Santa Linya
For our final “airport” day we make a shortish drive to Santa Linya, and enjoy some of the steep juggy routes on sector football, a favourite of Helen and mine. […]
Category Archives: Catalunya
Camarasa
Sunshine and temps in the high teens so we need to take the vampire somewhere shady – in fairness to Jake, it is pretty sticky in the sun. Camarasa is […]
Brutal at Bruixes
We spent a few days at Terradets last year, studiously avoiding sector Las Bruixes (The Witches). With just half a dozen routes under 7b and a reputation for polished sandbaggy […]
Viva Catalunya
We’re back in Spain for a boys break near Barcelona. Having finally arrived around 1am (thank you to the French air traffic control dispute ) we made a late arrival […]
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 […]
Santa Ana
This collection of crags sits in a slightly industrial setting beneath an awesome dam and hydroelectric scheme. However, without this the access to the wealth of climbing here would be […]
Incy wincy spider climbs up Siurana again.
Yes, the sun is back… …but check out the number of duvets being worn! Icy wind blasting in from the north west made for very chilly climbing on our first […]
Chickpea curry and other aspects of eating on a road trip
Seven weeks into our trip and we finally had chickpea curry for the first time last night…. Those of you who are familiar with our normal van cooking repertoire may […]
A culture break ìn Reus
The monsoon continues, and so desperate times call for desperate measures. We decide to download the Rough Guide to Spain (or “Rough Guess” as we have found to be a […]
More rain and another trip to Siurana saves the day
The weather gods delivered a major storm overnight – biblical rainfall served up with accompanying pyrotechnics of sheet lightning and crashing thunder. There was no way there would be any […]
Back to Siurana with two house guests
We woke up this morning to find the van had been invaded by a giant slug. See photo. The weather wasn’t looking great so we set off for Siurana with […]
Mont-ral and more Vilanova de Prades
This week it’s open house on the Oughton road trip. First guest appearance of the week is Warby and we head for sector “Camping” at Vilanova de Prades. Apparently much […]
Siurana
Siurana is the “Queen of the Prades” and an early contender for “world’s best crag” in the infancy of the development of sports climbing in the ’80s. With well over […]
Vilanova de Prades
Somewhat overshadowed by its more famous neighbours, Vilanova de Prades offers about a kilometre of fine pocketed climbing above a very accommodating campsite. Aretes, grooves and corners feature heavily (much […]
Margalef
We’ve crossed the border from Lleida into Tarragona to enter the Sierra de Prades. Only about 100 km to the south of where we’ve spent the last couple of weeks, […]
Santa Linya
Santa Linya is famous for the huge cave sector, containing more routes of 9a and above than the rest of the crags around Lleida put together (and that includes Oliana! […]
Tartareu
A trip to Tartareu offered what looked to be a winning combination of a good mix of grades and steep pocketed rock. It delivered on both counts, but also provided […]
More Terradets
We had a chilly trip up above Terradets for a visit to Collegats, a line of 30m conglomerate cliffs carved out by the Noguera river many millennia ago. This took […]
Terradets
Terradets is an awesome series of cliffs that make up the western end of the Sierra de Montsec. Best known for the ridiculously steep Les Bruixes there are also more […]
Bienvenidos en Espana
Arriving from Andorra into Spain brings you down the Oliana valley. After a quiet night in a deserted campsite high above the town, we awoke to a chilly morning and […]
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