Sunny climbing at Ty Newedd
More fine weather was forecast for North Wales, but we left it a bit late for a Gogarth flyer, so settled instead for a trip to Rhyl and one of […]
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Home to a winter wonderland
Meanwhile The Peak had received more than a dusting of snow. So time to go walking in a winter wonderland on Black Hill. Definitely some consolations to living in the […]
Running in the Peak
If there’s one thing I miss when travelling, apart from friends and family of course, it’s running. I took my Inov8s to America but didn’t use them once – too […]
30th Anniversary Celebrations – What better than a few routes at Hobby?
It’s hard to believe that 30 years ago we were enjoying similarly glorious weather outside the chapel at Clare College. Where better to celebrate 30 happy and climbing-filled years than […]
A steep learning curve in The Leap5
We bumped into a young German climber – Henning, on holiday with his heavily pregnant partner and their 2 year old daughter. Not surprisingly he was desperate to get some […]
Back to Pembroke with the Rope Gun
Jake and I had a 3 day trip to Pembroke, squeezed in between major squalls of rain moving across the region. Once again the tides were unhelpful, but at least […]
Mowing Word
More high tides at inconvenient times meant more halfway skulduggery, but some great climbing. Gorgeous weather followed by beer in the St Govans Inn. Happy days!
Pembroke – Scaries!
Mother Careys certainly lived up to its name, with waves breaking half way up the crag. Nonetheless we managed a few routes from halfway ledges.
Mother Careys
Fully lived up to its Scaries nickname. BIG waves breaking half way up a 100 ft crag meant making use of midway ledges to get anything done. Very atmospheric!
Pembroke – St Govans East
We certainly picked a challenging few days for our visit to Pembroke. The army firing range was in use all week, with high tide at midday and most of the […]
Gower – Third Sister
Another fine crag, and only a half hours walk from the campsite.
Mermaid’s cove
A hundred metres around the corner from Shipwreck Cove lie a series of other buttresses. Only exposed for a couple of hours either side of low tide, and with a […]
Fox hole
Torrential rain from dawn through to about 3pm followed by blue sky and the chance to sneak in a couple of routes. Just need somewhere south facing and sheltered. Enter […]
Watchhouse crag – dodging the showers
A bit further east along the coast, Watchhouse crag offers a real contrast with slabby thin climbing. Non tidal and near access made this a good option for a showery […]
Gower – Shipwreck Cove
The Gower was a regular holiday base for many years when we were kids, so I was long overdue a visit to sample the latest “in” climbing destination and especially […]
Wilton – Invasion of the killer midges
A good team assembled for Steve’s meet – seven Rucksackers and a couple of guests, but unfortunately the party was crashed by a zillion midges. Despite the application of various […]
Stoney – turned out nice again
Heavy rain in Glossop, and real time reports from Paul and JP, suggested that it was daft even setting off. However I’d been conned by an optimistic forecast and said […]
Gogarth
Once again, the weather gods smiled on the Gogarth meet. Forecasters were issuing warnings of monsoon like rain, and it certainly didn’t look great on the M56, but the magic […]
A Wednesday evening at Millstone
For once, the weather gods smiled on a Rucksack Club Wednesday evening meet, and Millstone basked in glorious sunshine. A good crowd assembled to celebrate the fact, and a bunch […]
Bowden Doors and Kyloe – Northumberland
Jake has been in the northeast for almost a year, and hadn’t managed to set boot to rock outside in the whole time. A combination of weather, partying, transport challenges […]
