I got to the Climbing Unit when it opened at 10 and for the first 40 minutes I was the only one there. Everyone must've been Christmas shopping!

Today was good. After warming up on the Bees I moved onto the Reds and managed to complete a couple. I rarely look at the Greens, the next grade up, but I got halfway up quite a few of them... the easier ones, and then found I did better on the Reds in turn. The photo shows a Red route I didn't quite manage to finish. 

Inevitably, after an hour my fingers reached the point of being unable to hold on, so I finished off by going into the roped area and traversing around the room.

This evening I'll be attending Skyline's AGM in a pub in Burton on Trent, for which I must do some preparation work in a minute. We're hoping to vote in a name change from Skyline to Burton Skyline, which will get us near the top of alphabetical lists, plus advertise where we're based.

Edit: At the AGM I was presented with a large sack of files and folders, all to do with my new post as Secretary. Roger was 78 today and pleased, I think, to get rid of the job to me!

I left the pub at 9.45pm, but didn't get home for another hour although the journey time should be 20 minutes. The A38 north was closed for night work, so I put Gmaps on and she took me miles along narrow, single track roads through the back of beyond, or so it seemed in the dark.