Exeter
Thursday 26th November
Tim picked me up from work around 15.30 and we arrived at the Exeter Toby about 17:20. We checked in, unpacked and relaxed for a bit. We had decided that we would go to the Toby for dinner!! It would be rude not to!!! Later in the evening we made a quick trip to Tesco for some snacks and Milk for Tim's tea!
Friday 27th November
Last night neither of us slept that well, we had a slow morning and eventually went down for breakfast about 10. The weather was supposed to be bad but we had sunshine! We decided that we would do a bit of shopping Friday morning - There are a couple of climbing shops and I need some new climbing shoes. For lunch we found a great pasty shop we have been to in the past - however we both decided that we were still full!! While the weather was good I suggested we had a walk on Dartmoor. We set off for Haytor, after taking a massive diversion for road works we eventually got to the car park. The wind and rain had started - but we decided we were going anyway!! We got our over trousers and coats on while the rain and wind were whistling round the car! We made our way up to Haytor and had a wander round in the driving rain and fog!!
Back at the hotel we dried off and warmed up and decided what we were going to do for dinner. We ended up having a sharing deal in Pizza Hut and once again feeling incredibly full!
Saturday 28th November
Thankfully we slept better last night. We decided that we would head down to the Quay Climbing Centre in the morning as the weather was due to be bad.
When we arrived we had a look at the canal basin area and found out where we were allowed to launch kayaks from if we were to bring them on a future trip.
We went into the Quay Climbing Centre to register and get assessed. We were a bit early as the kids club had the centre till 12 so we decided to have a walk along the river till it was time to go in. As we stepped out of the door the rain started so we changed our minds and had a drink in the climbing centre cafe instead!! At 12 we had a short assessment of our climbing skills and then made our way down into the climbing area. We started off with some gentle climbs and then moved on to some lead climbing. We had a good climb and felt like we had at least worked off some of our Toby meals!! By about 3.30 we had had enough and set off to the car to go home. We were home around 6.30 and had the task of unpacking - it is always nice to get home except for having to unpack!!
