Just got back from the Depot do. Very good evening with a strong and very deep field. Crouch and Shawna showed why they'd been selected to represent the Scouse Massive, indeed if it looked like a "Cave or Pill Box" problem Crouch despatched. There were some awesome displays of climbing from outright thuggery to technical mastery. Not least from Uptown, succeeding on a VertDirt problem only repeated by Ned himself (I believe). The tick of the night for me. TomP, Dave Buchanan and TimP were all in attendance but under the weather in some form or other but all managed to demonstrate the power that lies under the bonnet...and Farmer Joe from Leeds Wall brutalised almost everything also. Many, many femmes turned up too but I was obviously too involved in crushing to ahem, notice their exploits, other than watching Shawna who was, as ever, interstellar.
Thanks to all the guys, Ollie, Steve, the Bowers brothers et al for putting on the comp and all those judges now able to enjoy the rest of the night at the curryhouse I expect.