Busy doing nothing, working the whole route through...

It's been a while, lets not dwell on exactly how long. A period of time has passed. And how have I filled this time? Am I set to unleash a ticklist of such proportions as to inspire and impress the reader in equal measure? Not so much. A blow by blow account of my activities over this passed time would test both my memory and a readers patience so in short I have tried some and ticked naught.
How sad, what a waste of my time. Well no because today I had something of a revelation. The scales fell from my eyes and the truth was (in part) revealed. I'll let you in on a secret that has only just become apparent to me. When climbing a sport route you can fall off from above a bolt and not die in a horrible and painful fashion, in point of fact it is even possible to fall from above a bolt and not even hurt yourself.
Not much of a revelation? Well from the comfort of your (and indeed my) armchair no it isn't. However on the sharp end all scientific bumpff regarding loading forces and breaking strains becomes a bit academic, after all you are about to test these theoretical limitations in a manner which would be very much final should the lab technician have sneezed whilst placing that crucial decimal point...
Anyway for me falling onto bolts has been, well it hasn't been truth be told. But today I took a whipper (of about a foot) after climbing above a bolt. Progress.
So now I'm keen for Grooved Arete at Kilnsey, Chimes at the Tor, Caviar at Rubicon and something at Malham. If I could get two of these four ticked this year (hell even one) I'd be Mr Happy.
Off bouldering tomorrow in Silverdale, which is nice...