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Monteferro

January 24, 2020by Dominic Leave a comment

Monteferro is a small forested peninsula just south of Vigo with a few scattered crags amidst nature walks and fishing spots. The Donde Escalar write up gets it bang on: […]

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Monte Tecla

January 23, 2020by Dominic

We’ve established a base at Camping Santa Tecla in A Guarda for the last couple of days, on the banks of the River Miño, which separates Galicia from Portugal. Monte […]

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North - Asturias, Cantabria &Leon, Spain

Faro de Budiño

January 22, 2020by Dominic

This is the other major crag in southwest Galicia, and occupies a really commanding position just north of the Portuguese border, visible for miles. The shapely granite domes are just […]

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Monte Galineiro

January 21, 2020by Dominic Leave a comment

Monte Galineiro is one of Galicia’s major climbing areas, tucked in the southwest corner of the region, a couple of dozen km from the border with Portugal, and is one […]

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Castro de Barona

January 20, 2020by Dominic Leave a comment

We arrived at Castro de Barona late on Sunday afternoon, just in time for a quick recce. The place was heaving, but with tourists rather than climbers, as the place’s […]

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Peton do Xalo

January 19, 2020by Dominic Leave a comment

We’re heading west to Galicia to try to outflank a major weather system blowing in from the Atlantic, but that did mean an unpleasant few hours driving through the eye […]

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Back to Berodia

January 17, 2020by Dominic

We visited this great little crag towards the end of our Roca Verde tour in 2016 and enjoyed it then. https://rockaroundtheworld.co.uk/2016/10/23/berodia/ It’s the ideal stop off as we head west […]

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Ramales de la Victoria

January 13, 2020by Dominic Leave a comment

We’re back on the road again! We caught the Portsmouth – Santander ferry, and after a delayed departure (7 hours due to bad weather in the Bay of Biscay) we […]

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Berodia

October 23, 2016by Dominic 1 Comment

…well, we did make it back through the tunnel – though a slight asymmetry in the van roof meant we had to let the tyres down for an extra inch […]

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Cuevas del Mar

October 22, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

After a peaceful night parked up high above Los Beyos, the arrival of the local hunt prompted an early start – how were we to know we’d camped in their […]

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A month of Roca Verde

October 22, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

​After a month in the crags around the Cantabrian mountains, we’re finally moving out of the range of the Roca Verde guide. We’ve visited almost 20 new crags, and still […]

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Fuentes de Penacorada and back over the Picos

October 21, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

For our last day in Leon we checked out this beautiful gem of a crag, climbing on limestone fins next to a babbling stream and only 2 minutes from the […]

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Into Leon and two trips to Valdehuesa

October 21, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

Heading back east from our brief tour of Galicia, via the Sierra de la Culebra which has the highest wolf population in Europe, we have arrived in Leon. The guidebook […]

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Valverdin-Pedrosa

October 19, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

Another gorgeous day, and another gorgeous crag. Tucked away in a secluded valley running parallel to the main CL626, this kilometre-long crag has a couple of hundred routes that barely […]

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Santiago de Compostela 

October 16, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

The end of the pilgrim trail (apparently more than half a million pilgrims a year were visiting even  1,000 years ago!), we thought we should at least make the effort […]

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Galicia

October 15, 2016by Dominic 3 Comments

Galicia is the Spanish answer to Britttany and Cornwall – a granite bit that sticks out bravely into the full force of the Atlantic, with a proud Celtic history and […]

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More Teverga

October 11, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

There really is more rock here than you can shake a clip stick at! Plenty of climbing for a week, with a major new sector each day (though to enjoy […]

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Quiros 

October 10, 2016by Dominic Leave a comment

Tucked away in the adjacent valley, Quiros is Teverga’s sister crag – only 15 minutes away, but different in many respects. About 20 sectors are scattered over the mountainside, somewhat […]

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Teverga – Spanish climbing’s best kept secret? 

October 8, 2016by Dominic 1 Comment

​A couple of hours drive west, and running south from the city of Oviedo, the Valles de Trubia are home to the two most important climbing ares in Asturias. Our […]

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Las Cabadas 

October 5, 2016by Dominic 4 Comments

At last, an overcast day. Not great for the photos, but much more conducive to climbing tricky routes.We went to Las Cabadas, a fairly minor crag and perhaps the least […]

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