After managing to eke 3 days climbing from a very unpromising weather outlook, the rain finally arrived with a vengeance, prompting a retreat to lower altitude and further from the […]

There isn’t too much climbing in the Gorge that stays dry in the rain, but Sector Hulk on the north facing, South side of the Gorge is sheltered under huge […]

Tuesday turned out to be much finer than forecast, and we made good use of the day with a multi-crag pick and mix. Helen and I started with L’Arabe Dement, […]

Despite a dodgy forecast we headed to La Palud, the heart of Verdon climbing. The deciding factor was the opportunity of some good company with Jim and Jane Burton, not […]

Two words have featured disproportionately in these blogs over the last month: zigzags and charming. Well, we zigzagged over from the Vesubie valley to Saint Auban  ( a few extra […]

A gorgeous day, and having exhausted all of the nearby quality crags – or rather been exhausted by them, we decided to explore the mountains. The 5 mile, 2000ft walk […]

A crag called Rock-a-Billy, what’s not to like? This is an impressive lump of rock, almost reminiscent of the Devil’s Tower  (okay, not the same scale and no hexagonal columns, […]

Equally cute – perhaps even more so, is the village of Gorbio. This is actually signposted off the A8 autoroute as a Village Perche, and indeed it does occupy an […]

Just in land from Monaco is the charming ancient village of Peillon. There’s some great climbing to be had around the village and we were delighted to find a charming […]