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Frodsham – Sandstone Highballs in a Gritstone Sandwich

June 18, 2022by Dominic Leave a comment

Having commuted to Chester from Manchester every day for three years, not to mention regular pilgrimages to Snowdonia and Gogarth, I reckon I’ve driven past Frodsham at least a thousand […]

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Evening Meet, Peak, Rucksack Club, UK

High Pressure across Britain

December 24, 2021by Dominic 4 Comments

Our planned return home for some work commitments was slightly accelerated to beat the impending requirements for PCR tests on entry to the UK – nothing like as dramatic as […]

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Peak, UK

Ilam Rock Paraclimbing

August 25, 2021by Dominic Leave a comment

It’s almost 2 years since I posted about supporting Michelle to fulfil her goal of climbing The Old Man of Hoy – a stretch target and bucket-list dream for most […]

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Peak, UK

Troy Quarry

August 10, 2021by Dominic Leave a comment

I caught up with Hamish for a short afternoon hit after a morning of torrential rain. Handy location, fast drying and surprisingly scenic – it’s well worth a visit as […]

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Peak, UK

Eggselent Easter week

April 6, 2021by Dominic Leave a comment

The first tentative (but irreversible?!) steps out of Lockdown were perfectly timed to coincide with the clocks changing (OK, that’s pretty predictable!) and another great week of sunny weather (who […]

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Evening Meet, Peak, Rucksack Club, UK

So long Lockdown

March 30, 2021by Dominic 1 Comment

The “roadmap” has finally yielded the beginning of the end of the latest Lockdown (was it the 2nd or 3rd, and more importantly will it be the last?) Time for […]

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Peak, UK

Sun Rock 2021

March 1, 2021by Dominic 1 Comment

Ever since our kids started school, which is over 20 years ago now, we’ve observed the tradition of a February half term SunRock trip. It’s the perfect window in the […]

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Peak, Rucksack Club, UK

It’s “IN”

February 14, 2021by Dominic 3 Comments

After a few days of high pressure and fine, freezing but dry days, the jungle drums started with rumours of the news that every Peak-based climber is waiting for. No […]

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Peak, UK

Sunny Intervals

December 17, 2020by Dominic Leave a comment

I got one of those “your memories on Facebook from 4 years ago” notifications the other day… It had me scratching my head. Where was that shirtless climbing under stunning […]

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Peak, UK, Wales

Lockdown 2.0

December 4, 2020by Dominic 3 Comments

Not the November we’d planned (which would have involved chasing the sun around Europe’s finest climbing spots!) but you’ve got to make the most of what you’ve got… Having The […]

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Peak, UK, Yorkshire

Beeston Tor

August 20, 2020by Dominic 7 Comments

Where in Provence are we?… Okay, it’s a trick question of course, and the title is a bit of a giveaway, but Beeston is one of the few bits of […]

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Peak, UK

Limestone pick n mix

August 15, 2020by Dominic Leave a comment

I’ve deliberately dialed down the blogging of visits to familiar “holes in the ground” – there’s only so much you can say about Harpur Hill and the Stoney crags, and […]

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Peak, UK, Wales

Electric Quarry, Stoney

July 26, 2020by Dominic 1 Comment

If you’ve driven through Stoney any time since lockdown you can’t fail to have witnessed the huge “spike” in popularity of the bolt-clipping hereabouts. Every lay-by, pull-off and scrape on […]

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Peak, UK

Virtual Gogarth Meet and Quiz

June 13, 2020by Dominic Leave a comment

Every June, for almost 20 years, Helen and I have organised The Gogarth Meet. Despite my best efforts, and the climbing on The Best Crag In The World, this has […]

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Peak, Rucksack Club, UK, Wales

Curbar – a John Allen homage

June 8, 2020by Dominic 1 Comment

Jake is back home for a while and keen to get some Peak climbing in the bag, and a fairly arbitrary decision saw us pick Curbar for a rather damp […]

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Peak, UK

Kinder Northern Edges – a different Kinda Grit

June 2, 2020by Dominic Leave a comment

Ashop Edge, on the north side of the Kinder plateau, is something of a connoisseurs crag. Rarely in condition, it features a number of routes that (when “in”) would warrant […]

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Peak, UK

Climbing along the Pennine Way

May 29, 2020by Dominic Leave a comment

Another crag conundrum – where to climb in a heatwave during the barmy busyness of a lockdown-loosened Bank Holiday / half-term week. Helen and I found two solutions at either […]

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Peak, UK, Yorkshire

Social distancing in a post-Industrial hole in the ground

May 19, 2020by Dominic Leave a comment

We nipped into Harpur Hill for a bit of lockdown-loosened cragging and were amazed to find the place rammed – not with climbers (though we did bump into Chris and […]

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Peak, UK

Lockdown loosening

May 17, 2020by Dominic 2 Comments

It’s hard to believe that I haven’t set hand or foot to rock since 20th March – almost 8 weeks and the longest gap in my outdoor climbing in certainly […]

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Peak, UK

Running Like a Climber – A trip back into the RockAroundTheWorld archives

April 26, 2020by Dominic Leave a comment

We’re approaching 6 weeks into lockdown and the lack of climbing is starting to tell. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and I briefly rekindled my running career, only to […]

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Peak, Rucksack Club, Scotland, UK

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