London.., the begining

(this post was written on the tube on the 23rd..,just took me a while, and a long weekend to get around to posting it.)

Well,I've been here for three days now and i can't say I'm 100% enjoying it yet. I'm enjoying the generosity of my cousin Carmen and her husband, Edmond... also, the friendliness and affection of their son, Josh. But alas, the locals on the streets aren't nearly as friendly as I'd hoped. I managed to get to Brunel University climbing wall yesterday, but sorry, I didn't take my camera... as always, climbers were keen to chat, but enfortunately not many were arround, and I left wondering if I should have tried that little bit harder, or perhaps been a little more blunt about trying to sweet talk my way into someone's trip.

The Wall at Brunel has a few plastic holds, but is mostly lumps of rock embedded in shaped concrete. Good fun to climb on,and, living up to the british tradition, the wall has no fixed top rops, and you're allowed to solo as high as you like... the wall's around 10m tall...,kinda exciting at the top with no ropes or harness, and I certainly wasn't pushing grades while I as hanging round by my self. Out the back, they have a bouldering cave with some insanely difficult problems. A bit of an eye opener for this Auckland Uni Rec Centre dweller. I'm certain I'll be back there some time and wil be sure to take photos.

I'm currently on the underground, on my way into the middle of town... not too sure what to expect, but it should be exciting. Reg told me that there was wireless access on the tube, but I've yet to find it.

I hope everyone back home is doing great, and that the climbers and trampers amongst you are making big plans for the long weekend. I'm missing you all terribly.

Oh,and I'm trying to find a way to upload photos from my cousin's computer, but haven;t yet been able, so expectphotos for the last couple of posts to arrive sometime soon.