In reply to Greasy Prusiks:
Lots of trad trips recently. Fell off more often than I wanted to, but learned some lessons at least and didn't get hurt. Heading out this weekend to North Wales to bag crappy Hewitts, teach/practice nav and wild camp at some nice Llyn (TBD, either by Glyder Fawr or Moel Siabod). I need to gather QMDs for ML assessment, and find it very hard to turn down climbing for walking! 2 of the people in the group are worried about drizzle (the forecast is wonderful... no clue what they're afraid of) and so are planning to exit the wild camp and walk back to the hut.
This really annoys me (I guess it's because I feel like they don't trust my judgement as a leader), but little do they know that by choosing a cosy night at the hut, they'll miss out on the best peak (Moel Siabod), a bit of scrambling, breakfast at Moel Siabod Caffi - and because we'll have to a 45 minute detour to pick them up - we probably can't do any climbing on Sunday before heading off (it was already going to be cutting it fine, but losing an hour is probably the death knell to the plan).
Then the plan is to consolidate at HVS and stop effing falling off them. On the plus side, when I lead an E1 recently (totally by surprise) it has put me a lot closer to my goal of leading Cenotaph Corner before I leave the UK. I think if I can consolidate at HVS, and get on diet and exercise plan, and train better and harder - I'll have a decent shot at it.