Compass Point
A change of campsite (to Tintagel) and a change of scene to the Culm Coast. Firstly, the campsite enjoys a tremendous position within sight of the Tintagel cliffs, and somehow […]
Carn Barra, Chair Ladder and Porthgwarra
We’d visited most of the major areas on the North Coast so it was time to venture around beyond Land’s End to sample the South. The charming parking spot at […]
Kenidjack and Gurnard’s Head
Kenidjack… is the perfect spot for some sheltered warmth – a 40m sheet of sculpted kilas slate, set well above the sea and with a friendly ledge at its base. […]
Sennen
And then there were 6 – Dave and Lins have joined the team to bring the complement up to the full “gang of 6”. Sennen is a good option for […]
Zennor and Carn Gloose
The cliffs at Zennor might not be the most extensive, but they offer a couple of excellent hidden gems which combine a friendly approach and outstanding outlook for a low-octane […]
Bosigran
With the Rockaroundtheworld team stuck on these shores for the time being, and a raid north of the border currently off limits, Cornwall was the obvious place to stretch our […]
Back on Hallowed Ground – First Gogarth Trip in 18 months!
It goes without saying that the interruption of my climbing exploits is pretty small beer in amongst the tragedy and tumult of the last year. However, the fact that 2020 […]
Yorkshire escape – back on the road!
The 12th April marked the first day of “Overnight Stays” and we’d booked a few nights in a great little campsite in North Yorkshire as soon as the “roadmap” was […]
Eggselent Easter week
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 […]
Crookrise
Easter Monday and yet another chilly, bright day. Jake and I are after a halfway meeting point and Crookrise looks like a decent bet – an hour or so from […]
So long Lockdown
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 […]
Sun Rock 2021
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 […]
It’s “IN”
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 […]
The Diamond and The Black – Lockdown slideshow
With slightly spooky foresight I managed to launch Season 2 of The Rucksack Club’s Lockdown Slideshows to coincide with the beginning of Lockdown 3 in the UK. Something tells me […]
You DON’T always get what you pay for
Note: this post has been updated after its initial publication – the nice people at Lyon Equipment (La Sportiva’s UK importer) have kindly replaced my TX2s as a gesture of […]
Sunny Intervals
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 […]
Chasing the Ephemeral
I signed off my last post with the first snows of winter, and that evening a forecasted high pressure / blue-skies day had my thoughts turning to a quick fix […]
Lockdown 2.0
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 […]
RockAroundTheWorld Retrospective – The 2004-5 BIG TRIP Part 3: California – Big Trees to J Tree via The Big Stone
If you missed the first couple of installments of our Big Trip Retrospective, you can follow our blast around Eastern Europe and Scandinavia here: https://rockaroundtheworld.co.uk/2020/06/22/rockaroundtheworld-retrospective-the-big-trip-part-1-around-the-baltic-in-80-days/ and our trip across the […]
Rucksack Club Charity Calendar in support of Urban Uprising
Thanks to the magic of the Internet and a lot of great help (Cheers JP especially!) I’ve pulled together The 2021 Rucksack Club Charity Calendar from the back of the […]
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