Chilly on Count’s Buttress, Stanage
The thermometer might have said 3C but when the sky is this blue it’s impossible to resist getting outside. A few boulderers and a lot of parapenters, but Andy, Paul […]
Monthly Archives: November 2016
Rhoscolyn – on the Warpath!
After a week back in Blighty, mostly spent in a suit and shuffling between meetings on trains, I was frustrated to get out on some rock again. I can only […]
Homeward bound – but not until a brush with an unexploded WW2 bomb
Okay – sounds more dramatic than it was. Our ferry was delayed by the discovery of a bomb in Portsmouth Harbour, but we were 24hrs and a thousand miles away […]
Ysios – a brief cultural / boozing interlude
With a few hours drive ahead of us, and a fair collection of aches and pains, we decided on a brief excursion into tourist territory, rather than snatching a token […]
Alquezar
Having bid farewell to Bill and Steve, we reluctantly started our journey westwards towards Bilbao and the ferry home. We had time for one last climbing stopover to break the […]
Baldellou
We’d recced this crag on our drive through Aragon on our accommodation spotting trip – impressive orange wall set in a narrow gorge above a near deserted road. Looked promising…. […]
Ager 300
More Ager climbing, this time at about 1300m and accessed from above via a winding road that heads over the top of the Montsec d’Ares. Fantastic views from up there, […]
Passarellas de congost de Montrebie
We’d seen a tourism leaflet promoting the area which featured some spectacular and unlikely looking stairway weaving through overhanging bands of cliff and leading to a stunning gorge. After a […]
Ager
After being camped in the village of Ager for almost a week, staring up at the miles of limestone ridge of the Montsec d’Ares, we finally got to climb on […]
Back to Os
Warming up nicely, so we decided to show our visitors the delights of Os. What great climbing, and such a photogenic spot. Everyone enjoyed the collection of 6as and bs […]
Cubells
Another groundhog day, revisiting a crag we went to a couple of years ago. Not the greatest crag in Catalunya, but some very fine climbing and great views over the […]
Santa Linya – Footballin
Parked overnight at the Os de B parking, we’re woken up by the arrival of the olive pickers. The van thermometer shows 4C inside and -1C outside! After a few […]
Os de Balaguere
We finally solved the accommodation conundrum by checking into the campsite at Ager, a fairly bustling village at the foot of the Montsec d’Ares. Famed for its hang-gliding and observatory, […]
Zurita – Here’s one you definitely haven’t been to!
After waking up to a glorious morning in Santa Ana, with the crag drying nicely after the monsoon, we had a change of plan… We’d been exploring options for accommodation […]
Las Devotas – Val de Cinca
After a well earned rest day, we needed a venue for a final day of heat-wave before a forecasted break in the weather. Having been scorched off the crag for […]
Olvena – groundhog day
It is a testament to the amount of tremendous rock in northern Spain that after almost 6 weeks and almost 30 crags, this is the first place we’ve revisited from […]
