loch Nessi

I had a grand day on Tuesday (23rd of March) making the most of this luscious weather we're having. Myself and Dom took the initiative and headed out to Nesscliffe, this was our 3rd visit and we started to get used to the local character of the sand stone crag (it is very soft in places so if you go please take care). Its footholds that spit you off with the 'wrong' pressure and tops so dirty that you long for the solid rock on a round grit top out. The atmosphere of the quarry both intimidates and inspires, lines so pure a guide book is only used to check the difficulties your about to face at hights reaching up to 50 meters. Of these pure lines my day started with the rather small (in comparison) My Snorkel (flashed after trying it ground up last time) followed by Dom who cruised it as well. we then turned our attention to the infamous Yukan II and was surprised to find after one top rope inspection, clean and checking a couple of move it went second go for both of us. After a long lunch and some feeling smug Dom lead My Violin, a 3rd known ascent, and you could tell. Dirty rock dominated the climb and added an air of uncertainty, a 3 star outing though despite this though (that is if you like reverse mantles and big runouts...) and with that we decided to end our day with a spot of light bouldering. Must go back soon though with so many more lines to do.