Time in Reconnaissance - Burgoyne Rock Climbing
I was in Paris for work and Kate and the girls joined me for the Easter break. We planned some French language and history tutoring and Kate was happy to hang out and hit the galleries and Ada was happy to go along. Beautifully presented fresh radishes at Beaune markets “Time in reconnaissance is seldom wasted” so said my instructors at Royal Military College and I have said it often enough in the last 28 years that Kate has taken to using the phrase. It was the Easter long weekend or Paques as it is known in France which gave us the opportunity to head out of the City and explore the countryside. The market square in Beaune, everthing you could imagine including fresh gluten free bread A climbing partner of mine, Brian (Henry), was very partial to long sports climbing trips to France. I often recalled him recounting stories of climbing life in Beaune, the main wine town in the Burgoyne or Burgundy as it i...