Grand Alliance for Father’s Day
Black Crag in Borrowdale is a great venue with a wide spread of grades – with the unusual distinction of routes that feature in both Classic Rock and Extreme Rock […]
Black Crag in Borrowdale is a great venue with a wide spread of grades – with the unusual distinction of routes that feature in both Classic Rock and Extreme Rock […]
Having commuted to Chester from Manchester every day for three years, not to mention regular pilgrimages to Snowdonia and Gogarth, I reckon I’ve driven past Frodsham at least a thousand […]
With a bit of a mixed forecast, Wales was looking like the best of a bad bunch for an extended weekend with Paul. As a bonus it meant we could […]
Here’s another new sport climbing venue that we stumbled across thanks to the UKC “find a crag” map. The Gallanach Crags are just south of Oban looking out over the […]
Glen Coe is a magnificent spot, with some sensational climbing, but a lot of it is shady and it’s almost all a good hour from the car. Looking for a […]
After a couple of weeks of chasing the sun and dodging showers (not to mention gale force winds) on our Scottish tour, we were rewarded for our tenacity by a […]
Friday of the Jubilee Weekend dawned bright and blue, and it was shaping up to be another cracking day as I left Craigallan for an 8am rendezvous with Jim at […]
There are a bunch of small sport crags scattered around Arisaig and we’ve done a bit of recceing on previous visits – these have generally been in poor weather when […]
Another fabulous climbing area that wasn’t really on our radar until the happy coincidence of a visit by Zoe and Dave and a possible weather window – all the excuse […]
Rosehearty is a pleasant village near the far east of the Moray Coast, only a few miles from Fraserburgh. Not an obvious spot for a visit, but it held twin […]
“Scottish climbing” conjures up images of big days on The Ben and huge walk-ins to remote crags, but away from the big hills there’s a whole other dimension – Scotland’s […]
We’re off on another foray north of the border, chasing the sun and dodging showers as usual. There’s no very well defined plan, although it would be nice to tick […]
Regular readers (both of you!) will know that Gogarth is my favourite stomping ground, so unsurprisingly I’m gradually running out of things that I haven’t done or aren’t too terrifying […]
The “late shift” of Martin, Dave, Helen, Jim and Claire arrived on Monday to keep the buzz going for another week, bringing a welcome improvement in the weather with them! […]
Jack’s official meet started on the Thursday before the Bank Holiday weekend, so Paul, Jake and I took advantage of the extended window to beat the inevitable traffic and get […]
After a bit of a Covid-enforced lull in RockAroundTheWorld activity, Sunday was an opportunity for some gentle trad in the company of Stan (also recovering, though a bit further down […]
Back in Blighty after two months on some of Europe’s finest limestone sport crags, there’s little enthusiasm for local bolt-clipping. The appeal of the convenience and comfort of the “metal […]
After a couple of months of more or less non-stop climbing we were plotting our route home from the Ariege, allowing a fairly leisurely 3 days. Each of our last […]
There’s a huge amount of climbing in the Ariege, featuring limestone and granite; single pitch valley cragging and bigger mountain adventures and to suit all tastes and abilities. The Niaux […]
Our onwards travels with our counter-intuitive escape from rain-soaked Spain took us to the Ariege in the French Pyrenees, just to the north of Andorra. The forecast promised a generally […]