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Monthly Archives: January 2018

Rocha da Pena – heading into Portugal 

January 31, 2018by Dominic 1 Comment

The influence of the Atlantic was already becoming evident as we crossed Seville, with brown giving way to green as the predominant colour in the landscape, and cork oaks mingling […]

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Portugal

Cerro del Hierro 

January 29, 2018by Dominic Leave a comment

With a couple of damp days forecast around Malaga we pressed onwards into Seville, and stopped off to check out the climbing at El Puntal near the town of Estepa. […]

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Andelucia, Spain

Pinares de San Antón 

January 28, 2018by Dominic Leave a comment

This impressive crag occupies a commanding spot above the coast, just east of Malaga. There’s a south east facing crag above a villa development, but we picked the west-facing crag […]

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Andelucia, Spain

Back to Puerto Rico 

January 26, 2018by Dominic 2 Comments

We used a much needed rest day to retreat from the high inland plane around Granada and Jaén (over a thousand metres ASL) ahead of a weather front bringing freezing […]

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Andelucia, Spain

Reguchillo revisited and so much more around Jaén 

January 24, 2018by Dominic 1 Comment

Reguchillo was one of the major “finds” from our Andalusia adventures last year, although we only had a short day there between downpours. It certainly ticked the “one to come […]

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Andelucia, Spain

Los Cahorros 

January 22, 2018by Dominic 2 Comments

We’d tried to find Granada’s most traditional and spectacular climbing area on a trip about 23 years ago, and didn’t make it to the car park. Armed with GPS and […]

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Andelucia, Spain

Alfacar and a Velex Rubio recce 

January 21, 2018by Dominic Leave a comment

Heading towards Granada we decided to recce a promising looking crag at Velex Rubio – just off the motorway and the perfect spot to break the journey… Ah, the wonders […]

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Andelucia, Spain

Atalaya, Cieza 

January 20, 2018by Dominic 1 Comment

Hard to believe that almost exactly a year ago we were fleeing the Costa Blanca as howling winds and snow storms swept in! This year we’ve been consistently basking in […]

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Andelucia, Spain

Cocentaina sector Balconet 

January 19, 2018by Dominic Leave a comment

The Mas de la Penya crag above Cocentaina is one of our favourite discoveries of the last few years; striking diagonal lines on flaming orange rock, but you soon exhaust […]

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Spain, Valencia & Costa Blanca

Busot – Cuevas de Canelobre 

January 18, 2018by Dominic Leave a comment

Another Busot crag, this time very handily located just above the entrance to this very well signposted tourist attraction, just a few minutes from the road (but resist the temptation […]

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Spain, Valencia & Costa Blanca

Busot – Lower Tier 

January 17, 2018by Dominic 1 Comment

This stretches across the hillside and is approached from below arriving at the right hand end with sector El Torreon, followed by Jabugo, Circo, Pallitella, Jamon, Karma, and Toki – […]

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Spain, Valencia & Costa Blanca

Busot sector Tocayo

January 16, 2018by Dominic 1 Comment

There’s been a lot of development on the side of Cabezon d’Oro above the town of Busot, and furnished with much beta from Justin and Chris we set out to […]

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Spain, Valencia & Costa Blanca

Chasing the sun to Redovan 

January 15, 2018by Dominic 2 Comments

With a couple of cancellations on earlier ferries, we were relieved to board the Cap Finestrat in Portsmouth. Less than 24 hours later, as we neared Santander in torrential rain, […]

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Spain, Valencia & Costa Blanca

Two sides of Kinder

January 9, 2018by Dominic Leave a comment

Saturday saw the annual chance to blow away the cobwebs on the Rucksack Club Marden to Edale meet. Having rejected the idea of “The Double” I’d settled (guiltily)  into bed […]

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Peak, Rucksack Club, UK

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