Third Sister, Gower
The Three Sisters are just some of the landmark bits of rock architecture that decorate the Gower coast between Rhossili and Port Eynon – it’s no accident that this was […]
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The Lobster Pot and Morfa Bychan – two contrasting crags
In search of some steepness, we planned to leave north Pembroke and head for Gower via an exploratory visit to Morfa Bychan on the Carmarthenshire coast. The only flaw being […]
Carreg-y-Barcud
This is the undoubtedly the epicentre of North Pembroke climbing – dozens of high quality routes packed into not much more than a couple of hundred metres of bullet-hard sandstone, […]
Porth-y-Ffynnon – a walk on the slabbier side
With the departure of the keen team (a.k.a. Steve and James) we were left to our own devices and took the opportunity to escape the unrelenting steepness of South Pembroke […]
St Govans East
It’s hard to understand why St Govans East is so much less popular than its more celebrated neighbour – for the sake of another 100m walk you might well have […]
Penally – Pembroke off the beaten track
Having made a Pembroke Pilgrimage at least annually for the last 30 years or so, there aren’t too many unexplored areas for us, especially ones that aren’t affected by bird […]
Sunny Scareys
Another favourite spot to avoid bombs and bird bans, so no surprise to find a number of teams with the same idea of a visit to Mother Carey’s. Here’s Helen […]
Stand by to Boogie – more Mowing Word fun
Summer has finally arrived and Helen and I are back in Pembroke, this time in the company of Steve and James. It’s mid week and outside the school holidays, so […]
Many shades of Grit
Not a racey page-turner, but a quick look back at a week’s visits to 5 different grit crags, and the amazing contrast offered by more or less the same rock […]
Rucksack Club Gogarth Meet 2019
Amidst a fairly unspectacular summer, the forecast for the Rucksack Club’s annual pilgrimage to Gogarth wasn’t looking particularly auspicious. I’ve been organising this gathering for almost 20 years, and not […]
Climbing Everest (at Stanage) – Inspired by Dave
I teamed up with the great and the good on Sunday to support the “summit push” on a fundraising event to “climb Everest” (or the equivalent height of routes on […]
Moss Rake – a better class of hole in the ground!
Sunny but deceptively cold – the kind of day for a suntrap sports crag to avoid someone getting frozen belaying at the top. Enter yet another re-purposed quarry, with an […]
Craig Arthur
A grey Saturday to be followed by a grim Sunday prompted a detour to Craig Arthur on the way to the Rucksack Club’s hut in The Pass for the annual […]
Big Family Gathering on Gower
We spent most of my childhood holidays on Gower (not THE Gower, apparently…) enjoying the world-class beaches and benign microclimate, whilst blissfully unaware of the wealth of climbing available under […]
Summer arrives at Stanage
Fresh back from “Rocking Around the World”, this time the less-explored crags and coast of North West Scotland, it’s always a bit tricky to find the motivation to visit more […]
Reiff
There are hundreds of routes scattered along the seacliffs around the tiny hamlet of Reiff on the Rubha Mor peninsula – mostly shortish (10 to 20 metres), mostly non-tidal and […]
Stac Pollaidh – Weather to Fly?
We trundled further north out of Ullapool, temporarily part of the North Coast 500 procession of giant white motorhomes (actually, the circus isn’t really in full swing yet, though most […]
Ardmair Crags
These extensive sandstone cliffs are set on the sunny north bank of a lively burn, just 10 mins from the coast road, about 3 miles north of Ullapool (hint – […]
Torridon – Diabaig and Inveralligin Sea-Cliff
We’d visited the fabulous gneiss seacliffs at Diabaig a few years ago, and picked off the plumb lines on The Pillar, including the eponymous 4* E2. It’s a charming little […]
Applecross – Sgurr a’ Chaorachain
We figured Skye might be a bit rammed over the weekend, so headed back over the bridge to explore Applecross. Another charming stopover overlooking Loch Carron … and then we […]
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