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Monthly Archives: November 2021

En Gard then En Route

November 27, 2021by Dominic Leave a comment

With a cold snap settling across the continent, we headed back to Uzès and more hospitality at Mike and Heidi’s, with the outside chance of eking out a bit more […]

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France, Languedoc - Roussillon

Villes sur Auzon – Combe de l’Ermitage

November 24, 2021by Dominic Leave a comment

There’s a wealth of well-known climbing in the Vaucluse, in the vicinity of Carpentras, including the iconic Boux, friendly Orgon, ever-popular Dentelles and Buis, not to mention Venasque (perhaps less […]

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France, Provence and South East

Methamis – Gorges de la Nesque

November 23, 2021by Dominic Leave a comment

Another brand new crag in the Vaucluse, and an interesting contrast to the neighbouring Villes sur Auzon. The blogger who brought both to our attention, whilst celebrating VsA as “gentille”, […]

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France, Provence and South East

Vallon Sourn (a.k.a. Chateauvert) – Grimper en Provence Vert

November 20, 2021by Dominic Leave a comment

A cruddy day in the Cevennes prompted a change of scenery – here’s what a rainy day in the life of RockAroundTheWorld looks like: Provence looked like the spot for […]

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France, Provence and South East

Quinson – climbing by the Verdon, but not as we know it

November 19, 2021by Dominic Leave a comment

We’re nicely settled in to the friendly campsite in Correns, and have enjoyed a few days at Chateauvert, on the doorstep, but were looking for a side trip for a […]

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France, Provence and South East

Cirque de Labeil

November 14, 2021by Dominic 4 Comments

The Cirque de Labeil was one of the “must visit” crags recommended by Keith and Fiona, but we’d struggled to time our visit with an appropriate weather window. On the […]

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France, Languedoc - Roussillon, Uncategorized

Le Joncas

November 13, 2021by Dominic Leave a comment

Blowing a hoolie on the tops, and not too sunny, so we headed to Le Joncas in the hope of finding some sheltered, sunny climbing. It’s a recently developed series […]

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France, Languedoc - Roussillon

Cantobre (for mortals) – La Roche de Calee

November 12, 2021by Dominic Leave a comment

Cantobre is a long-established classic hard crag, with about 50 routes on an immaculate wave of orange, pocketed limestone. South facing and in the beautiful Gorges de la Dourbie, it […]

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Languedoc - Roussillon

Laumet – into Les Grands Causses

November 11, 2021by Dominic 1 Comment

Moving on during a drizzly day, we headed over the spectacular Cirque de Navacelle, winding its way through scenery a bit like Canyonlands a la Francaise. We based ourselves at […]

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France, Languedoc - Roussillon

Claret

November 9, 2021by Dominic 2 Comments

Claret is one of the premier crags of L’Herault region, so it would have been remiss not to pay a visit. However, we didn’t have fond memories of our only […]

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France, Languedoc - Roussillon

Saint Jean de Bueges

November 8, 2021by Dominic Leave a comment

This charming little village is about 15 minutes from Thaurac, and the fact that it features a fairly major lump of rock is clearly advertised as you enter the valley. […]

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France, Languedoc - Roussillon

Thaurac – Mur des Lamentations and Balcons

November 7, 2021by Dominic Leave a comment

We visited Thaurac about 4 years ago and ended up leaving prematurely and marking it down as 12CB4. https://www.rockaroundtheworld.co.uk/2018/03/31/thaurac/ There’s a huge amount of rock to go at… … so […]

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France, Languedoc - Roussillon

Saint Bauzille de Montmel

November 5, 2021by Dominic 2 Comments

… or Saint Bo’ for short, is another significant crag in L’Herault that we’d never heard of before, let alone visited (thanks Keith and Fiona for the tip off). It’s […]

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France, Languedoc - Roussillon

Extended Euro-tour over 90 days in 180

November 3, 2021by Dominic 14 Comments

I’m the first person to admit that it’s a “high class” problem to be worrying about whether the 90 days in 180 Shengen post-Brexit visa restrictions will interfere with our […]

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France

Roche Autour du Gard

November 2, 2021by Dominic 2 Comments

All good things come to an end, and after 3 weeks of unbroken sunshine in the Durance, the weather finally went pear-shaped. Two days of forecasted rain followed by a […]

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France, Languedoc - Roussillon, Uncategorized

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