Now after four weeks of thrashing it out on the circuits I’ve gone from zero stamina to nearly-got-stamina. It’s been almost exclusively on...

Michael and myself on the Longhope route, just before the cloud and rain ended the day’s play. The crux pitch linked, I headed back to Hoy ...

With V13 fitness finally regained after the endless winter of snowy mountaineering, I was obviously keen to get back to me project on Orkne...