Happy New Year
Colin and Dave Gregory arrive on the first day of the year and we had two busy days on the rock before the rain set in!
A couple of damp days gave me chance to crack on with Northern England (not long now!) and check the local Decathlon where I discovered three climbing guides I hadn’t come across before - including one the are right behind the pad. The lads did a bit of local logging to keep the home fires burning.
During a drier spell we tried one of the cliffs, nice red granite, well-bolted and in a sea-side setting - very pleasant. The following day was better again, looks like it is coming good. OK - the weather hasn’t been the best - but I have done almost 30 more routes than I would have if I had stayed in the UK!

January 7th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
Hi Chris,
Interested to read about your exploits in Esterel. I’ve been visiting this area for 15 years or so - I wrote an article on the crags around Esterel in 1994 (or so) for ‘Climber’. Have you visited Pic du Perthus yet? Superb biggish routes, steep and juggy - dodgy pegs when I did them, but think they’ve all been rebolted recently.
Simon G Roberts