Climbing with Dolphins at Ynys Lochtyn
A trawl of the UKC crags map, looking for a stopover on our way down to Pembroke, threw up an interesting option: the island of Ynys Lochtyn in Cardigan Bay […]
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Pembroke – Way Out West!
Our Pembroke trip was one of those spontaneous “it’s too nice to be at home, where shall we go” efforts, so it was a happy surprise when I realised that […]
Missing Link, St David’s Head, Pembroke
We usually try to time any long journeys to the crag in weather windows unsuitable for climbing – normally ending up driving in the rain, but our trip to Pembroke […]
Hunger at Gogarth
Fear not! This isn’t a tale of inadequate catering on the Rucksack Club’s annual Gogarth meet (a.k.a. “The Barbecue Meet”, much to my chagrin!). Helen and I have been organising […]
Skye – an island of contrasts
We had two days to round off Jake’s week-long whistle-stop tour of the finest climbing in Scotland. After visits to the Cairngorms (Creag An Dubh Loch) and The Ben, an […]
A Bivvy on The Ben
There’s so much brilliant climbing on Ben Nevis that, although I’d already ticked both its Hard Rock routes: Centurion and The Bat … it didn’t take much for Jake to […]
Feeding the Rat in the Cairngorms
After a couple of great weeks enjoying the delights of climbing across Scotland with Helen, she made a family tag-team swap with Jake so I could extended the tour by […]
Glorious Glencoe
The next weather window looked like settling in over Lochaber, so we moved base camp to Craigallan (The Rucksack Club’s hut near Ballachulish, though the word “hut” hardly does justice […]
Skye Seacliffs
We managed to pick up a copy of the Skye Seacliffs and Outcrops guide on our way through Portree, with 5 minutes to spare before the shop closed – did […]
Caithness Convalescence
A couple of weeks after my… … we’d scheduled a spring trip to Scotland. A week into the recovery of my busted ribs (broken, cracked, bruised? Who knows?), tying my […]
Portugal – A Destination Guide
When it comes to profile, Portugal is the ‘poor neighbour’ of the Iberian Peninsula. This certainly isn’t for a lack of fabulous climbing, or a stunning backdrop to enjoy it […]
Tumble off T-Rex
Yes, I know it’s fallen down! So did I! Read on and all will become clear… Paul and I were heading along a rainy A55 on the way to Gogarth, […]
Anti-Atlas Adventure part 3 – the Samazar Valley
The Samazar Valley runs parallel and to the north of the Anammer Valley, which contains many of the more frequented crags such as Ksar Rock and Eagle Crag. Strictly speaking, […]
Anti-Atlas Adventure part 2 – Rock The Kasbah
The Kasbah Tizourgane, our base for the remaining 4 nights of our trip, is about an hour’s drive north of Tafraout and gives access to a lifetime’s worth of climbing […]
Anti-Atlas Adventure – first stop Tafraout
I had a great week with Tash and Jake a few years ago, exploring the trad quartzite climbing on offer in the Jebel Kest mountains in Morocco. You’ll find some […]
Araotz YECTOYD and a Santander Seaside Send-off at La Arnia
Araotz is one of the most significant climbing areas in the Basque Country, with over 400 routes either side of a steep sided valley, near the town of Oñati (best […]
Dos Hermanas – Balcon de los Buitres
Dos Hermanas, or The Two Sisters, are a pair of impressive limestone towers guarding a pass near the town of Irurtzun. Somewhat incongruously they’ve now squeezed the A15 autopista between […]
Etxauri at last!
Wending our way westwards towards Santander and our ferry home, we crossed into Navarra – you know you’ve arrived in the Basque speaking part of Spain because all the place […]
Riglos Revisited – More Pudding Please!
Nearing the end of our traverse of the Pyrenees, a fine day’s forecast coincided with us passing Riglos, and the opportunity to drop in was too good to ignore. The […]
Perambulations along the Pyrenees
To get from Berga in the east of the Pyrenees to Pamplona in the west, you can follow motorway pretty much the whole way, and it would take about 6 […]
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