A Trip down Mid-Wales Memory Lane
I’ve said before how it was Helen and her Dad, Pete, who first introduced me to climbing, over 40 years ago (and without whose intervention you might be reading GolfingAroundTheWorld […]
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Climbing with Dolphins at Ynys Lochtyn
A trawl of the UKC crags map, looking for a stopover on our way down to Pembroke, threw up an interesting option: the island of Ynys Lochtyn in Cardigan Bay […]
Pembroke – Way Out West!
Our Pembroke trip was one of those spontaneous “it’s too nice to be at home, where shall we go” efforts, so it was a happy surprise when I realised that […]
Missing Link, St David’s Head, Pembroke
We usually try to time any long journeys to the crag in weather windows unsuitable for climbing – normally ending up driving in the rain, but our trip to Pembroke […]
Skye – an island of contrasts
We had two days to round off Jake’s week-long whistle-stop tour of the finest climbing in Scotland. After visits to the Cairngorms (Creag An Dubh Loch) and The Ben, an […]
A Bivvy on The Ben
There’s so much brilliant climbing on Ben Nevis that, although I’d already ticked both its Hard Rock routes: Centurion and The Bat … it didn’t take much for Jake to […]
Skye Seacliffs
We managed to pick up a copy of the Skye Seacliffs and Outcrops guide on our way through Portree, with 5 minutes to spare before the shop closed – did […]
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 […]
Portugal – A Destination Guide
When it comes to profile, Portugal is the ‘poor neighbour’ of the Iberian Peninsula. This certainly isn’t for a lack of fabulous climbing, or a stunning backdrop to enjoy it […]
Anti-Atlas Adventure part 3 – the Samazar Valley
The Samazar Valley runs parallel and to the north of the Anammer Valley, which contains many of the more frequented crags such as Ksar Rock and Eagle Crag. Strictly speaking, […]
Anti-Atlas Adventure – first stop Tafraout
I had a great week with Tash and Jake a few years ago, exploring the trad quartzite climbing on offer in the Jebel Kest mountains in Morocco. You’ll find some […]
Araotz YECTOYD and a Santander Seaside Send-off at La Arnia
Araotz is one of the most significant climbing areas in the Basque Country, with over 400 routes either side of a steep sided valley, near the town of Oñati (best […]
Dos Hermanas – Balcon de los Buitres
Dos Hermanas, or The Two Sisters, are a pair of impressive limestone towers guarding a pass near the town of Irurtzun. Somewhat incongruously they’ve now squeezed the A15 autopista between […]
Etxauri at last!
Wending our way westwards towards Santander and our ferry home, we crossed into Navarra – you know you’ve arrived in the Basque speaking part of Spain because all the place […]
Beguiled in Bergueda
With temperatures finally hotting up across Spain, we had a decision to make: stay south and bask in the sunny flesh pots, or strike out north to explore some new […]
Castellet and Raco de Farol, Borriol – more Castellón cragging
Wending our way north we checked out a couple more of the multitude of crags covered in the Castellón guidebook, starting with Castellet, just north of Castelló de la Plana. […]
Barranc de l’Avern, Vallada and Montesa (and a brilliant resole job)
There’s loads of climbing in the Costa Blanca hinterland around Alcoy, and we based ourselves at El Palomar for a week or so to explore some new venues and revisit […]
Millena
This is one of the newly-documented crags in the Lopez guide, and we’d earmarked it for a visit last year, but never quite got around to it. It’s a very […]
Chulilla – Sector Cherales (plus a random drive-by bonus)
Helen and I first visited Chulilla almost 30 years ago – a sleepy village, encircled by stunning rock architecture, with a magical tranquility. As visiting foreign climbers, we were a […]
Pinet – Off the Radar Paradise
Our chance encounter with Kev and Jen at Cucala was not just a happy reconnection but also resulted in a top tip for a new climbing area to explore… The […]
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