Cacín – into La Sierra de Gádor
As we left Jean, skirting Granada, on the way to Almería, the wall-to-wall olive groves gave way to the white and pink blossoms of the almond trees; all set against […]
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Sesimbra Velha
Sesimbra is a touristy town, complete with obligatory Moorish Castle, sandy beach, great fish restaurants and a bustling port. There’s also a huge (and completely empty, in February!) municipal campsite […]
Outao and a fab van stopover
We finally tore ourselves away from Sagres to make our way north via the spectacular coastline, much of it protected by the Parque Natural do Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina. […]
The Mirror, Cabo San Vicente – Sagres
The Mirror is probably the most impressive seacliff in Portugal, and ranks somewhere high up the all-corners list – it’s a stunning bit of rock. We had a shufty from […]
Rocha da Peña
We’re down near the Algarve and things are looking a lot sunnier! It’s the nearest climbing area to the southern Spanish border, and likely to be the only one that […]
Fleeing South via Redinha and Cabo Carvoeiro
We managed a remarkable spell of almost 2 weeks in Basque Country and then Galicia, climbing almost every day – that’s unheard of in this rainiest corner of Spain in […]
Monte Tecla
We’ve established a base at Camping Santa Tecla in A Guarda for the last couple of days, on the banks of the River Miño, which separates Galicia from Portugal. Monte […]
Faro de Budiño
This is the other major crag in southwest Galicia, and occupies a really commanding position just north of the Portuguese border, visible for miles. The shapely granite domes are just […]
Back to Berodia
We visited this great little crag towards the end of our Roca Verde tour in 2016 and enjoyed it then. Berodia It’s the ideal stop off as we head west […]
Ramales de la Victoria
We’re back on the road again! We caught the Portsmouth – Santander ferry, and after a delayed departure (7 hours due to bad weather in the Bay of Biscay) we […]
Planeta Zarza
Another toasty day (our last of the trip), another 4 karabiner crag and another approach from above into another narrow N-S Canyon. Actually, into the same narrow Canyon as yesterday, […]
Los Naranjos
Jake and Leah flew in yesterday evening, so now there’s a full team of 4. A sunny morning saw Tash trying out the pool… before breakfast on the back terrace, […]
Las Cañadas – Tidy on Teide
Tenerife is very obviously a volcanic island, the biggest clue being the chuffing great volcano at its centre. Mt Teide, the 3rd highest in the world at 3,718m (7,500m from […]
Welcome (back) to The Gunks
Making the most of the vestiges of pre-winter weather, and nearing our departure from JFK, it was inevitable that we’d revisit The Gunks as the last stop in our roadtrip. […]
Montagne du Tranchant
This is the most popular crag in the Lanaudiere region, in rolling forested hills about an hour north of Montreal, and about 3 hours from our last stop at Lac […]
Sunnyside and Cochrane Lane, Welsford
The majority of the climbing in New Brunswick lies in the south west, between Saint John and Fredericton, most concentrated around Welsford. The only hassle is that most of the […]
A week of Peak Temperatures
With the seemingly inevitable new “hottest day on record” arriving this week, the fickle relationship between climbers and the weather is exposed: “It’s too hot!” There’s no pleasing some people […]
Rucksack Club Gogarth Meet 2019
Amidst a fairly unspectacular summer, the forecast for the Rucksack Club’s annual pilgrimage to Gogarth wasn’t looking particularly auspicious. I’ve been organising this gathering for almost 20 years, and not […]
Big Family Gathering on Gower
We spent most of my childhood holidays on Gower (not THE Gower, apparently…) enjoying the world-class beaches and benign microclimate, whilst blissfully unaware of the wealth of climbing available under […]
Summer arrives at Stanage
Fresh back from “Rocking Around the World”, this time the less-explored crags and coast of North West Scotland, it’s always a bit tricky to find the motivation to visit more […]
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