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Turkey for Christmas

December 31, 2014by Dominic Leave a comment

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. […]

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Turkey

It’s Christmas!

December 25, 2014by Dominic Leave a comment

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 […]

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UK

Gernika

December 10, 2014by Dominic Leave a comment

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 […]

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Navarra and Basque Country

Basque country

December 9, 2014by Dominic Leave a comment

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 […]

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Navarra and Basque Country

Heading north

December 8, 2014by Dominic Leave a comment

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 […]

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Aragon

Santa Ana

December 7, 2014by Dominic Leave a comment

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 […]

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Catalunya

Santa Linya

December 6, 2014by Dominic Leave a comment

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 […]

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Navarra and Basque Country

Incy wincy spider climbs up Siurana again.

December 4, 2014by Dominic Leave a comment

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 […]

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Catalunya

More rain, more Gaudi!

December 4, 2014by Dominic Leave a comment

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 […]

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Spain

Chickpea curry and other aspects of eating on a road trip

December 4, 2014by Dominic Leave a comment

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 […]

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Catalunya, Spain

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