Not sure how I’m going to assess when this goal is done. I have been averaging 1.5 climbs per week for the last few months, & my climbing is definitely improving, so in one way I feel I’m nearly there. I guess the next step is to change from “learn to rock climb” to “climb a 4a” etc, but my regular climbing centre does not really mark the routes in a consistent way – they are just colours which can span quite a wide range of difficulty. I guess my action plan is to go to my regular centre as frequently as possible, and then go to the Castle once a month to measure my achievements.

Mini-step number one – try to go to the Castle this Sunday for an initial level reading…