The Groove – Llech Ddu
Another trip into Snowdonia to a high mountain crag that doesn’t often come into condition – this time Mike and I made our way up to Llech Ddu for The […]
Monthly Archives: July 2018
Twll Mawr and Britain’s longest sports route
An over-optimistic interpretation of the forecast had me and Andy heading to Llanberis to find drizzle and clag down to the rooftops. A breakfast in Pete’s Eats and even a […]
Cloggy
Clogwyn Du’r Arddu, to give it its proper name, is one of my “Top 5 crags in the world” (the others being Gogarth, El Cap, Hobby and a fickle AN […]
Creag Dubh, Newtonmore
With commitments at home at the weekend, we’d intended to call an end to the climbing and get a good chunk of the drive out of the way, but the […]
Tollie Crag – got The Bug
There’s a quirky convention in Scottish selected climbs guidebooks of awarding truly exceptional routes a 4* accolade (in a system which generally runs to max 3*s) There are about 50 […]
Gairloch – Jetty Crag and Goat Crag
With the fabulous weather forecast to continue for a few more days we decided to explore another bit of the coastline, and head 50 miles (and about 3 hours!) further […]
Sandwood Bay
After a week of solid climbing it was time for a rest day so we’re off to the beach! Sandwood Bay is a few miles north of Sheigra and about […]
Rhiconich
This was hyped as “The best roadside crag in Scotland” and then somewhat put in its place in the selected climbs guide with: “it’s nae bad, but… “. Anyway, for […]
