Sometimes you do something a bit out of the ordinary and following one such example of doing this I have had Team Slovenia (aka Jernej and Jakob) staying at chez Butters in the run up to the CWIF.
Upon their arrival around midnight on Friday, they got given the spare set of keys, the latest Stanage guidebook, a very perfunctory guided tour to the house and the sat nav with instructions on how to work it so that they could get to The 'works on the following day. That done and out of the way I promptly went to bed and left them to it as I had to be in work for 7AM the following morning for the first of four day shifts. In all honesty this didn't amount to shining example of planning ones life and I must admit that I did feel a bit guilty about it but there was no way out of it. I should also point out that I am not usually this rude to guests unless the guest in question is Sloper in which case such behaviour is not only acceptable but positively encouraged.
I returned the following night and Team Slovenia had found the 'works and by all accounts had crushed and, more importantly, had managed to procure a lift for the following day out to the Peak which made me feel a lot better about things. They also got very excited after watching Commited and fancied a crack at The Angel's Share adding that UKB's finest Johnny Brown didn't trust his feet enough and though I tried to explain that JB was a paragon of footwork over dinner I got the impression that it had been lost in translation somewhere down the line.
Day Two was Burbage in typically English weather conditions - rain clearing to sunshine and then a snow shower to finish off the day, a combination that the average British climber wouldn't bat an eyelid at but it was probably a bit of a shock to them. In the short spell of "decent weather" Jernej sent Blind Fig and then once the weather went back to being rubbish they had a guided tour of Stanage and then from there onto Raven Tor to look at horrible crimps by all accounts.
Day Three was a rest day and, more importantly, dedicated to the production of Panckes of Power!
The Pancake of Power is just an ordinary pancake but filled with Chocolate Spread and Crunchy Peanut Butter resulting in something that tastes like a bit like a Snickers bar. Granted it sounds a bit random but they are actually really good and a quick calculation on the back of an imaginary fag packet shows that they produce lots of crushing power - get in your kitchen and knock a few of those beasts out before you head to the crag!
Suitably armed Team Slovenia hitched out to Stanage on Day Four and got rolling - Brad Pit, Deliverance, Captain Hook (2nd go), Green Traverse (flash) and Not To Be Taken Away all got crushed by Jernej though The Storm held up under the onslaught due to being in the sun. Somewhere in amongst all of that Jernej also started working The Joker and had a look at the start of Big Air going so far as jumping across before deciding that it wasn't the day for it. Not sure what Jakob did but I can say that Deliverance and Brad Pit escaped his personal onslaught for that day at least.
The following day however was Day Five and Butters was finally off shift!
Upon their arrival around midnight on Friday, they got given the spare set of keys, the latest Stanage guidebook, a very perfunctory guided tour to the house and the sat nav with instructions on how to work it so that they could get to The 'works on the following day. That done and out of the way I promptly went to bed and left them to it as I had to be in work for 7AM the following morning for the first of four day shifts. In all honesty this didn't amount to shining example of planning ones life and I must admit that I did feel a bit guilty about it but there was no way out of it. I should also point out that I am not usually this rude to guests unless the guest in question is Sloper in which case such behaviour is not only acceptable but positively encouraged.
I returned the following night and Team Slovenia had found the 'works and by all accounts had crushed and, more importantly, had managed to procure a lift for the following day out to the Peak which made me feel a lot better about things. They also got very excited after watching Commited and fancied a crack at The Angel's Share adding that UKB's finest Johnny Brown didn't trust his feet enough and though I tried to explain that JB was a paragon of footwork over dinner I got the impression that it had been lost in translation somewhere down the line.
Day Two was Burbage in typically English weather conditions - rain clearing to sunshine and then a snow shower to finish off the day, a combination that the average British climber wouldn't bat an eyelid at but it was probably a bit of a shock to them. In the short spell of "decent weather" Jernej sent Blind Fig and then once the weather went back to being rubbish they had a guided tour of Stanage and then from there onto Raven Tor to look at horrible crimps by all accounts.
Day Three was a rest day and, more importantly, dedicated to the production of Panckes of Power!
The Pancake of Power is just an ordinary pancake but filled with Chocolate Spread and Crunchy Peanut Butter resulting in something that tastes like a bit like a Snickers bar. Granted it sounds a bit random but they are actually really good and a quick calculation on the back of an imaginary fag packet shows that they produce lots of crushing power - get in your kitchen and knock a few of those beasts out before you head to the crag!
Suitably armed Team Slovenia hitched out to Stanage on Day Four and got rolling - Brad Pit, Deliverance, Captain Hook (2nd go), Green Traverse (flash) and Not To Be Taken Away all got crushed by Jernej though The Storm held up under the onslaught due to being in the sun. Somewhere in amongst all of that Jernej also started working The Joker and had a look at the start of Big Air going so far as jumping across before deciding that it wasn't the day for it. Not sure what Jakob did but I can say that Deliverance and Brad Pit escaped his personal onslaught for that day at least.
The following day however was Day Five and Butters was finally off shift!
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Good stuff buttttters.
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