Egg Dance in Meteora
Egg Dance on The Grail is apparently one of the most sought after ascents in Meteora – a twin-summited tower with the higher summit formed by a huge rectangular block […]
Egg Dance on The Grail is apparently one of the most sought after ascents in Meteora – a twin-summited tower with the higher summit formed by a huge rectangular block […]
A few days of rubbish weather here in Meteora – maybe worth binning the new belay device! Atmospheric spot in the drifting clouds though – definitely “suspended in the air” […]
For a break from pebble-pulling, and to tie in with a trip to a gear shop in Trikala, we went to investigate the limestone crag at Mouzaki. Awesome spot, about […]
Helen came up with the brilliant idea of appeasing the weather gods by sacrificing her belay device from the top of yesterday’s route – it seems to have had the […]
Our journey through southern Bulgaria took us past Rila and Pirin National Parks, between them containing the highest peaks in the country (around 2,700m), Alpine scale with some rocky bits […]
Probably the most famous and extensive climbing area in Bulgaria. Our well researched plans came somewhat unstuck as the campsite we’d been hoping to use as a base turned out […]
After a couple of weeks and a couple of thousand miles we’ve climbed on almost a dozen crags in five countries. Enjoyable routes in often great settings, but some way […]
Having reccied the approach, and with an overnight weather front dropping the temperature by 10C, we went for another look at St Trinity Rocks. First stop was the twin caves […]
Leaving Brasov we enjoyed pre-Alpine scenery over the Bucegi mountains before dropping down to the plains and relative dullness of southern Romania around Bucharest. The Bucharest ring road was a […]
It’s less than 300km from Turda to Brasov, but around a 5 hour drive. You just have to get into the slower paced groove, rejoice in the average trip mpg […]
Just 30 minutes from Turda is the pretty village of Rimetea, a former Hungarian mining community which has been the subject of major renovation of its classical houses and historic […]
After a stopover at a thermal “resort” just before the border, we crossed into Romania and made the 4 hour drive to Turda. The first half of the journey was […]
Hungary is pretty flat – plenty of pretty green rolling hills, but not a lot of rock or places to climb. However, we were passing through and determined to get […]
The poor weather seems to be following us, but we’re just keeping our noses in front. Vienna is set for a few days of rain, but there’s a brief window […]
Possibly the ultimate crag for a crap day. 2 mins from the road and with climbing steep enough to stay dry in the rain. Perfect for a few routes on […]
24 hours after leaving home we’re camped at Gasthof Eichler in the heart of the Frankenjura, about 700 miles from home (with a bit of help from the Hull to […]
Miserable forecast pretty much everywhere – it shouldn’t be allowed to rain on your birthday! Luckily, there’s always Gogarth! Not that Jake and I were feeling too optimistic as we […]