So last Monday I had an opportunity to have an adventure. On my own and with the chance of Rain I had decided to venture out for the maiden voyage of Binky the Wonder boat (an impulse Ebay purchase). However, on arrival Trefor (home of the mighty Shale City, and my prospective Deep Water Soloing venue) Something wasn't Right.
For starters there was a bit of Drizzle, but that wasn't really an issue and was clearing. It was the wind, a bit blowy at home, was blowing along the coast, rather than over the top as I thought. I scrambled down to the sea level platform (on the left in the picture below) and the waves were all forming up and heading for me. If I even managed to get the boat in, I doubted I could punter my way around the corner..
I considered walking further along and putting in, riding with waves, but as they were also leading away from shore, I thought that a little too exciting.
Looking down the orange corner, fairly easy to rig a escape / inspection line here. Maybe for the next visit.
As the sun was coming out, and I did have some climbing / swimming kit, I chose to bail to my other prospective DWS venue, at Nant Gwrtheyrn. It a firm favourite venue with my kids now, and this would be my first high tide visit..
Plenty of sand now at the far end, a sign of our stormy summer?
So I had a slightly breezy slog along the beach, and started the Diff solo onto the top of the Slot zawn. Then it got proper windy. Sort of crawl along windy....
The Zawn at a breezy high tide, note the Spraybow and soaked walls...
Here's a vid of what I found:
Having therefore abandoned thoughts of DWS, I went exploring the grounds..
The top quarries sort of have potential for one or two lines...
I, on the other hand, retired for coffee, ham, egg and chips (and a scone)
Adventure awaits! (a less windy day)
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