La Pauta – Small but perfectly formed
This was a “new to us” crag, even though it appeared in the first edition of Lleida Climbs. I guess the reason we hadn’t visited previously is because its sweet […]
Category Archives: Catalunya
Camarasa – Sector Solarium
Our unexpected 4-day weather window of Roca Caliente in Los Pirineos came to an end, prompting the usual soul / app-searching. Without an obvious “grand beau temps” candidate amid a […]
Santa Ana and Alos de Balaguer
A couple of return trips to places we’ve been before – albeit new sectors. I signed off my 2014 Santa Ana post with: Definitely somewhere we’ll return on future trips. […]
Bagergue – Val d’Aran
With a sunny day in prospect, we decided to check out the most northerly area covered in the Roca Caliente guidebook. The Val d’Aran is the northernmost extent of Catalunya, […]
Escales – Els Escondite
The Escales section of the guidebook runs to almost a hundred pages, with a dozen sectors and a couple of hundred routes in the vicinity of the reservoir of the […]
Viuet – Roca Caliente en los Pirineos
OK – did anyone guess right? After much forecast-searching and head-scratching on a rainy morning in Alto Mijares we set the controls of Rockaroundtheworld for the Heart of the Sun […]
Drive-by cragging on the way to the Blanca
With Omicron in retreat, and restrictions lifting, it’s time to dust off the RockAroundTheWorld machine and get it back on the road. After a Sunday lunchtime Eurotunnel the intervening 4 […]
Montgrony
This has been a year of climbing in spectacular spots, high up in the hills and accessed only thanks to centuries of work in constructing snaking tracks to access a […]
Berga
We’d been hoping to use the spring weather towards the end of our trip to explore some of the many cragging options nearer the Pyrenees. After a long wait, we […]
Coll de Nargo – Sector Coll Pique and Samarkand
A major deluge throughout Saturday prompted a much needed rest day and a change of scene, so we headed over the hills to Oliana. Great views of the world’s second […]
Cubells
Another trip to Cubells – we were last here about 18 months ago with Bill and Steve. Once again the crag seemed to have been block booked by Brits, with […]
Ager – Barranc de Grillons
We’d been itching to head back to this excellent crag ever since arriving in the area, especially Helen who had been injured on the previous occasion we’d visited, but chilly […]
Santa Linya
Another trip to Santa Linya sector Futbalin – I must have climbed here four or five times, and on the face of it that might seem daft considering the other […]
Camarasa – sector Crestes de Conill
Camarasa is a charming village with a a great bakery – Forn de Pa Capdevila, and a whole array of crags (with almost 400 routes). Unfortunately, most of these are […]
Sant Llorenc de Montgai – El Cilindre
We woke to a beautiful morning with spectacular views over the crags around our camping spot. What a difference a day makes – beats the rows of static caravans or […]
Alos de Balaguere and a 3-crag day
After a week in the area around Barcelona we felt like getting a bit further away from the metropolis. The Prades and the Pyrenees would both fit the bill, but […]
Grau dels Matxos
After a couple of day’s hiatus in the climbing plan to make room for a 36 hour dash back for a work commitment in Blighty, we’re back in RockAroundTheWorld action… […]
Cellecs
Further up into the hinterland north of Barcelona, squeezed between the limestone around the coast and the conglomerate of Montserrat, lies a modest but charming set of granite crags. Cellecs […]
Back to Sansuies
After seeing off the last of the SunRockers on their flights back to Blighty, we had a much needed rest day on the coast near Barcelona, before scratching our heads […]
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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