Sheigra
Pressing on for the last few miles to Ullapool, the obvious increase in motorhomes on the road makes us realise we’ve joined the North Coast 500 driving route. Great to […]
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Glen Ogle
With the thermometer still showing 30 plus we pressed on northwards, but wanted to break the 6 hour drive to Ullapool. Glen Ogle looked like the perfect stopover – the […]
Steel Knotts Crag
Justin and Chris invited us to break our journey to Scotland with an afternoon in Borrowdale. With the temperature around 30C we needed a shady crag that wasn’t at the […]
Over the Moon at Gogarth
Helen and I have been organising the annual Rucksack Club Gogarth meet, on Holy Island, Anglesey, for about 15 years now. The formula is pretty simple: take the best crag […]
White Rose County / White Rock
After a taste of the gritty stuff we switched sides for a couple of days. Who’d believe it takes over an hour to get from Brimham to Malham? Not the […]
A bit of Yorkshire Grit – Almscliff & Brimham
A trawl of the usual weather apps suggested that our plans for a trip to Pembroke and The Gower were likely to involve a lot of time in the pub […]
Tintwistle Knarr
Mike Doc’s meet set down a strong claim for this year’s “longest distance travelled for a meet” award, with Martin, Barbara, Jack and Sam over from Missouri for the occasion. […]
Milestone Buttress
Another revisit to a classic crag, Milestone Buttress on the side of Tryffan in the Ogwen Valley was the scene of a multi-pitch adventure very early in Helen’s and my […]
Carreg Alltrem
Another small but perfectly formed crag on the west side of Snowdonia, in the Lledr Valley. Only a small number of routes, but three excellent ones: Lightning Visit, VS, Lavaredo […]
Craig y Clipiau (Moelwyns)
Another warm, muggy day and one to avoid the “fleshpots” so we revisited the Moelwyns for the first time in many years, for our first trip to Craig y Clipiau. […]
Tremadog Pant Ifan Upper Tier
Another new crag – we thought we’d escape the crowds visiting this little gem, well described as “Tremadog’s answer to a gritstone outcrop but with better views”. Unfortunately a bunch […]
Anglesey… but not Gogarth
With a shortish day and a plan to rendezvous with Jim and Claire on the Llyn, we were looking for a crag somewhere along the A55 that we hadn’t been […]
Two sides of The Peak
A couple of days climbing locally demonstrated the diversity of experience available in The Peak District. Day one was a quest for another Extreme Rock tick for Jake – Adjudicator […]
Nesscliffe – and Jake’s first E7
You’ve probably driven past this sandstone crag, immediately above the old A5 just a few miles north of Shrewsbury. Hidden in the trees, it’s a long disused quarry of very […]
Central Buttress, Water-cum-Jolly
This major crag is somewhat tucked out of sight, deep in the Dale, but that’s really no excuse for never having been there. Somehow, it never had the same allure […]
Resurrection
This one’s been on Jake’s to do list for quite a while, and with a few days window back from uni, The Pass is programmed in for the first stop […]
More Scugdale
A month on from the chilly visit that Helen and I made (wrapped up in thermals and belay jackets), Jake and I dropped in for an hour to break the […]
Suicide Wall, Cwm Idwal
With a couple of weeks of dry sunny weather behind us I was keen to make the most of the conditions to get up high in the Snowdonia hills… ignoring […]
Roasting at The Roaches
A fabulous afternoon and evening at the Roaches for the Rucksack Club Wednesday evening meet. Perfect blue skies and blazing sunshine were somewhat offset by a chilly easterly blowing over […]
In praise of “holes in the ground”
Another scorcher on Sunday, but we only had a short day available, so the east facing, lefthand walls of The Racetrack sector at Harpur Hill. Amazing what a bit of […]
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