Had a great week with Dave Gregory - only a bit knackering - I think 21 routes in the first two and a half days was probably overdoing things a bit though! The weather was kinder than on his last visit, and doing 30 odd routes (and at 72 and 3/4) was more than he would have got done in the UK. The biggest shock to the system was a visit to a great looking limestone crag at Chateaudouble - the guide’s 25 minute approach took us over and hour up an interminable scree slope - the climbing was good, but the descent was equally horrible - not sure my knees will ever recover.

Thursday we dropped Dave of at Nice airport and he had an uneventful journey home - jet-setting was never easier. On our return, the fat package in the post box was the brand new Northern England - nice! OK there are a couple of (very minor) caption errors in there - or are they simply Easter Eggs? Either way I am pleased with the way it looks - two years of enjoyable effort.