Neist Point
It’s a surprisingly long way from Elgol, on Skye’s south western limb, up to Neist Point, which represents the most westerly place on Skye (and therefore the farthest west you […]
Author Archives: Dominic
Suidhe Biorach – Climbing OVER the Sea ON Skye
The cold snap and prevailing northerlies were forecasted to last for a few days adding bouts of heavy rain into the mix. The usual browsing of weather apps turned up […]
Arrochar Rucksack Club meet
Ros and Rem have kindly (heroically?!) opened up their home to host The Rucksack Club, and what a glorious spot! Set in acres of woodland, with views down to Loch […]
Galloway getaway
Heading up to the Arrochar Alps for Ros’ Rucksack Club meet over the Bank Holiday weekend, we’ve got a few days to kill, so we turned left at Gretna to […]
Cheedale – Plumb Buttress and The Lifts
Andy and I only had a short day available, and each came up with fairly local, reasonably accessible and somewhat escoteric crag suggestion. Andy graciously postponed a visit to Crowden […]
A week in The Peak
Back from Pembroke and Ogmore, what could be a greater contrast than a trip to Windgather? We headed to this friendliest of Peak crags to catch up with Bill and […]
Ogmore – Exposure Explosion!
Jim has been trying to persuade me to visit Ogmore for at least 20 years, but various factors such as weather, tides and the “easy option” of Pembroke another hour […]
Mother Carey’s
Having had the crags to ourselves, and an almost deserted campsite, the hoards began to descend on Thursday night and by Friday morning the Bosherston camping field was transformed. Plenty […]
Mowing Word
Almost exactly a year on from my last visit with Jake, Jim and I enjoyed another grand day on Mowing Word – it really is a great bonus to have […]
Pembroke – make mine a Triple
Where better for a short Easter break than Pembroke, especially with a Wednesday start to beat the crowds? After a somewhat tedious journey, Jim and I arrive at the St […]
Gogarth – the crag that just keeps giving!
I remember an early Gogarth experience with Paul, over 25 years ago, when we ticked three major 3* classics (Dream, Gogarth and something else – obviously I don’t remember it […]
Witches Quarry
In many ways the perfect evening crag – you could belay from the car and it catches the last of the sun (after about 6pm as it faces due north!) […]
High Tor
After a few sessions on the grit I figured I’d earned a bit of respite from having my arse kicked, so Helen, Jim and I decided on a visit to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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