Double Grit Rations
Paul’s visit down from The Lakes injected some much needed enthusiasm into a dull and chilly Friday evening, and we headed to Bamford for a first dose of after-work climbing […]
Author Archives: Dominic
Stanage Plantation – Back on The Grit
Spring was well and truly in evidence so Andy and I headed for a first taste of Brit outdoor rock for the season. Where else but Stanage, Queen of The […]
Ticino – Russo
Valle Onsernone splits off from (or I guess more accurately joins) Valle Maggia at Ponte Brolla, and a winding narrow road (mostly single track) has been hacked into the hillside, […]
Ticino – El Cat Capers
Another of the “Ticino Top Ten” is the crag of El Cat, situated above the exquisite village of Brontallo – a renovation project on a grand scale, the charming stone […]
Ticino – Ponte Brolla
We stumbled on Ticino (the southernmost canton in Switzerland) as a climbing area somewhat by accident. There’s a handy campsite (Camping Isola) which is one of the few open all […]
Ticino – Galbisio, sector Movenpick: a very handy crag
With a few hours to kill before our ferry from Patras we decided to check out the Kykao microbrewery on the edge of town. We’d consumed vast quantities of their […]
Kalogria
We’ve made our way over to the west coast, on the way to our Patras ferry, and one of the consolations is our first sunset in almost two months (we’ve […]
