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Breaking new ground in The Pass

July 27, 2019by Dominic Leave a comment

The post-heatwave monsoon has well and truly arrived, and the only dry cragging available this weekend (at least north of Pembroke) is in North Wales. Even then, you need to […]

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UK, Wales

A week of Peak Temperatures

July 26, 2019by Dominic Leave a comment

With the seemingly inevitable new “hottest day on record” arriving this week, the fickle relationship between climbers and the weather is exposed: “It’s too hot!” There’s no pleasing some people […]

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Evening Meet, Peak, Rucksack Club, UK

Celestial Twins

July 21, 2019by Dominic 1 Comment

This stellar-named crag actually does live up to the billing, at least as far as the setting is concerned. Tucked away in a leafy backwater, just over the Staffordshire border, […]

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Peak, UK

Saxon on Scafell

July 17, 2019by Dominic 1 Comment

Waking up in Wasdale (after celebrating Nick’s Joss Naylor success) to find it wasn’t raining, there really was only one option – a day on Scafell. It’s a pain to […]

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Lakes, UK

Pavey Ark and a big day out

July 13, 2019by Dominic Leave a comment

Up in the Lakes to support Nick’s Joss Naylor challenge – a run from Pooley Bridge to Wasdale, traversing 30 summits over a distance of 48 miles and climbing 17,000 […]

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Lakes, UK

Third Sister, Gower

July 9, 2019by Dominic Leave a comment

The Three Sisters are just some of the landmark bits of rock architecture that decorate the Gower coast between Rhossili and Port Eynon – it’s no accident that this was […]

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The Lobster Pot and Morfa Bychan – two contrasting crags

July 8, 2019by Dominic Leave a comment

In search of some steepness, we planned to leave north Pembroke and head for Gower via an exploratory visit to Morfa Bychan on the Carmarthenshire coast. The only flaw being […]

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UK, Wales

Carreg-y-Barcud

July 7, 2019by Dominic Leave a comment

This is the undoubtedly the epicentre of North Pembroke climbing – dozens of high quality routes packed into not much more than a couple of hundred metres of bullet-hard sandstone, […]

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UK, Wales

Porth-y-Ffynnon – a walk on the slabbier side

July 6, 2019by Dominic Leave a comment

With the departure of the keen team (a.k.a. Steve and James) we were left to our own devices and took the opportunity to escape the unrelenting steepness of South Pembroke […]

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UK, Wales

St Govans East

July 4, 2019by Dominic Leave a comment

It’s hard to understand why St Govans East is so much less popular than its more celebrated neighbour – for the sake of another 100m walk you might well have […]

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UK, Wales

Penally – Pembroke off the beaten track

July 3, 2019by Dominic Leave a comment

Having made a Pembroke Pilgrimage at least annually for the last 30 years or so, there aren’t too many unexplored areas for us, especially ones that aren’t affected by bird […]

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UK, Wales

Sunny Scareys

July 2, 2019by Dominic 1 Comment

Another favourite spot to avoid bombs and bird bans, so no surprise to find a number of teams with the same idea of a visit to Mother Carey’s. Here’s Helen […]

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UK, Wales

Stand by to Boogie – more Mowing Word fun

July 1, 2019by Dominic 1 Comment

Summer has finally arrived and Helen and I are back in Pembroke, this time in the company of Steve and James. It’s mid week and outside the school holidays, so […]

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UK, Wales

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