Finally the sun showed up, so Peri, Will and I decided to get out of town and touch some dry rock. Caley was our destination (before the nettles, ferns and disposable bbq toting chavs take it over).
We settle in by warming up on the Sugarloaf Boulder and I scare myself (again) on Sucker's Wall. Then Peri decides to do battle with the notorious Boot Crack, luckily we have a couple of spare dinghy anchors that fit in the offwidth crack. After much cursing and only a small amount of blood loss, Peri tops out and drops the rope for me to lead. I realise Peri has moved the big cam up higher while leading and borrow a size 40 hex from Will and somehow fit my super large ships anchor (5 Camalot) into the crack as well.
While I had been belaying Peri, Will had found a good problem around the corner, Smear Arete, 5b. We all have a go, Peri attempting the harder looking LH version and taking a couple of flyers off it.
Finally we head deep into Blair Witch territory and move into the woods below to The Flapjack and The Scone Boulders, where Peri announces that she is feeling hungry due to all the food names of boulders.
We have a good time trying out very balancy slab problems and a couple of thuggy mantles, full marks must go to Will. He threw himself at a 5c problem on The Scone, multiple attempts, finally succeeding as dusk came.
Routes done,
Sucker's Wall V0 4c
Boot Crack VS 4b **
Smear Arete, B3, P9. V0 5a
Smear Arete Right V1 5b *
The Flapjack, Problem 3 V0 5a
The Flapjack, Problem 4 VB 4c
The Flapjack, Problem 5 VB 5a
The Flapjack, Problem 7 V1 5c
The Flapjack, Problem 8 V0 5a *
The Scone, Problem 2 V1 5c
The Scone, Problem 3 V2 5c *
The Scone, Problem 4 VB 4c *
The Scone, Problem 5 V2 5c
Peri's stomach was making so much noise by now, that the poor lass had to forage around on the walk out and luckily found several large juicy St George mushrooms. She told us they were for breakfast, but she probably scoffed them on the way home.
Note. THESE ARE NOT THE ONES Peri picked, but a photo I took last year at Caley. Are these edible Peri? They look horrible.