Remigny – France’s answer to Hobby
Just time for a quick stop-off in Burgundy on the way home. No campsites open around here this time of year, so great that Remigny […]
Author Archives: Dominic
Saint Leger
…a bit of a misnomer. Should be Saint burly or just plain saint HARD! Super crag near Buis les Barronais, set in a stunning location – an isolated valley with […]
Venasque
A really interesting crag near Avignon- Venasque has a “gritty” feel to it; rounded steep rock with a lot of attention to feet and friction as well as open-handed moves. […]
La Clape – El Chapelle
Back into France and it’s almost a return loop from our October trip South – stopping in at La Clape. Gorgeous scenery looking out over the Med with the snow-capped […]
Rockamura
It was hard to tear ourselves away from Chulilla, but the desperate need for a rest day combined with an equally desperate need for a shower, and coincided with forecast […]
Chulilla – Sector PARED DE ENFRENTE
Back on the sunny side, and there’s more fantastic quality climbing to be had on PARED DE ENFRENTE. Perhaps the route of the sector is the stepped overhanging groove / crack […]
Chulilla – Sector Oasis
This is where the bulk of the new development has taken place. About 4km of 80m crag, with hundreds of routes that barely scratch the surface of the full potential. […]
Chulilla – Sector Lamentations
We’ve had a few days at Chulilla over the years – Smitten with the fantastic rock architecture, but never really getting much out of the climbing – many of the […]
Bunol
Heading gently north we stopped in at Bunol – another of the top 60 crags. … Bunol is most famed for the tomato festival when tens of thousands of people […]
El Picayo
Another good crag in a spectacular setting. Just a couple of dozen routes, but mostly 35m long and in a beautiful valley. Toasty too!
Cocentaina
One of the finds of the trip, Cocentaina is an orange splash of highly featured rock on an otherwise grey hillside. Not much in the way of warm ups, but […]
Barranc de L’Avern
We fancied exploring the hinterland around Alcoy for a few days – somewhere that had always seemed too long a drive for a day trip from the coast. We based […]
Bolulla
After waving everyone off towards flights back to Blighty, it was time to leave the coast and get back on the road. First stop was Bolulla – not the biggest […]
Cabezon d’Oro
The Cabezon d’oro makes it into the top 60 crags in Donde Escalar, so we were overdue a visit. This impressive lump of rock dominates the skyline north of Alicante. […]
More Alcalali capers
Another repeat visit, this time to Alcalali, prompted by a threat of showers. We still managed a bunch of fine routes before beer o’clock and a visit to the Laurel […]
Font d’Aixa take 2
Font d’Aixa looked just the job for a gentle introduction to bolted climbing for some of our younger members, and Lucy, James and Ewan showed the rest of us how […]
SunRoc2015 – week 2
Out with the old, in with the new (some of which was even older!) Week 2 of sunrock kicked off with a great meal at El Secreto de Tomate, followed […]
Castellets de Calp
A recent development on the back of Toix, we’d been tipped off about some soft touch grading. Three 7b onsights tells the story, but the quality of the climbing on […]
Echo 1.5
A big jolly team assembled at Echo 1.5 to enjoy the sunshine. Tucked in behind the Ponoch, the Echo crags enjoy stupendous views out over Pollop and onto Benidorm. At […]
Sella sunshine
A quick check of the forecast suggested heading south for the sun. Sure enough, it was cracking the flags at Sella.
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