Unbelievably awesome climbing conditions in Scotland with no shortage of snow loading up the slopes in Coire an t'Sneachda. Will and I headed to the far right to climb Invernookie in my euro-style full body green outfit.
The ridge is interesting but broken and generally very escapable, all qualities that attracted Dylan to it in the first place. An ideal venue for a quick Sunday scramble before heading back home.
Inspired by my new found love of mountain biking I was persuaded to join my office on a night trip around the Cannock Chase mountain biking course. It turned out to be 15 hard, tiring miles in the dark - a knackering yet enjoyable mini-adventure.
It would be rude of me to get married in a country if I hadn't even climbed the highest mountain there, so Erinna and I took a day off from our wedding plan tour of Ireland to head down to Michael Collins Country and climb Carrauntoohil. Living in Austria has seemingly skewed our perception of mountain hiking, as it seemed rather small and easy in the end! We also enjoyed the full Irish weather experience of snow, rain and sunburn all in one day.
Emily and I tried to walk over to Craig yr Ysfa but the ridiculous November weather was so warm and still that the rocks were too wet with dew. Instead, we wandered across to Carreg Miaong and sweated our way up Biceps Wall and a few other routes. Quite unbelievable, can't remember the last time it was this warm in November!
Today we had more success and managed two (quite easy) routes at Carreg Wastad. With the car thermometer reading 3 degrees it was clearly the weather for some Classic Rock routes. It isn't often you are the only climbers in the Pass!
