Espiel
Espiel is tucked high up in the Sierra Morena, about 50km NW of Cordoba. We’re very much off the beaten track – we didn’t see a single motorhome on the […]
Monthly Archives: January 2017
San Bartolo – Tajo del Buho
Tajo del Buho or Owl’s Ravine also goes by the name of Canuto del Arca which means Treasure Chest Gorge. This turns out to be highly appropriate, as this rather […]
San Bartolo – Tarifa
We left El Chorro to steaming tents and a rainbow, as a sunny interval blasted a hole through the overnight rain – definitely time to move on, but we got […]
El Chorro – Encantades and Olivetos
With a cloudy day in prospect, and rain forecast for later, we decided to stay near the campsite on the Encantades sector. A golden wave of rock giving mostly 35m […]
El Chorro – Arab Steps
After a week of nonstop climbing we were really due a rest day, but the weather has other ideas. Clear blue skies and the lightest of breezes, with cloud the […]
El Chorro – Frontales Medias
After a slow start to allow time for the sun to get over the crag and begin to warm the van, we trundled down into El Chorro. It’s had something […]
Villanueva de Cauche – ‘Yugoslavia’
We were greeted with outstanding views over the Sierra Nevada from our lofty campsite above Granada, but also chilly temperatures. Time to head to lower climes / climbs, which means […]
Alfacar
Sunny on the coast, and we decide to explore inland and the climbing around Granada. This great city lies at about 800m so we’re expecting it to be cooler than […]
Alfacar
Sunny on the coast, and we decide to explore inland and the climbing around Granada. This great city lies at about 800m so we’re expecting it to be cooler than […]
Los Vados again
Turned out a bit chilly, so it probably wasn’t a great idea to explore El Castillejo near the village of Orgiva. This is at 470m in the Alpujarra, in the […]
Los Vados – what a difference a day makes
Heading further west we arrive in Motril, and are fully expecting another day or two of grim weather as the cold front passes through – we console ourselves with reports […]
La Parra – Almeria
Waking to rain in Calpe, it was obvious that the weather front had arrived a day early – time to leave town and head south. Fresh snow on top of […]
Guadalest
After a week of mostly new crags (for us), we revisited an old favourite, in the company of Keith and Fiona (and Scamp!). Guadalest seemed like a good bet to […]
Sombre de Leon
After a much needed rest day, we’re back in action. It’s sunny but there’s a cold northerly blowing – perfect for a visit to this new (to us) crag on […]
Bovedon and Bovedin
We teamed up with Keefe and Tansie, Justin and Chris and Keith and Fiona for a two crag day. I drew the short straw and climbed on the unrelenting steepness […]
Sella – sector Bear and Doggy
We first visited Sella almost 30 years ago, when it had only just come to the attention of the climbing world through an article in Desnivel. A wilderness experience of […]
Cumbre d’el Sol
A late start and a breezy day, so we went for a look at these sea cliff routes. We’d visited a few years ago for the classic 6 pitch route […]
Pego 2
One of the recent crags we found out about (thanks Ted! ) is near the village of Atzuvia, just beyond Pego. A bit of Internet trawling to supplement the camera […]
Toix
With our imminent arrival in Calpe we have a morning ring round of campsites, with growing concern as the first two ‘have some space starting in early March’… Fortunately, we’re […]
Back on the Road – Morata de Jalon
After 24hrs on the ferry, and an overnight stop in the car park of a wildlife park near Santander (complete with elephants! ) we woke to dazzling sunshine and […]
