Cirque de Labeil
The Cirque de Labeil was one of the “must visit” crags recommended by Keith and Fiona, but we’d struggled to time our visit with an appropriate weather window. On the […]
The Cirque de Labeil was one of the “must visit” crags recommended by Keith and Fiona, but we’d struggled to time our visit with an appropriate weather window. On the […]
All good things come to an end, and after 3 weeks of unbroken sunshine in the Durance, the weather finally went pear-shaped. Two days of forecasted rain followed by a […]
The kids and I are off for a week of sun in Tenerife to escape the storms at home (meteorological and political – there’s a faint possibility of at least […]
After an uneventful flight we arrived in Denver just before midnight. With afternoon thunder storms forecasted and a need to get some acclimatisation in before heading up to climb on […]
The Three Sisters are just some of the landmark bits of rock architecture that decorate the Gower coast between Rhossili and Port Eynon – it’s no accident that this was […]
We’d walked past this crag on our way up to King of Thrones on our last trip (moving as quickly as the oppressive heart would allow to reach the sanctuary […]
Dave and Lins kindly picked up Jake at 6.30 this morning for the trip to the airport, and that’s the official end of SunRock 2019 – 36 Rucksack Club members […]
The sun has well and truly got its hat back on now! SunRock indeed 🙂 Troughton team selfie at the campsite ahead of Tash’s last day Back to Twin Caves […]
Warm, sunny intervals and possible showers – a bit of everything today, and teams headed to Panagia, Theos and Mars. After a tough 4 days, Jake was keen for a […]
Wednesday was a day to forget from a climbing point of view – torrential rain was only interrupted towards late afternoon when it turned to snow! In fairness, Jim and […]
The Isere Valley marks the northern border of the Vercours national park and the river has sliced the end of this high plateau leaving towering limestone cliffs impressively lining its […]
Got lucky again with the weather – REALLY lucky this time! After a shocking winter and early spring, and the washout of the first two Rucksack Club Wednesday evening meets, […]
A major deluge throughout Saturday prompted a much needed rest day and a change of scene, so we headed over the hills to Oliana. Great views of the world’s second […]
UNESCO-listed Sintra is set high on a hilltop overlooking the Cabo da Roca, and was the favourite summer retreat for the Portuguese Royal family when Lisbon became a bit sweaty. […]
Back home from our Balkan Odyssey, and a chance to reflect on some of the highlights of a two-month, 10,000km climbing road-trip through Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria to […]
Mars is big and red (and quite a long way away… certainly a bit more than the 20 minutes suggested in the guidebook, but well worth the effort.) It’s probably […]
Another two-crag day, making the most of the heat of midday to shift base again, heading further south to Varasova. This is a huge triangular limestone mountain (917m high) overlooking […]
After a stopover at a thermal “resort” just before the border, we crossed into Romania and made the 4 hour drive to Turda. The first half of the journey was […]
Possibly the ultimate crag for a crap day. 2 mins from the road and with climbing steep enough to stay dry in the rain. Perfect for a few routes on […]
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 […]