Fontainebleau, France

The most publicized place in Fontainebleau is Le bas Couvier - just off the A6,so convenient for Paris, but also the problems are super hard.

We headed over there, despite the fact it was looking damp and not wonderfully sunny as it had been yesterday.

After dismally failing on some blue problems near the car park we settled on trying and Orange circuit.

Before we got too far around it the rain came so we packed up and did the tourist thing around  Fontainebleau castle.

After lunch we went to an area with the name L'Elephant, after the markings on some rocks.

It was still wet, but the yellow route and the friction kept us occupied for the rest of the afternoon.

The biggest problem here was the wet sand around the bottom of the routes needed to be cleaned off the boots before ascent of a problem, otherwise it acted like ball bearings.

After dinner someone - probably Dave suggested a moonlight climb - by now the ran had gone and the skies cleared up
We headed off to an area close to yesterday's route ... at Roche de la Reine, head tourches at the ready, beer in the our pockets. 26/48 problems later and in very high spirits after 2 hours we headed back to the cars and thence to the tents knackered.  A fun end to the day.