Beautiful Symonds Yat

We went climbing at Symond's Yat yesterday. After we rappelled down to the cliffs, we climbed the pinnacle you can see part of in the picture and picnicked on top of it. It is a fun climb because it's so airy and exposed, and you get amazing views over the valley as you climb.



The view from the top is gorgeous, as you can see above.

Here's me on the rather muddy second climb. Sophie got really freaked out by all the creepy-crawlies she encountered on the way up on this climb. I was more freaked out by the holds that come off in your hand. At least these days we know to avoid nettles. (Learned that the hard way - at Symond's Yat, actually, just after we arrived here).



We did one more climb after that one, and then repaired to a pub for a very very late lunch/early dinner.

We had perfect weather, which was sort of surprising as it poured with rain almost all the way there. We actually came quite close to turning around and going home; the only thing that stopped us was our innate stubbornness. Glad we were unreasonable!

The rest of the pictures are here.