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. […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]