Spummin Marvelous at Sgaps & Mid Clyth
The biggest frustration from my Caithness Convalescence trip last year was having to watch a succession of the Sheffield crew climbing the immaculate Spummin Marvelous, E3 5c at Sgaps (a.k.a. […]
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Sarclet – a Special Place
More mixed weather and more fretting over weather apps – this time with Paul as partner in crime. The final coin toss came down to Caithness vs Pembroke, and we […]
Third Time’s The Charm at Ellen’s Geo
My relationship with Ellen’s Geo has been a slow-burn affair. From a bird-infested, wind-blasted, no-route recce in 2021 to last-year’s broken rib convalescence, I’ve departed utterly enchanted but somewhat unfulfilled, […]
Caithness Convalescence
A couple of weeks after my… … we’d scheduled a spring trip to Scotland. A week into the recovery of my busted ribs (broken, cracked, bruised? Who knows?), tying my […]
Ellens Geo
Warning – this post contains no actual climbing! Ellens Geo is another of the chapters in The Great Scottish Sea Cliffs – just a mile or so down the coast […]
Auckengill – a quarried crag with a difference
Halfway between John O’Groats and Wick, this esoteric little crag is probably the most northeasterly on the UK mainland that ever gets climbed (there are reported routes on the Duncansby […]
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