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A culture break ìn Reus

November 30, 2014by Dominic Leave a comment

The monsoon continues, and so desperate times call for desperate measures. We decide to download the Rough Guide to Spain (or “Rough Guess” as we have found to be a […]

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Catalunya, Spain

More rain and another trip to Siurana saves the day

November 30, 2014by Dominic Leave a comment

The weather gods delivered a major storm overnight – biblical rainfall served up with accompanying pyrotechnics of sheet lightning and crashing thunder. There was no way there would be any […]

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Catalunya

Back to Siurana with two house guests

November 29, 2014by Dominic Leave a comment

We woke up this morning to find the van had been invaded by a giant slug. See photo. The weather wasn’t looking great so we set off for Siurana with […]

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Catalunya

Mont-ral and more Vilanova de Prades

November 29, 2014by Dominic Leave a comment

This week it’s open house on the Oughton road trip. First guest appearance of the week is Warby and we head for sector “Camping” at Vilanova de Prades. Apparently much […]

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Catalunya

Siurana

November 24, 2014by Dominic Leave a comment

Siurana is the “Queen of the Prades” and an early contender for “world’s best crag” in the infancy of the development of sports climbing in the ’80s. With well over […]

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Catalunya

Vilanova de Prades

November 24, 2014by Dominic Leave a comment

Somewhat overshadowed by its more famous neighbours, Vilanova de Prades offers about a kilometre of fine pocketed climbing above a very accommodating campsite. Aretes, grooves and corners feature heavily (much […]

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Catalunya

Margalef

November 24, 2014by Dominic Leave a comment

We’ve crossed the border from Lleida into Tarragona to enter the Sierra de Prades. Only about 100 km to the south of where we’ve spent the last couple of weeks, […]

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Catalunya

Santa Linya

November 20, 2014by Dominic 1 Comment

Santa Linya is famous for the huge cave sector, containing more routes of 9a and above than the rest of the crags around Lleida put together (and that includes Oliana! […]

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Catalunya

Tartareu

November 20, 2014by Dominic Leave a comment

A trip to Tartareu offered what looked to be a winning combination of a good mix of grades and steep pocketed rock. It delivered on both counts, but also provided […]

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Catalunya

More Terradets

November 20, 2014by Dominic 1 Comment

We had a chilly trip up above Terradets for a visit to Collegats, a line of 30m conglomerate cliffs carved out by the Noguera river many millennia ago. This took […]

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Catalunya

Vadiello

November 18, 2014by Dominic Leave a comment

Vadiello is a major conglomerate crag, high in the Sierra de Guara. It gets the maximum 6* rating in the climbing ” bible ” for the trip – Donde Escalar, […]

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Aragon

Terradets

November 17, 2014by Dominic Leave a comment

Terradets is an awesome series of cliffs that make up the western end of the Sierra de Montsec. Best known for the ridiculously steep Les Bruixes there are also more […]

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Catalunya

Olvena

November 14, 2014by Dominic 2 Comments

Now that’s a crag I bet you’ve never heard of. Olvena is a very typical Spanish crag, perched above a gorge about a mile outside the village of the same […]

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Aragon

Rainy day

November 14, 2014by Dominic Leave a comment

Rain – Nature’s way of telling you to have a rest day. Time to recuperate aching limbs and catch up on the household (van-hold?) chores. A trip to a decent […]

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Aragon

Sierra de Guera

November 11, 2014by Dominic Leave a comment

The Sierra de Guera national park lies between Huesca (where Riglos is) and Lleida (Terradets etc) and is a high plateau sluced by deep canyons. These provide the environment for […]

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Aragon

Le Poudinage et les vultures

November 7, 2014by Dominic 1 Comment

We’re at Riglos – with its famed towers or Maĺlos of conglomerate rock. This is a village at one with the rock – a special place for climbing and climbers. […]

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Aragon

Bienvenidos en Espana

November 5, 2014by Dominic Leave a comment

Arriving from Andorra into Spain brings you down the Oliana valley. After a quiet night in a deserted campsite high above the town, we awoke to a chilly morning and […]

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Catalunya, Spain

Climbing above Ax

November 4, 2014by Dominic Leave a comment

We experienced two contrasting faces of the climbing above Ax Les Thermes. On Sunday we did a 500ft route high on the South East face of the Dent d’Orlu. Bigish […]

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Ariege

Autumn is catching up

November 1, 2014by Dominic Leave a comment

Time to shuffle further south – forecast for a spot of rain here mid next week so we’re heading south. Here are a few autumnal shots including the view from”Camping […]

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Ariege

Back to Alliat

November 1, 2014by Dominic Leave a comment

Headed back to Alliat today as a) it’s shady and b) it’s by far the best limestone crag we’ve found around here, and amongst the best I’ve climbed on anywhere! […]

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Ariege

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