In reply to MeMeMe:
So I just wanted to post an update of progress and thank all the people who have posted.
We made a start on Saturday at Brimham, warming up on Inside Out (
http://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/c.php?i=90269). More a chimney than an off width but a good warm up if you ignore the advice to stick to the outside of it and get stuck in it as far as you can get. Bear in mind on this one that you've got to get back down the way you went up, as we realised once we'd got up there...
Then straight on to Bog Crack (
http://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/c.php?i=90175), tricky to get started (I've come to realise the hardest bit with these off-widths is often get established in them) then a bit of a struggle at the top where we were glad of my number 5.
Then after lunch and an ice cream onto Dog Leg Crack (
http://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/c.php?i=28042) where Tom made short work of the bottom pitch (yes, a 2 pitch route at Brimham) and belayed on the ledge beside a family having a spot of lunch.
I struggled muchly on the second pitch which had a steeply overhanging start which needed a few attempts but eventually got to the top in a ground-up style.
After this we licked our wounds did a few non-offwidths and then rounded the day off with Crackaroo (
http://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/c.php?i=57473) on the way back to the car.
A really enjoyable day and we both feel we'll learning some techniques that if not new to us are certainly un-practised.
It's nice after climbing for 15 years to get that some of that sense of progress you get when you're a beginner.