Update

Alot has gone on in the last month. Stewart was up and climbed his first vs in style at cummingston in the freezing cold, in the same day we went to huntleys cave and whilst i was under a roof stewart experienced sunshine, snow, hail, rain, and freezing winds all within the space of minutes. With the rock now soaking we took the exit route through a a tiny tunnel at the back of the cave,stewart just made it through and i lowered him onto the slab below, he then set up a belay which i told him not to bother doing "just attach me to you we dont need anchors it will be fine".Stewart did it anyway and i set off through the whole only just making it and no more, reached the end and saw the 2ish metre drop onto a steep wet slab. tried to climb out and instantly fell and shot off down the slab towards the bottom of the gulley, all i can say is i was very gratefull of stewarts belay stopping me, what made it even more impressive that he stopped me was that whilst trying to climb out he was spotting me with both hands as soon as i fell he grabbed the wrong side of the rope with no friction and managed to hold me.

We also had a trip to tynrich slabs with me insulting stewart in the carpark for having full waterproofs in his bag.... Stewart did scorpion(i think) with the best spaced gear he has ever used, well into the swing of trad now and coming on strong. It then started to rain but i was determined i was having something so got on Chanterelle and quickly found that E3 5a has no gear and is not a comfortable place to be in the wet but hey made it to the top, both still here and another lesson learnt. As stewart put it we are epicing are way through Strathnairn. I got soaked, stewart had waterproofs....

Kirsty has also been a star and come and held ropes for me in the cold whilst i did a couple of routes at duntelchaig, finally tackeling anne boleyns crack (fallen off of it on previous years) which turned out to be a good route. Was back to cummingston for a flying visit with enough time to do one route in the moray sunshine, weather never fails to impress along the coast. Then another day back at 70 foot wall where there were 4 groups! Iv never seen that many climbers at one crag, it was a strange feeling im used to it being silent apart from me and whoever im out with. Met up with stewart again down in Stirling at Cambusbarron quarry for the day, the rock type was unlike anything we have climbed before and we found it tough going to adjust to the new style.Stewart made light work of another vs, definetly time for HVS and I did Ninety-Five E1 yet it was interesting. Lots of other good routes there though, its well reccomended. Think thats everything recently, managed to fit in a suprising amount considering the time of year, long may it continue.