Siurana – El Ditot and a fitting sunrock finale
It kept us waiting until the very end, but day 7 of the 2018 SunRock trip finally delivered the kind of day we’d signed up for. Clear skies and warm […]
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Arboli – sector El Falco
We had a dull but dry day in prospect, however, the wind had dropped and the temperature of 8C was enough to have teams heading in all directions for the […]
Margalef – Can Llepafils
Another bright day and blue skies, but a bitterly cold wind (luck I advertised the meet as Sun Rock rather than Hot Rock!) A couple of options emerged with a […]
Arboli – sector Can Mansa and Simiro and an encounter with a Mighty Penis
That got your attention – and even if it didn’t, it should boost the click count from random Google searches! The “Mighty Penis” in question is a 32m 6a+ at […]
Margalef – El Cami de L’Ermita
Another dodgy forecast saw a team head for Barcelona in search of some culture and another make a foray to the coast. The rest of us headed to Margalef in […]
Sansuies – Placa del Sol (… and showers!)
An unsettled forecast led to much deliberation over guidebooks, Google Maps and various weather apps. Throwing all the data into the melting pot we ended up with a Plan A […]
Siurana – Grau dels Masets – SunRock 2018 Day 1
Day 1 of the 2018 Rucksack Club SunRock Meet, and the “Sun” actually put in an appearance (for pretty much the first time in a week!). We also had a […]
Arboli – sector El Cremat
Crossing fingers that the snow had melted, we headed away from the benign weather on the coast and up into the hills of Sierra de Prades to catch up with […]
Gelida
Bypassing the Sierra de Prades, we sheltered on the coast near Barcelona (lulled to sleep by crashing waves again – not quite the Atlantic but much choppier than the usual […]
El Vellon
Not sure if it’s “The Beast from the East” down here, but there’s a major system of crappie weather covering much of Spain for the whole of the week (and […]
Patones – Ponton de la Oliva
Despite camping within sight of La Cabrera, that isn’t our objective for this trip – multi pitch trad at 1,400m might have to wait for a warmer visit. Instead, we’re […]
Las Munjas – drive-by granite cragging
With the worst of the cold snap forecasted to ease, we’re heading eastwards towards Madrid. We take the scenic route, threading north of the Sierra de Gredos and then to […]
Culture Vultures – Merida Roman remains and Monfrangue National Park
After six weeks on the road it was time for a bit of culture – Merida is said to have the best Roman remains in Spain, and we were camped […]
Alange – turned out Extremadura again
Heading across the border near Braganza we drove via Zamora to Salamanca for the night. We had a vague plan to explore the climbing in the Sierra de Gredos, but […]
Serra de Passos and ‘the way of land and stone’
Another three hours north lies the penultimate crag in the Portugal guide, which is set to be our last stop before crossing back into Spain (we’re skipping the most northerly […]
Serra da Estrela and a triumph for blind optimism
After a last night lulled by the sound of crashing rollers, … and a morning of domesticity on the campsite, … we bade farewell to the Atlantic and headed inland […]
Baracas do Casmilo and Redinha – a two crag day in the Serra do Sico
These are the remaining two crags in the Serra do Sico that are covered in the new Versante Sud Portugal guide. Whilst I mention it, it’s worth giving the guidebook […]
Serra do Sico – Vale de Poios
Normal service has been resumed – warning, this post may include pictures of sunshine! Poios is a really pretty little village in the hinterland, about 45mins from the coast, and […]
Reguengo
We’ve had a couple of complaints of too many sunny pictures recently, given the weather back in Blighty. At RockAroundTheWorld we’re always keen to please, so today’s post features scenes […]
Back to Casal Pianos
A bit of Googling around Cascais unearthed a crag that isn’t covered in the selected climbs guide – Encosta dos Bebados; only 4km from the campsite. Worth checking out to […]
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