Since getting back from Spain it’s seemed like the world has just suddenly sped up double time! I’ve been doing a lot of coaching work at EICA as well as attending competitions, training and assisting in running a Fundamentals 2 Coaching course – all of this has made time fly by and before I knew anything it’s almost Christmas!!! I can’t believe it really! How can time go so fast? Too much fun I guess? As much as it’s been a fun period of work and climbing, it’s also been really tiring. I don’t remember a time when I’ve felt so... Continue reading

A few months ago I was asked by Rob Sutton (manager of TCA Glasgow) if I would set one round of the White circuit. The white circuit is the TCA's hardest with problems ranging from F7A to F8A+ historically. Of course I took up the opportunity as I always love setting at TCA and it would be good to put myself to the test and see if I could come up with some hard blocs for the west coast boulderers to get their meat hooks stuck into :D A few days before I was due to come home from Kalymnos I... Continue reading

2013 is only less than a month in and already it is proving to be much busier than I expected. Not a bad thing really, I am having to come to terms with the fact that I eventually had to start working full-time :P The great thing is that I am doing a job that I absolutely love, something which I was terrified would never happen. When I first left school I had no idea what I was going to do. A Year of doing not much but climbing taught me my life would have to be involved in the sport... Continue reading

Hey Guys I know what a bad title... well its half one and my brain is mush so don't be too hard on me : ) If you read my last post from just after Christmas you will know that I, like most others, have had a bit of a rude awakening coming back after the holidays. To be frank, I felt like I was dragging a sac of tatties every-time I pulled of the ground. Its funny just how quickly this can all change though. Only a week later and I'm back to my previous best, hitting out 1-4-7 on... Continue reading

Christmas is by far my favourite time of the year. I have a fairly big family in Edinburgh (mothers side) and we always have a big get together at Christmas, with lots of the usual eating, drinking, present opening/giving plus extra eating and drinking. This year however was a bit different however. A part of my family that lives in Nassau (Bahamas) were coming over to spend the holidays in Scotland. This being the case, we all decided to rent a big house in the borders and spend Christmas down there together (a big family needs a big house). We had... Continue reading