to Fontainebleau. I suppose I had actually engineered it really, but it is true that I do have to be in Paris for work, and as I'm in the area, well, why not make the most of it? I got to Franchard Isatis by about 3 pm and the weather was nice and warm. I thought it would be too warm, but luckily it wasn't, and much of Isatis is in the shade anyway. I warmed up on a couple of easy problems, Orange I think and then set to with the reds and blue circuits. It's been over a year since I've been to font, but I love this place. It's very calming to be back in the forest again even if I did only have half a day. I got a few of the red and blue problems done, and was surprised to note that even on a Wednesday afternoon it was still pretty busy. Not as busy as it would have been at Easter, but neverthe

Well today I turn 30. Christ it's all down hill from here... Whenever you reach a milestone inevitably it leads you to think about acheivements and where you are at that given point. My one score and ten has not meant I've climbed 7a yet, nor have I onsighted E1, but I have my health, a good job, a nice house and I'm generally happy. Not only that, but the summer is coming, and I can't wait, my favourite time of the year. Anyway, I digress. Yesterday was also a good day. I had unexpectedly found myself free for a couple of hours before a christening and so decided to head over to Cadshaw, G-man was psyched for some eliminate quarry shizzle adn I haven't been on Brian Jacques for a few weeks. Shortly before I left it started raining, so a last minute change of plan meant we met at Wilton 1 -it was, however tanking it down, and given the friability of the Snakey B wall and the fact that Gareth keeps pulling the bloody wall down anyway meant that climbing was not a via

Well, it's been some time since I've actually posted on the blog, but a lot has happened at this end. Namely life getting in te bloody way. I went back to cadshaw a couple of days after the last post and for the one and only time, I manged to latch the crux move from one move in. Really pleased about that - felt easy too. Only thing was I couldn't do it again, and I don't remember what it was exactly I did different. Ah well. Apart from that I've been to Rochdale to check out the new bouldering, most of which is good and makes the place a much more appealing place to visit. To my great surprise I managed to crush a 6b+ without much mucking around which given recent climbing volume was very surprising indeed. I went over to Lower montcliffe too to fail on the Dinosaur 3d problem, although it was very sweaty at the time.... this problem still aludes me. On the life front, I've been mostly still sorting boxes out from the house move, but also I've redecorate

Yesterday I had a rare evening spare so headed over to Cadshaw. GCW was at a loose end and was keen for a revisit after his recent project progress. As I flogged away at Brian Jacques he was getting close to latching the final crimp on the arete project. Originally a line that I had my eye on, he seems to be making more progress and seems more psyched than I am to get it done. I dare say he'll have it done before long. As for Brian Jacques, what a class problem. I can now link the start to gain the arete, and set up for the big move to the crimp. Once I've got this move nailed, it's on. I think it's a timing thing. To catch the hold for me feels hard, and although I can get the hold, I can't hold it as I swing off. The promising thing however is that getting there doesn't feel beyond my limit. I'm going to crush this problem. Anyway. We then moved on to find Twist, a problem I've known about for ages, and sought out in the past but never actually tried.

It seems a long time since I've written on the blog. This has been for several reasons, the main one being that we have moved house at the end of last week and as expected it has taken longer than I thought to get things straight. Moving house is difficult anyway, with a 4 month old it's virtually impossible... So I haven't been out climbing, but hopefully things in a couple of weeks will start to calm down and a version of normality can resume, along with some crushing. Well, that's the plan anyway. I had the opportunity recently to get some professional coaching from the man Jennings , which I took advantage of. I wasn't sure what to expect when he turned up with 'legend' written on the front of his tee-shirt, but in the event, it was well worth it. My target this year is 7a (yeah, ok, for the third year running) and in spite of our bundle of joy I'm hoping I can actually get out enough to get it done. The coaching consisted of a 2 hour session with a

Cadshaw is a pretty fickle place. I remember the last time I went over there, I could barely pull on to Brian Jacques, a problem that climbs the left hand side of a slightly overhanging wall. I think its' location, being quite a sheltered and enclosed area contributes to the mostly greasy conditions that you tend to find there. Anyway, last Wednesday conditions were sueprisingly good - fairly cool, and there had been a dry few weeks, so there was little seepage. I managed to negotiate a couple of hours out and met up with GCW for another attempt at working the problem. To be honest I wasn't that hopeful bearing in mind my previous failures, but to my surprise I managed to pull on first go. After working it a bit I managed to slap the arete, but had difficulty holding it. After a few goes though I could do this move too. There appear to be two different betas (betae? beti? whatever...) for this problem - the first clinbing the face in small moves a la Mr. Mueller via some horren

I went over to Widdop on Saturday morning. The less said about that the better. I might as well have gone to Brownstones, I would have got more done. So I had a bit of time to spare yesterday and decided to head over to a local venue to have a look at an old project that I started a few years ago but never finished, partly because it wasn't very close to where I was living at the time, and partly because the summer in question was particularly wet and I lost the psyche for it. The project is a fairly long traverse, nothing groundbreaking but with several distinct cruxes which should nevertheless be possible with a bit of effort. To my surprise the whole crag was pretty much dry, which even in the summer is relatively unusual - there are a lot of cracks, and there consequently tends to be a lot of seepage. I managed to work a solution for the intial crux which involves a couple of stiff low moves on small crimps, but couldn't climb through it. I only had a short window so had t

Cracking weather on saturday necessitated a climbing session, and so I headed to the north east up to Yorkshire. It's so easy to become pissed off with day to day drudgery, but it struck me over the weekend how lucky I am to be living in such a great area for climbing. Yorkshire gritstone only an hour away, Cumbrian limestone about the same, the Peak district not much further, and the glorious gritstone quarries on the doorstep. Where I grew up in Northamptonshire there are barely hills, let alone crags, and most of the quarries are gravel pits, or otherwise filled with water. When the house finally goes through and we're up in Egerton, the quarries become a realistic summer morning prospect, if I have the motivation. Although if Hank is prepared to do laps on Moss wall at 7.30am in the summer then I really should at least try to get my arse in gear. Last week the club had a talk by the man Fawcett. Or maybe I should say the Legend Fawcett. I was struck by his modesty, but the

Went to Widdop this morning, early doors. Arrived at the crag at 8.20. Short version: tried and failed on Splashdown. Tried and failed on Grumpy Old Men. Had a good time though. I'll edit the longer version when I have more time...

Well, in general I've pretty much done nothing. Went to the Roaches last weekend though with the intention of tradding. To say it's been bloody ages since putting a harness on is no exaggeration, but I was looking forward to getting out on the sharp end to be fair, and the weather was looking ok. We made good time down and arrived at around half nine. As ever in this part of the world, there were dry conditions everywhere except at the crag. As we drove past Hen Cloud it was clear that the Roaches would be in mist. When we got to the crag, it wasn't very good. Cold, wet, with a fine mist falling incessantly. Not to be deterred, we headed over to the upper left hand side near inverted staircase and started on a slabby route. Now, under normal conditions, especially with mileage the route is piss, but in the event, we backed off due to rain stopping play. Mossy unprotected slabs in the wet are not my cup of tea to be honest. At least not that day. It was becoming fairly obvio

Well we are now officially homeless. Moving was a total arse and seemed never ending. I banked on a day and a half, and in the event it took 3 days to clear the house and the garden. Still, eventually it was done, and we're now at a temporary address until the new house completes, probably sometime in April. I went to the old house to take the final gas reading, and it was really weird being in the house with someone elses stuff in it. Things have been altogether perturbing lately, hopefully they'll settle down soon. I'm not too keen on being in limbo. Anyway, to alleviate the stress of moving, I went up to West View with the G-man and El Beardo, and it appears that 3 days of shifting crap does nothing for your climbing technique. So I was generally out of sorts and wonderful company all round. There was plenty of crush from the Lanky one as there was from El Beardo, whilst I mostly failed on everything V5 and above, and sat around a lot. However, as a wise man once said, i

Today I made a decision to postpone the planned Font trip in May. It looks like we won't be moving into the new house until April at the earliest, and as I'm working in Germany for a week already in May, it's not looking feasible. However, the house we're buying has a nice sized garage with at least 8 ft clearance. plenty of room for a woody. Can't wait to build it...!

So I had a pass out yesterday and chose to head over to Preston. I haven't been indoors for a long time, looking back at the blog it appears the last time was at Rochdale on November 29th. Ah well, events seem to have taken a front seat recently. Gareth was free and decided to put in an appearance, but the bearded one was enjoying some Italian based birthday food avec the family so couldn't make it. I had forgotten my card, so it took about ten minutes before I got in. This is after having parked dodgily the wrong way down a one way street. West View seems to be a victim of it's own success... I wasn't too pleased at the hike in rates, I'd forgotten that it had gone up to £6. This now puts it on a par with most of the other walls in the area. The price had always been a decider for me over where to go if there was indecision, in spite of it being a bit further to travel. To be fair, the price has been static for some time. As expected from the state of the carpark,

Friday 31st January As a connoisseur of scruffy urban crags, I kind of knew what to expect when I went to Woodhouse today, but I was actually quite impressed. Yes, there was the ubiquitous litter and a vague smell of dog shit, but that wasn't important. I got there ealier than expected, and had about an hour and a quarter between meetings. It was 2 degrees when I got there but it seemed really bloody cold. I felt as psyched as I usually do in the morning. i.e. not very. I decided to jump straight on without warming up and chose an unnamed 6a (can't remember which one, will edit this later) and flashed it. To be fair, it felt easier than that but I was going by the Yorkshire Gritstone bouldering guide (Vertebrae one). I'm still not sure about this guide really, bit too selective for my liking, and only the bare bones of information make it difficult to use. Anyway, I digress. After that I wandered along the crag picking off problems here and there that looked good. I really

Here's the vid from a recent Wilton visit. Baltic conditions again. Perfect... Untitled from Rick Ginns on Vimeo .

Well according to the radio this morning, today is supposed to be the most gloomy day of the year. The weather seems to be consistent as it's been pretty much raining in Lancashire for the past week. It's not too bad though as it looks like the next few months may well be a sparse climbing period for me due not only to the new arrival but also we're about to move home, which will undoubtedly be extremely stressful and expensive... agh, roll on the summer...

Well yesterday was full of high hopes of ticking a few classic Wilton problems. Only problem was most of it was wet... Robin had put up a few problems last year that I've not had a chance to check out yet, so the plan was to have a look at those, and possible Snakey B which is still on the list. GCW was up for that plan, so I met him at around 1pm. As he was sat in his car as I arrived, I guessed that conditions may not be great! As I expected, Gareth had had a scout round the Wiltons to find that almost all of the problems were wet. Still, the Graveyard overhang in Wilton 1 almost always stays dry, so we decided to have a play on there as there were a couple of things I've not done and wanted to check out. Conditions were actually pretty good, being baltic and dry on the overhang, and we warmed up on a traversey warm up thing, which I found remarkably pumpy for what it was. After warming up, we had a go at a couple of the eliminate problems. G-man managed to crush the low star

Well, things are all changed in the Ginns household since November. On the 7th December our daughter was born, an event that will undoubtedly change EVERYTHING. For the better though. with a pretty healthy weight of 7 lb 1oz, she's already the Boss of the household and running Mrs rginns ragged. Ah the joys of baby excretions. Anyway, this is clearly the reason that the blog hasn't been tended to lately, but hopefully from now on it should get more frequent. Other news is that the house is now under offer, so we will soon be in pastures new, god knows where - the hunting begins. On second thoughts, I may not get to update the blog quite as frequently as I hope... Well the list this year has been an utter failure, having only completed 3 off the list. I feel the need for a change, as some of the places I never even got to - such as Thorn crag, which in spite of being an awesome place, is pretty impractical to get to at the best of times. The list may have to be reduced to those