Last day
Sector campsite was a team venue that everyone could enjoy. Some poor route choosing meant we actually did the two most disappointing routes of the trip to start off. …very […]
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More Tufa Tussles
Just the name “Never Sleeping Wall” necessitated a visit, and one look at the topo confirmed this as a must for the trip. It’s an awesome spot – 50m high […]
More climbing by the seaside
The north end of the Salinella cliff is accessed along a sandy / muddy track, allowing near roadside climbing for the intrepid rental car driver – looking forward to returning […]
Crown of Aragon
A major storm moved through over night leaving threatening black clouds and drizzle, along with the ubiquitous gusty winds. It’s Tuffa Time – an excuse to spend a day in […]
Back in the Bunker
Easy access on a potentially showery day, plus the promise of “the best 6c on San Vito ” drew us back to the Bunker (or actually a few hundred metres […]
Seaside and sun
We awake to sun and high winds, and a first sight of the villa we’ve rented (having arrived after dark). Amazing location and pretty house, all be it with the […]
Sicily SunRock
A very early start saw a dozen Rucksackers gathered at Manchester airport for a 6.20 flight to Catania. 4 hours later, after various hire car shenanigans, we were off on […]
Looking for the next window of sunshine – which was Nice
Our sun chase took us over the border into France and a campsite near Cannes. Handy for dropping Tash at Nice airport after her mini break and near enough to […]
Telematica – back to Oltre Finale
Chasing a blast of sunshine on a generally showery coast, we blasted back to Oltre Finale, which seems to enjoy a great microclimate. Sector Telematica has generally easier routes, nothing […]
Camping in a Volcano and a visit to the Vatican
We’ve camped in some odd and spectacular places, but the campsite in Naples was certainly one of the more unusual. It’s in the crater of a Volcano. … … complete […]
Sperlonga – a day out by the seaside
South of Rome, the next climbing of note is by the seaside town of Sperlonga. The coast is sprinkled with grey and orange crags above the busy coastal road, but […]
Roaming through Rome
The dreary weather has returned after a few stonking days, so another dose of culture is on the cards. To be honest, we’d have dropped in to take a shufty […]
Grotti – no, not a verdict, but a crag near Rome
Grotti is a small village about 100 km north of Rome. A mixture of conglomerate and pockety limestone, the climbing bears similarly to Buoux and Margalef (according to reports on […]
Ferentillo
Heading down into Umbria, we’ve been for a trip down memory lane. We first (and last) visited Ferentillo more than 20 years ago on our “little big trip”. At that […]
Tuscany tourism – a morning in Sienna
We’re not great culture vultures – our only previous visit to Tuscany saw us taking in the sites of both Pisa and Florence on the same day (and they’re a […]
Muzzerone
A couple of hundred km down the coast from Finale lies La Spezia, a slightly unlovely port city in a beautiful setting. The harbour is at the southern end of […]
Toirano
We had a couple of days climbing on the impressive crags high above the famous showcave at Toraino. It really is an awesome place, with a real mountain feel to […]
Colosseo
Perched further up the Val Pennavaire is the pretty village of Colleta and a collection of crags high up the side of the valley. Colloseo, Euskal and Basura. There’s a […]
All roads lead to Rome. ..
We’re on the road again, heading for Sicily (via Rome, of course). It’s a couple of thousand miles to San Vito lo Capo near Palermo in Sicily, where we’re meeting […]
Running in the Peak
If there’s one thing I miss when travelling, apart from friends and family of course, it’s running. I took my Inov8s to America but didn’t use them once – too […]
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