A Brit Grit fix with Jake
More or less straight off the plane and back into action – Jake’s only home for a couple of days and is keen to get some cragging in. First venue […]
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Stanage and a trad initiation
Glorious afternoon at Stanage for Leah’s first experience of trad climbing. After careful research, Jake chose Heaven Crack as a suitable initiation – but it turned out a lot steeper […]
All shades of The Peak
In between dashing for the occasional hit of mountain cragging we’ve been sampling all that The Peak has to offer. Classic grit at Stanage and Bamford, moorland escoterica on Dovestones […]
The Groove – Llech Ddu
Another trip into Snowdonia to a high mountain crag that doesn’t often come into condition – this time Mike and I made our way up to Llech Ddu for The […]
Twll Mawr and Britain’s longest sports route
An over-optimistic interpretation of the forecast had me and Andy heading to Llanberis to find drizzle and clag down to the rooftops. A breakfast in Pete’s Eats and even a […]
Cloggy
Clogwyn Du’r Arddu, to give it its proper name, is one of my “Top 5 crags in the world” (the others being Gogarth, El Cap, Hobby and a fickle AN […]
Creag Dubh, Newtonmore
With commitments at home at the weekend, we’d intended to call an end to the climbing and get a good chunk of the drive out of the way, but the […]
Tollie Crag – got The Bug
There’s a quirky convention in Scottish selected climbs guidebooks of awarding truly exceptional routes a 4* accolade (in a system which generally runs to max 3*s) There are about 50 […]
Gairloch – Jetty Crag and Goat Crag
With the fabulous weather forecast to continue for a few more days we decided to explore another bit of the coastline, and head 50 miles (and about 3 hours!) further […]
Sandwood Bay
After a week of solid climbing it was time for a rest day so we’re off to the beach! Sandwood Bay is a few miles north of Sheigra and about […]
Rhiconich
This was hyped as “The best roadside crag in Scotland” and then somewhat put in its place in the selected climbs guide with: “it’s nae bad, but… “. Anyway, for […]
Creag an Fhithich – Ruby Wall and Russet Wall
It’s not all just seacliffs in Sutherland, and with temperatures creeping back up to the high twenties we went in search of shade on one of the “roadside crags” a […]
Sheigra
Pressing on for the last few miles to Ullapool, the obvious increase in motorhomes on the road makes us realise we’ve joined the North Coast 500 driving route. Great to […]
Glen Ogle
With the thermometer still showing 30 plus we pressed on northwards, but wanted to break the 6 hour drive to Ullapool. Glen Ogle looked like the perfect stopover – the […]
Steel Knotts Crag
Justin and Chris invited us to break our journey to Scotland with an afternoon in Borrowdale. With the temperature around 30C we needed a shady crag that wasn’t at the […]
Over the Moon at Gogarth
Helen and I have been organising the annual Rucksack Club Gogarth meet, on Holy Island, Anglesey, for about 15 years now. The formula is pretty simple: take the best crag […]
White Rose County / White Rock
After a taste of the gritty stuff we switched sides for a couple of days. Who’d believe it takes over an hour to get from Brimham to Malham? Not the […]
A bit of Yorkshire Grit – Almscliff & Brimham
A trawl of the usual weather apps suggested that our plans for a trip to Pembroke and The Gower were likely to involve a lot of time in the pub […]
Tintwistle Knarr
Mike Doc’s meet set down a strong claim for this year’s “longest distance travelled for a meet” award, with Martin, Barbara, Jack and Sam over from Missouri for the occasion. […]
Milestone Buttress
Another revisit to a classic crag, Milestone Buttress on the side of Tryffan in the Ogwen Valley was the scene of a multi-pitch adventure very early in Helen’s and my […]
