Dinbren climbs, Famau run

Crag: Dinbren, Eglwyseg
Routes: Sally in Pink (VS 4b:led), Astrola (VS 4b:sec), Babbling Arete (S 4a:led), Shaken not Stirred (HS 4b:sec), Castella (VD:sol), Chabris (VS 4c:led), New route (VS 4c:sec), Colour Games (E1 5b:sec), Antilla (S:sol)
A rather brief trip to a venue not visited for some years - worthwhile, but again just concentrated on upping the mileage on simple routes. The two VS grooves on the right-hand tier were obvious starting points, both done numerous times before. I led the square groove of Sally in pink - always very steady, low in the grade, but enjoyable. Seconded Vic and Mick up the similar Astrola before leading Babbling arete up the left edge of the tower. Nice climbing in a good position, just needs to be three times as long! Also led Chabris, a short obvious corner with a deceptively tricky final move (HVS 5a in my old guide), and seconded Vic up a few more routes including a possible new one (the crack left of Shaken not stirred, which went at about VS 4c with nice moves around a flake). Finished by seconding Colour games, which I led many years ago: a nice varied E1 on excellent limestone. We rushed to get back to the Collie in time for the run, but failed. So I tried to catch up, racing up Famau on a horribly empty stomach, reaching the top in 34:50 from Cadole, then racing down to the first road in 15 mins, where I finally caught the tail-enders and jogged back: tired. The combination of this run, hunger, earlier climbing and yesterday's 12 mile run from HK up Waun y Llyn was not a happy one.