En Gard then En Route
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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”, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
… 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]