try indoor rock climbing

We finally did it! A 90m taster at The Castle (a climbing centre in an old mill) (http://www.castle-climbing.co.uk) got us time on the walls (2 of us with one v. competent instructor) and a terrifying but satisfying 100ft abseil down the inside of one of the chimneys.
I’m going to sign up for their safety course so I can become a member, because i LOVED it. Scrambling up walls, knowing that even if you slip you’ll only end up dangling in mid-air… it’s a liberating feeling!

My son has done this, so this maybe something we can do together. There are place around where I live but not convenient. Perhaps if I research and find that a place has a deal going as its not inexpensive.

I think I mmight have convinced Owain to come with me to The Castle in Stoke Newington on Wednesday, which is apparently when they hold their beginner classes.
Eeee :D
I get vertigo on a stepladder, mind…

This could fill that pesky gap between skiing and kayaking. I’ll give it a shot this fall.

Which is pretty expensive for just 4 classes. Still, I’m going to call the instructor to decide if I’ll start the course

and really enjoyed it.

It’s in a castle… a castle. Heh.

Enjoyed the first session so much, that I went back again on Monday night. And I’m still sore. My arms, back, legs, etc. Not as sore today as yesterday, thankfully.

Going back again tomorrow night. I’ll see if I can get some pics from the top of the climb. Hopefully without either myself, or my camera, plummeting to the ground.

I’ve asked at University and they told me I have to wait a couple of weeks because they haven’t settle the fee. I’ll ask in a gym near my house, I went there today but it was closed, apparently they work strange hours.