What a brilliant weekend. Over 70 climbers climbed over 70 routes. A perfect day of weather and a really good atmosphere on the crag made it a very special occasion. The raffle was a big hit thanks to DMM, V.12, Joe Brown's, Pete's Eat's and Ground Up. The Beer was gorgeous, thanks to Purple Moose and cheers to the BMC. Don't forget all the hard work put in by those climbers who attended the gardening days through the the winter of '06/'07 to get many more routes climbable, all fulled by tea and cakes form Eric's. Rio, especially with the Cynychwr start has emerged to become one of the best rediscoveries. I really enjoyed doing Rienetta with the new start on Sunday, a route no-one would go near in their right mind given the current guidebook description but, it's really good, honest, three stars. Stu McAleese gave a great talk on Saturday night, just back from 10 weeks working in Scotland, Stuart had to juggle a few commitments to make it so a big thanks to Stu. Lot's of people commented that they really enjoyed his talk, but were glad to be spending the weekend at Tremadog!

Triming spring growth wasn't challenging enough for Ross Barratt and Mark Batsford. They decided to take on the ridiculous challenge of cleaning Omo, they are well on with the task and we wish them good luck with finishing it. James McCaffie selflessly nipped up Strawberries to check it was free of brambles and ivy, he reports that it is, so go to it folks.

Your trimming efforts need not be restricted to special events, please carry secateurs whenever visiting Tremadog to help keep the routes and paths open.

Remember, this is your crag, it was given to the BMC and it is up to us to care for it and manage the climbing resource. No one else can do this, only you.

The tree surgeons will move in in November to remove sycamore's from the base of the crag, we will also be waymarking paths to routes and resurfacing the track along the bottom by the drainage ditch too.

Thanks to everybody for turning up, any suggestions for next year, please add your comments below.

Now visit the Festival Gallery

Mike Raine