Turkey for Christmas
Actually we’re in Turkey for New Year, but it doesn’t sound so good. Jake and I flew into Antalya yesterday (30th December) for a week of sun and steep rock. […]
Monthly Archives: December 2014
It’s Christmas!
Two weeks of ceaseless rain finally broke this morning – not a white Christmas, but at least a dry one. Where better for a pre-dinner blast of fresh air than […]
Gernika
The heart of Basque country is Gernika (or Guernica). The spiritual home, where meetings of the Nation’s leadership were traditionally held beneath an ancient tree, was made famous as the […]
Basque country
Heading for Santander and we travel through Basque Country. It really feels like a different country – different architecture, different landscape and different language – almost slavic in look and […]
Heading north
Weather in Catalunya getting seriously chilly, and it’s time to be heading home for Christmas. On the way we thought we’d recce a few crags for a future visit. One […]
Santa Ana
This collection of crags sits in a slightly industrial setting beneath an awesome dam and hydroelectric scheme. However, without this the access to the wealth of climbing here would be […]
Santa Linya
Heading north now, towards Bilbao and a ferry crossings on Thursday. Santa Linya provides an ideal stopping off point – easy overnight parking, some great routes we didn’t have time […]
Incy wincy spider climbs up Siurana again.
Yes, the sun is back… …but check out the number of duvets being worn! Icy wind blasting in from the north west made for very chilly climbing on our first […]
More rain, more Gaudi!
Sunday turned out rainy again – by which I mean the torrential, non stop variety 😦 As Tash was flying out from Barcelona we decided to put our new found […]
Chickpea curry and other aspects of eating on a road trip
Seven weeks into our trip and we finally had chickpea curry for the first time last night…. Those of you who are familiar with our normal van cooking repertoire may […]
