Carreg Alltrem
Another small but perfectly formed crag on the west side of Snowdonia, in the Lledr Valley. Only a small number of routes, but three excellent ones: Lightning Visit, VS, Lavaredo […]
Category Archives: Wales
Craig y Clipiau (Moelwyns)
Another warm, muggy day and one to avoid the “fleshpots” so we revisited the Moelwyns for the first time in many years, for our first trip to Craig y Clipiau. […]
Tremadog Pant Ifan Upper Tier
Another new crag – we thought we’d escape the crowds visiting this little gem, well described as “Tremadog’s answer to a gritstone outcrop but with better views”. Unfortunately a bunch […]
Anglesey… but not Gogarth
With a shortish day and a plan to rendezvous with Jim and Claire on the Llyn, we were looking for a crag somewhere along the A55 that we hadn’t been […]
Nesscliffe – and Jake’s first E7
You’ve probably driven past this sandstone crag, immediately above the old A5 just a few miles north of Shrewsbury. Hidden in the trees, it’s a long disused quarry of very […]
Resurrection
This one’s been on Jake’s to do list for quite a while, and with a few days window back from uni, The Pass is programmed in for the first stop […]
Suicide Wall, Cwm Idwal
With a couple of weeks of dry sunny weather behind us I was keen to make the most of the conditions to get up high in the Snowdonia hills… ignoring […]
Craig y Castell
With the sun streaming through the van windows we were up and about by 7.30am and heading up to the crag before 9 whilst still enjoying the morning coolth. Not […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A gorgeous day at Gogarth – aren’t they all?Â
Back in Blighty in time to head along to the Manchester University Mountaineering Club (MUMC) and Rucksack Club joint meet at our hut in The Pass. Inevitable drizzle on Saturday […]
Flytrap on Gogarth North Stack – birthday adventureÂ
Miserable forecast pretty much everywhere – it shouldn’t be allowed to rain on your birthday! Luckily, there’s always Gogarth! Not that Jake and I were feeling too optimistic as we […]
Gogarth Red Wall
It’s raining everywhere apart from Holyhead (as always), the bird ban is over for the year and Stan’s out – we’re off to Red Wall (of course!) Trying to find […]
The Corner
Is there a more iconic route in Britain? It might only be a hundred and some feet high, but Cenotaph Corner holds a special place in the history of UK […]
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