Sardinia
I have just been in Sardinia with Andy and Kat Congleton and there new baby Ellen we took the boat from Genoa to Porto Torres then drove down to Cala Gonone where we were based for the week. The plan was to alternate days climbing with Andy or Kat. We started on Saturday climbing at Budinetto just behind the village; the crag has a great spread of grades from 4a to 6a on perfect rock. It was so good I returned for a second visit on Monday with Kat. On Tuesday Andy and I visited the large inland crag of Surtana we climbed the first pitch of Sound of Silence which was superb but got caught in a huge thunder storm and had to abseil off. We managed to climb in the cave at Birddiriscottai a really unusual venue which has a selection of routes from 5b upwards that stay dry in the rain. The weather was much better on Wednesday so we hired a boat and the whole team drove along to the beach at Cala Luna we climbed the 2 pitch crack line of Fissura Degli Spilli on the Scoglio di Luna. I climbed the route with Andy in the morning and Kat in the afternoon, Ellen slept all the way there and back in the boat. The weather was a bit mixed on Thursday so it was back to the cave and we finished the week climbing at Cala Fuili a dry river bed with crags on either side. The crags nearest the sea are quite polished but move inland a bit and the rock is great, we climbed 4 routes up to 3 pitches and 6a.