Craig Yr Ogof (Cwm Silyn)
With a fabulous forecast for the reminder of the Bank Holiday weekend, a quick turnaround sees me heading west along the A55 to catch up with Paul for a couple […]
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Kyloe (Out)
Not a political protest chant – Kyloe Crag (or Collar Heugh as it is marked on the OS map) is colloquially know as “out” to distinguish it from its near […]
Bowden Doors
We found a grand little spot to park up for the night, just south of Amble, above a gorgeous unspoilt beach (albeit with a power station on the headland!) … […]
East Woodburn
At the risk of sounding like a stuck record, this was another chilly, windy day. Time to put the East Woodburn plan into operation – a south facing crag, 5 […]
Great Wanny – Great Connies (not!)
More chilly weather (about 10C) and a howling northwesterly meant that a north facing crag was hardly the ideal option. However, Great Wanny is “perhaps the most impressive crag in […]
Scot Crag Scugdale
Heading up to visit Jake in Newcastle we break the journey at Scugdale at the northern end of the North Yorks Moors. Not an inspiring name but an absolutely lovely […]
Gogarth Main Cliff… and the express elevator
Another dodgy forecast prompted the first visit of the year to the hallowed crags of Holyhead for guaranteed sunshine, which duly greeted us as we crossed the Menai Straits. Lucky […]
Dyserth Castle Quarry
The usual trawl through cragging locations on the Met Office weather app made pretty sobering reading: damp, dull, chilly. The only prospect of climbing was on the North Wales coast […]
New Mills Torrs
What a difference a week makes – another Wednesday evening meet on quarried grit, but a world of difference in the weather! From 24C down to about 10C and from […]
Beudy Birthday Bash
It’s the 70th Anniversary of the Rucksack Club’s acquisition of our Llanberis hut, Beudy Mawr, and there’s a major gathering to celebrate. For once, the weather gods are smiling and […]
Stanage Spring Sunshine
As the heatwave continues it’s not surprising that Stanage is looking busy despite it being a Friday. High Neb is humming. First time on the hallowed Grit this year so […]
A jolly day at Giggleswick
Grabbing the weather window we headed to Giggleswick South – probably not everyone’s idea of the perfect crag but handy as a meeting point between the Lakes, south Yorkshire and […]
Daydreams – Mewsford Point
Daydreams is yet another route that’s been on my tick-list for decades – the last of the Pembroke Extreme Rock routes outstanding (as Return of the Natives now lies on […]
Kings of the Wild Frontier (Zawn)
Mother Carey’s and the nearby Frontier Zawn are near Lydstep and completely outside the MoD firing range, as well as being largely unaffected by bird bans (apart from StarGate – […]
Trevallen, St. Govans and Mowing Word
Pembroke climbing is a logistical nightmare – so much amazing climbing with so many conflicting things stopping you from doing it! Tides – these are at least very predictable, but […]
Stennis Head and a reminder why they call it “Adventure Climbing”
Jake had a few days of a late Easter holiday spare, so much time was spent scouring weather apps to see where would offer the best scope for climbing. The […]
Higgar Tor and a bit of “head pointing”
If you are looking for dry rock in The Peak then Higgar Tor has the advantage of being hideously overhanging. Of course, that does come with the downside that all […]
Spring in The Peak
Back in Blighty and at least “the beast from the East” has headed back. In fact, Thursday is positively spring like, and even though we’re only just off the boat […]
Two sides of Kinder
Saturday saw the annual chance to blow away the cobwebs on the Rucksack Club Marden to Edale meet. Having rejected the idea of “The Double” I’d settled (guiltily)Â into bed […]
Dovestones Quarry – looking for the big freezeÂ
Heavy snow and subzero temperatures over the last few days – it’s certainly wintery, but would there be anything in condition. Andy’s optimism encouraged me and Tom along for the […]
