Rocha da Pena – heading into Portugal
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 […]
Monthly Archives: January 2018
Cerro del Hierro
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. […]
Pinares de San Antón
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 […]
Back to Puerto Rico
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 […]
Reguchillo revisited and so much more around Jaén
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 […]
Los Cahorros
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 […]
Alfacar and a Velex Rubio recce
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 […]
