It was raining outside, with regular thunderstorms alternating with short slightly drier spells. Nobody in their right mind would risk going somewhere like Almscliff, would they, so off to the wall we all went.
Peri and special guest star David Epstein began with the bright green route in the corner. One of the oldest routes there (surely overdue for resetting?), despite some rather dirty holds (much to Peri's delight) they both made it to the top.
Will and Rob started on the featured wall, with a wildly unbalanced route up a big 'nose', followed by much easier climbing above. Will tested the first bolt on this a few times before handing over the lead to Rob. A bit of a silly route, you'd never get anything like this on a real crag, perhaps the route setter was new.
Meanwhile, Carmen and I did a nice little line on the right hand wall, up the sand-coloured holds. It felt a bit bold at half height, could have done with an extra bolt, and near the top they must have run out of the right colour holds as it all turned a deep shade green, but good fun nevertheless.
Unfortunately, we didn't have time for anything else, as the wall closed early for cleaning. There must have been signs at the door warning of this, but none of us spotted them, and we were still inside when the hoses were turned on. We were absolutely soaked, especially Will and Rob who were still climbing at the time.
So we retired to the pub for fishcakes, chips, and beer.