Pavey Ark is an amazing mountain crag - it catches every ray of sunlight going, it is sheltered from the wind (not that there was even a breath of wind today), and is made of the best and roughest of Lakeland volcanic rock...
It seemed strange to leave England's fantastic snowy weather and arrive in France for a week's skiing only to find it raining! But of course up higher it was snowing...
Having arrived in Canberra to temperatures hovering around 30 °C, after a few days we set off to the Snowy Mountains with an ascent of Mt Kosciuszco [2228m] in mind...