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Things I heard:

Bees
Ravens
A steam train in the far distance (where?)
A horse clip-clopping down the road
Me singing
Partner chatting
Climbing gear chingling
My heart thudding just before a tricky move
Occasional rocks falling
The wind in the leaves


... and not another thing, apart from a brief greeting with one person walking past - I think doing some gardening (thank you, whoever you are), and otherwise not a soul there but for us, in glorious peaceful sunshine. Not that we would have minded anyone else being there, but as it was it was quite magical.


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In reply to BusyLizzie:

East somerset steam railway is a few KM away... It's a great venue considering its a dirty great big hole in the ground!

In reply to BusyLizzie:

There are some other gems worth visiting in the Mendips.

In reply to Urgles:


Where shall I go next?

In reply to BusyLizzie:
Dinder Wood

Particularly nice in the spring

In reply to BusyLizzie:

Correges Cumb

In reply to Urgles:

Once the 10' high nettles have died back!

In reply to petegunn:

No nettles in the spring

In reply to BusyLizzie:

Mells is lovely.

In reply to BusyLizzie:

Things I heard in the Avon Gorge on Suspension Bridge Buttress - traffic mostly, and the bang from a base-jumper's parachute opening just behind me. That alerted to me to the second jumper. Not something I'd seen before. Nice to see that there are people around whose working parts are even more loosely held in place than mine.

In reply to Urgles:

Thank you for the suggestions, I will investigate.

In reply to nniff:

Aaghgh. I think I would find that quite alarming, or at least distracting.

In reply to James Jackson:

Mells does indeed look lovely, but the grades are mostly a bit high for a middle-aged waddle-mum

In reply to BusyLizzie:

The mutant looks amazing. I'm considering making the 2-3 hour drive there if there is a good dry weather window at some point. Doubt it :/

In reply to BusyLizzie:

Fair one! The Mendip Quarries are not ideal for the Diff / VDiff climber - it tends to either be steep, strenuous or chossy (or sometimes all of the above). There is some stuff at Cheddar in that range, but it's not great. Ubley Warren and the Charterhouse outcrops have some good fun short stuff that can be climbed at just about any grade. Portishead Quarry has a couple of Diff / VDiff routes.

In reply to BusyLizzie:

Westdown Quarry The People with Unusual Names Slab is worth a visit.

In reply to BusyLizzie:

Churchill rocks(esp northern outcrop), sandford quarry increasing range of climbs- similar to FCQ but less veg and better art

In reply to all:

Wow - what a lovely thread this has turned out to be - so many good suggestions! Thank you all very much.
Lxx