Valverdin-Pedrosa
Another gorgeous day, and another gorgeous crag. Tucked away in a secluded valley running parallel to the main CL626, this kilometre-long crag has a couple of hundred routes that barely […]
Santiago de Compostela
The end of the pilgrim trail (apparently more than half a million pilgrims a year were visiting even 1,000 years ago!), we thought we should at least make the effort […]
Galicia
Galicia is the Spanish answer to Britttany and Cornwall – a granite bit that sticks out bravely into the full force of the Atlantic, with a proud Celtic history and […]
More Teverga
There really is more rock here than you can shake a clip stick at! Plenty of climbing for a week, with a major new sector each day (though to enjoy […]
Quiros
Tucked away in the adjacent valley, Quiros is Teverga’s sister crag – only 15 minutes away, but different in many respects. About 20 sectors are scattered over the mountainside, somewhat […]
Teverga – Spanish climbing’s best kept secret?
A couple of hours drive west, and running south from the city of Oviedo, the Valles de Trubia are home to the two most important climbing ares in Asturias. Our […]
Las Cabadas
At last, an overcast day. Not great for the photos, but much more conducive to climbing tricky routes.We went to Las Cabadas, a fairly minor crag and perhaps the least […]
Poo de Cabrales – really not poo at all!
We’ve moved base around to the north of the Picos, near Arenas de Cabrales, having explored most of the crags in the Desfiladero de la Hermida. We’re rewarded with our […]
Cares Gorge
We’d run out of shady crags and the forecast was “scorchio” again, so in desperation we decided to go for a walk. In fairness, we probably needed another rest day. […]
Via Ferrata La Hermida
The forecast for Saturday wasn’t great, so we made plans for a rest day. As it turned out it was dry and warm, but overcast, so I upped the agenda […]
Sector Clonico
A pretty crag, high above La Hermida. On the face of it, a nice bunch of amenable grades too. We managed 4 6as and 6a+’s which was quite enough! Tough! […]
Fuente De and a climb that wasn’t to be
With temperatures forecast to hit almost 30 we decided to head high! The cable car at Fuente De is only 25 minutes further up the valley, and gives access to […]
Placas de Esquilleu
Scorchio again, but a late start meant that our chosen crag was starting to go into the shade 🙂 Actually, the most fun aspect of Las Placas is the Tyrollean […]
El Salmon
Another fine day with temperatures into the high twenties revealed a minor imperfection in the climbing topography of this otherwise perfect valley, almost all of the crags face south west. […]
Rumenes – it’s Tufa time!
Rumenes is the premier crag of the area, with a couple of slabby sectors complemented by some awesome Tufa terrain. It was cracking the flags when we arrived, and the […]
Desfiladero de la Hermida
This impressive gorge runs along the eastern edge of the Picos d’Europa, from Panes down to Potes – a charming touristy village. We’ve based ourselves at a fab campsite just […]
Roca Verde – Climbing in Northern Spain
The ferry from Portsmouth to Santander really is a very civilised way to get to Spain. Rock up and roll on in the early evening, dine in a pretty decent […]
Hot at Hobby
The September heat wave served up a sizzling send off to the official Wednesday evening meet program, and Andy’s Hobby meet attracted a huge turnout of about 20 members and […]
Pagan – third time lucky
Andy and I had had a couple of previous unsuccessful attempts at Pagan, a 3* 3 pitch E4 on Red Wall, Gogarth. Both had been aborted due to conditions, the […]
Stanage birthday outing
After four days of great climbing on Lundy, and arriving home in the wee small hours, the sensible thing would have been a day off. However, it was my birthday […]
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