Sa Gubia, the multi-pitchers

Cala Magraner: a day at the beach

We woke up to a perfect day and had decided on a two group plan for the day: 4 pupils went off to the brilliant multi-pitch venue, Sa Gubia with Al Halewood and Tim Blakemore, while the rest of us headed for the idyllic beach crag at Cala Magraner.

The soggy day gets dry

After the morning dip and planking (torrential rain and lightning) we found some dry rock to climb on. It was surprisingly satisfying and a good little intro to the Mallorcan rock.

Planking

               

Above: Alex goes solo for a morning dip.

Left: And does a bit of freestyle yogaing.

 Alex gets company.

And then there were three (Douglas drops in).

 Learning to dive.

Buggy-eyed.

 Planking in the rain.

Bugs do planking.

The second half of the first day, Mallorca

Everyone votes for 'deep water soloing'. Translation: climbing over water without ropes (which would be a bad mixture with water). TGA translation: hours and hours of dinghy, rubber ring, diving, jumping, scuffling with rocks, swimming and a bit of climbing.

 

Welcome to Mallorca

'Welcome to Mallorca' he said, before nearly taking someone's arm off.

The local market. We saw this leg and thought of Gavin, Alison & Frederick Horgan.

Enough samples to feel full until lunch.

Our back garden.

The team goes to market.