Thursday, December 4, 2008

cold and wet, but happy!








Three countries down and the bus is still ace...

The 'rock climbing' trip has so far included little rock climbing. We started touring the UK, which included a stop at Norwich, a well known climbing mecca. For those who've never been, check out the sand cliffs. Bit like St. Bees, but slightly better!

Continuing the sandy theme, we headed onto to Font (for those who don't climb: a place with big rocks in the woods). We arrived late-ish and thoroughly enjoyed the rush-hour traffic in Paris...

After selecting a quiet car park in the woods we set to enjoying our first night in the big bus. We cooked, ate, drank and thoroughly enjoyed the stunning light show...



The stars were pretty good too. As some will know, the van is rammed full of high-tech insulation. We went to bed toasty and slept safe in the knowledge that we were as insulated as a sheep. Needless to say, we both awoke in the middle of the night freezing our t*ts off!

Day one in Font was beautiful and we both enjoyed bouldering in the Col de Chein area.




However, one french lady didn't enjoy horse riding... On entering the forest a horse speeded past without rider. 10 mins later we met the slighty pissed off looking rider, who mentioned something about a 'cheval'. We pointed her in the right direction...

That was the end of the great weather in font, it then proceeded to rain continuously. However, the next night was much warmer as we managed to aquire two pairs of sexy (matching) ski socks - we both look very fetching (I look slightly better tho... 'Claire get off the computer!').

We fled wet font and are now visiting Rich, Raffa and little Sebastian in Switzerland...

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