Arathi

Kate had switched from the huge two-handed sword she was using to two swords, dual-wielded, and needed to get out somewhere to build up the skill level so we started out in the marshes north of Menethil whacking murlocs, crocalisks, raptors and the occasional gnoll until our backpacks were pretty much stuffed with junk to sell, then went back into Menethil for repairs and so on.

We thought that after all the mining we've done it was time to concentrate on getting another level so we flew back out to Refuge Pointe so that we could get some XP from the level 33+ mobs in the area - and if we ran across any ore to mine, all to the good.

So we headed out east and north, beating up ogres, raptors and spiders. Kate's dual-wielding skill was paying off in that she was even able to take down level 36 spiders single-handed. We actually made it up into the hills that we'd had so much trouble with the other day and mined some iron.

The rest of the time we circled eastern Arathi, belting mobs and mining when we could - it's a good area for mining. When we finally decided to call time we'd picked up quite a pile of iron, mithril and even a couple of pieces of tin and gold. Not a bad haul.