Range West
It’s been an undeniably dreadful year, so it seems almost perverse to flag up the occasional positive from the pandemic, like neighbourliness, vaccines and birdsong. There have also been huge […]
Tag Archives: climbing
Mother Carey’s and No Man’s Zawn – a Pan Odyssey
Regular blog followers will know I’m a bit of a ticker (feel free to insert the word “sad”) and I’ve been gradually working my way through the routes featured in […]
Range East
May is a great window for a trip to Pembroke (apart from being peak firing season!) Jake and Leah managed to get a few days off so we hatched a […]
Cheesewring and Dewerstone
Low tide at 7pm, a big swell and 40mph winds, not to mention 10C and possible showers – you’d be hard pressed to pick a less conducive set of conditions […]
Screda Point
Screda Point is archetypal Culm Coast climbing – smooth uniform angled slabs, with discontinuous cracks providing occasional holds and even more occasional gear. All 7 routes described in Rockfax on […]
Lower Sharpnose
Lower Sharpnose must rank as one of the most unusual and spectacular climbing venues in the UK. Three parallel fins of rock, unfeasibly thin and seemingly fragile, jut defiantly out […]
Roche Rock
And now for something completely different… If you fancy a break from the Culm Coast seacliff routine (ab in, dodge the waves and barnacles and avoid the rattly rock) or […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A brief dip into Provence followed by a deja vu dash
As autumnal weather begins to make itself felt, we headed a bit further south and to lower altitude into Provence. The Alpilles, centred on Saint-Remy, are a range of modest […]
Three Sides of Rocher Baron
We first visited Rocher Baron almost 25 years ago, with two tiny tots in tow. The appeal at that point was the roadside / “pram-able” nature of the nearest south-east […]
Le Pouit – Incy Wincy spider climbs up the rock again!
After two days of continuous rain, we were pretty much climbing up the walls of the van and desperate to get onto the crag. Normally, we use any rain interruptions […]
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