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Saturday 6th Sunday 7th October. Having told so many people I was keen to visit the Anvil again I was still surprised to have four comrades this weekend. After picking up Malcolm, Alan, Robin and Dave over various pick up points we headed back over to Lochgoilhead. Despite the good forecast the weather gradually deteriorated to cold west coast drizzle. Undeterred we got walking.

The last time I visited the Anvil I was close to sending Bloodfire, but got denied at the last crux. This time I was keen to try the project right of Spitfire and Bodyblow. Firstly I spent a few hours taking some snaps with my new camera, trying hard to balance the concept of shutter speed. Dave and Malcolm were trying the direct start to Body Blow, a potential F9a.

Dave linking Bloodfire into Body Blow.

Dave on the V11 crux of Body Blow.

Alan was trying lots of different things. Robin succeeded on Bloodfire, cruising to the LO, then made made some good progress on the Smiddy. Not bad considering the drizzly weather. After all this I’d was pretty cold and I remembered why odd numbers at the Anvil were bad. The odd one out for the day I couldn’t really warm up or try the routes I wanted. The project right of Spitfire had definitely be superseded by Malcolm’s Blackout F8b. With Dave and Malcolm chomping at the bit on the project I couldn’t really get dibs on Body Blow for a long session. Also it didn’t help that a hold on the crux had snapped off, it was greasy and I was still getting over an injury. With motivation panned for the day I decided to rest thinking I might get something done on Sunday.

Malcolm on Body Blow and Robin on the Smiddy.

Waking to the inevitable Sunday morning alarm my psyche was still gone. Text’s from Richie and Mike confirmed another day solo. Still feeling burned from bad forecasts and long drives I took myself back to bed until lunchtime. I kept myself occupied with some finger boarding (nearly managing a one hander), DIY, moving and the F7b+ traverse at Aggazziss I’d still not done. Other than getting some good snaps, bit of a wasted weekend, especially when the weather improved on Sunday. Bit depressing not getting anything done when another five days in hell are on the way.

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