We were greeted with drizzle on arriving at the crag, so spent a few minutes sheltered under the initial overhanging section of Trafalgar buttress, reminiscing about when Birchens was our nearest crag – only a couple of hours from Hertfordshire on a good run….

The rain stopped, clouds cleared and we did a bunch of routes – some old favourites, and others for the first time. Funny how this was only our second visit in about 25 years!