Castles Forest and Rocks

...usually all three at once. I climbed a cliff yesterday where you handjam to a cave which you crawl into, and it becomes a chimney. Then you walk up about 10 steps that have been there for 800 years and which used to be the only access to the castle that sat on top of that particular outcrop. Then you layback a corner to the top. I've never done a climb like that before! There was another one on that cliff where you have to climb through a medieval window then up another staircase. Cool!

Apart from climbing, I took Rudi's topos and did some mountainbiking - some single tracks and trails. Stopped and did some bouldering too.

Visited to castles. Saw some torture devices, catapults (which used to hurl 100 and 200kg cannonballs 200 metres, as well as diseased rotting animal carcasses and human cadavers), went down into the dungeon. Heard about the inevitable ghost of the 'white woman' who committed suicide by jumping off the top for some reason.

I'm here till the weekend then making tracks for Fontainebleau! Can't wait. I've also booked Ryanair tickets to Barcelona and back to Paris travelling 05.09 and 20.09. Climbing at Montserrat just north of Barcelona and up to the north coast - Bilbao and San Sebastian. That reminds me, Ziggy Libucha is gonna be in Spain about that time...