I'd said that I'd go climbing today but my back wasn't brilliant when I woke up this morning. I know that both climbing and walking are good for my slipped disc, with caveats, but when I arrived at Lawrencefield I remembered how much my feet were jammed in the cracks - not good for bunions! I watched Mick and Sally jam their bunionless feet into the crack staircases and wasn't at all envious.

The route shown didn't have any cracks, but the grade was at the top of my grade nowadays and I was ready for the off. I left before they'd finished for the day, lovely to see them and chat.