And we're off. I'm in England for the first time, staying with my friends Raf and Harriet. My first day in the UK was a beautiful, warmish November day and we jumped on it. Raf left work in the morning and we went climbing in a gorge just a 10 minute bike ride from Raf's house. It was the first trad leading I had done in a while, a little scary and a lot of fun.