Sometime in November we found a spare Sunday and walked up to Gibraltar for a spot of climbing.

It was a funny day, sunny, windy, little bit rainy, but not too hot which was the main worry on the mostly north facing boulders up there.

We retreated to the summit boulders for lunch while it rained a bit, and then climbed My Name is Luka (14) – I think, with a really nice bouldery start.

After a bit of bush bashing we eventually found our way to the bottom of Juvenillies & Geriatrics (15). It’s a great Gibraltar climb, two pitches, but only about 25m high. Up one blank slab to a belay and then out under and over the boulder perched above the first pitch.

The top is pretty speccy, leaving you on the knife edge boulder (3rd last photo). The only downer was there’s no hardware on the bolts for abseiling off, so Meg abseiled on our gear, and then I threaded the bolts on the other side of the boulder and walked down from the top of the first pitch. Only problem was I’d forgot my shoes, so Meg tied them to the rope and I hauled them up – what a faff!