A friend of mine is coming along with me, who has done climbing before, she told me that she can guide me/us through the basics but yeah a course might be a good idea & I just hope its not bloody expensive as we will have to rent of the equipment + the entrance anyways . ( pinches my student pocket!)

100p you can set up the poll for the best possible dates. Thanks for that.

I will try ringing them to know about the prices, course info etc. and post it here.