SunRock the cartoon strip
Rather than a blog, Jim has been keeping his record of the trip in scribble form in a notebook, including some brilliant cartoons. I’d do the same if only I […]
Category Archives: Spain
Alcalali
Plans for a big team gathering at Alcalali (loads of quality routes, good spread of grades and near the road) were somewhat derailed by light drizzle. The meet reconvened at […]
Adsubia / L’Adzuvia
Helen and I had visited this ‘off the beaten track’ crag a few weeks ago – with only a dozen routes, it wouldn’t have suited the whole team, but with […]
Bolulla Raco Roig
‘At 2,000ft this crag is a great option for a hot day’ – so said UKC, and with a scorchio forecast we headed for a look. What a gorgeous spot, […]
Redovan – El Rut
With a forecast for possible showers near Finestrat, we assembled a team to head south to Redovan. Sure enough, a fine dose of sunshine was served up and the crag […]
Penyon d’Ifach
The weather perked up, and so did the spirits. Teams set off for all points of the climbing compass, with Helen leading the biggest party to Murla, a few car-loads […]
Rucksack Club SunRock Meet – Sella, Costa Blanca
We’re staying at Finepark, a collection of bungalows near Finestrat. With views up to the Puig Campana, looming above, its hard to believe we’re only a few km from the […]
El Purgoso, (Totana)
We decided on a ‘lucky dip’ crag, selected from Donde Escalar. El Purgoso was just 40 minutes away, a sun-trap, with a good mix of grades and a 4 carabiner […]
Leyva
Gorgeous blue skies today, but VERY windy. We were fed up with driving (Redovan and Mula are both about an hour away) so decided on Leyva which is just over […]
Redovan – El Rut
This had been one of the major discoveries of our trip a couple of years ago, and we thought it was still pretty much ‘off the radar’ , so were […]
Mula – sector Abuelo
We’ve left Andalucia and are on our way back to the Costa Blanca, via a stop over in Murcia, and a few days in the Sierra Espuna at one of […]
Back to Cacin
We were so impressed, we went back the next day; rude not to, as we could see the crag from the campsite. Definitely a good move, as Helen cruised her […]
Cacin, AlmeriaÂ
We abandoned Reguchillo in rain, and headed east, but not before finding a tiny gear shop on the outskirts of Jean (NOT in the centre! ). Got lucky with the […]
Reguchillo
Early rain and thick fog at Espiel when we awoke felt more like Broadbottom than Andalucia. We abandoned our plans to explore the upper crags at Espiel, and instead upped […]
Espiel
Espiel is tucked high up in the Sierra Morena, about 50km NW of Cordoba. We’re very much off the beaten track – we didn’t see a single motorhome on the […]
San Bartolo – Tajo del Buho
Tajo del Buho or Owl’s Ravine also goes by the name of Canuto del Arca which means Treasure Chest Gorge. This turns out to be highly appropriate, as this rather […]
San Bartolo – Tarifa
We left El Chorro to steaming tents and a rainbow, as a sunny interval blasted a hole through the overnight rain – definitely time to move on, but we got […]
El Chorro – Encantades and Olivetos
With a cloudy day in prospect, and rain forecast for later, we decided to stay near the campsite on the Encantades sector. A golden wave of rock giving mostly 35m […]
El Chorro – Arab Steps
After a week of nonstop climbing we were really due a rest day, but the weather has other ideas. Clear blue skies and the lightest of breezes, with cloud the […]
El Chorro – Frontales Medias
After a slow start to allow time for the sun to get over the crag and begin to warm the van, we trundled down into El Chorro. It’s had something […]
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