Crossing fingers that the snow had melted, we headed away from the benign weather on the coast and up into the hills of Sierra de Prades to catch up with Guy, Ken and John – the advanced party of the 2018 Rucksack Club SunRock Meet.

We choose this “off the beaten track”  sector of Arboli as it was south facing and very easy access…. If only the sun had made an appearance. 

As it was, 8C and a chilly breeze meant it was only ever going to be a short visit. Duvets were donned and some chilly routes managed

 – we basically ticked the first five on the crag, with Marina, 6b, being probably  the best of the bunch.  Here’s Guy getting to grips with this pockety arête