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Master of bureaucracy
I may have mentioned a while back that I was applying for a teaching qualification which largely consisted of writing some appalling bureaucratic jargon to match a set of largely meaningless statements. Today I got the response "Congratulations! The CADENZA Panel members thought this was a strong application which deserved to be commended. It was ( Read more... ) -
Up and Down like the Assyrian Empire!
We've been doing a lot of travel on the SE-NW axis recently. Easter weekend was spent with family in Runcorn via Leicestershire. We then drove all the way back to Stansted to fly out to Spain for an excellent climbing trip, staying a villa with 9 others from the Merseyside M -
An evening in another world.
Well that was certainly an experience ( Read more... ) -
missing stuff
I seem to have mislaid some pieces of LRP kit. Because they go together, I reckon I either lent them to someone then forgot or I left a bag at a site somewhere....
Specifically, these are:
(1) Red wool tunic
(2) Brown wool trousers with draw string
(3) This brown leather belt.
Don't suppose anyone has come across these at any point? -
The year that was
So - 2011 was a fantastic, if rather busy year. We got married, both got new jobs, moved house twice, bought a house and became landlords.
We also spent 3 weeks in South America, climbing a mountain, doing the Inca Trail and exploring the jungle.
Here's hoping 2012 is just as much fun while being a tiny bit more laid back :) -
stuff, lots of stuff..
Very quick update ( Read more... ) -
Damn you grit!
This weekend saw another attempt at my personal nemesis, the climb 'Crack and Corner' at the Roaches. Its an odd route, as by far the hardest move is getting off the ground, so a combination of only being a few feet up and also being able to place a cam above your head from the ground, to effectively have a top rope for the first bit, makes it ( Read more... ) -
Hectic weekend :)
Quite a busy weekend outdoors and remarkably successful given the frequent showers that we managed to miss ( Read more... ) -
time flies..
Last weekend we went climbing in the peak district. Normally this wouldn't be particularly notable, but I realised on the way back that it was my first time on outdoor rock since 31st October 2009. Gosh.