Earnsheugh and Aberdeen Coast
Surveying the weather patterns across the UK, in advance of the Bank Holiday weekend, you’d be forgiven for just sticking a pin in a map. Meteo Blue were offering a […]
Surveying the weather patterns across the UK, in advance of the Bank Holiday weekend, you’d be forgiven for just sticking a pin in a map. Meteo Blue were offering a […]
Helen and I visited Rosehearty a couple of years ago, getting a few routes done on the slabby north face; ticking the 4* E2 Afterglow, and even putting up a […]
One swallow might not make a summer, but the year’s first trip to Gogarth certainly marks a significant watershed in seeing off the winter. The lure of promised sunshine out […]
No, not another close scrape on a crumbly seacliff, unlike this time last year… Coming home from Greece, to what must be one of the most miserable Aprils on record, […]
With our brave boys having resumed firing on The Range (great to know we’ll be well prepared if the Russians decide on a beach landing in south Wales!) we shifted […]
The cruddy forecast across the whole of the UK barely merited packing the van, but a month of cabin fever had me gently twisting Helen’s arm to brave the damp […]
An unexpected end-of-March / Easter weekend weather window saw Jake and me at our usual M6 Junction 36 rendezvous, trying to decide on a Lakes venue that would be warm […]
Another couple of drive-by crags discovered on the way home, either side of the famed ancient city of Corinth. Heraion Lake is a beautiful lagoon on the Perachora peninsula with […]
Manikia might now be the most developed climbing area on the island of Evia, but it’s not the only one, nor was it the first. Whilst we were in the […]
The Manikia guidebook writers are especially proud of the dozen or so multi-pitch routes that have been established and have given them pride of place at the front of the […]
Something to bear in mind if planning a trip to Manikia is that much of the climbing, and certainly the most popular crags, are actually nearer to Vrysi at the […]
Mpougazi, pronounced and sometimes written Bougazi, is the group of crags immediately above the village of Vrysi, which dominate the view from Camping Dragonera Cliffs. Not a bad view to […]
If Leonidio is “The New Kalymnos”, then Manikia can lay a decent claim to being “The New Leonidio”. Although the earliest route dates back to 1995, and a couple of […]
Ermionida is the southern end of the Argolis peninsula (the “thumb” on the “hand” of the Peloponnese). Blessed by generally good weather and a good combination with the Nafplio crags, […]
Most visitors or would be visitors to Greece, on closing their eyes, will conjure up images of islands or beaches, but it’s a surprisingly mountainous country. The Taygetus mountain range […]
Leaving Leonidio on a showery day, we turned south to head down to the very tip of the Laconia peninsula, the “index finger” of the Peloponnese, dropping in to Vlychada […]
In the inevitable roller-coaster of weather, we’ve now reached the 20C tipping point where it’s actually more comfortable climbing in the shade. With Max-temp Leonidio arriving, coinciding with a rest-day […]
After a drizzly interlude, normal service has been resumed in Leonidio. Conditions, for a few days at least, are in the Goldilocks zone where it’s sunny enough to bask in […]
People often comment on us being lucky with the weather (occasionally intimating a pact with you-know-who). Luck doesn’t really come into it – It’s more a question of a) stacking […]
After a few days of sun-seeking and blowing off the cobwebs, temps are finally into the teens and we can start “Boldly going…” Though it’s an effort to tear ourselves […]