El Rito – Cobbles!
El Rito is one of New Mexico’s premier sports venues, and unique in the State being composed of conglomerate. Regular Rockaroundtheworld readers will know we have a fondness for a […]
Tag Archives: conglomerate
Riglos Revisited – More Pudding Please!
Nearing the end of our traverse of the Pyrenees, a fine day’s forecast coincided with us passing Riglos, and the opportunity to drop in was too good to ignore. The […]
Pyrenean Poudinage
Actually “Poudinage” or pudding is the French slang for conglomerate, and we’re on the Spanish side of the Pyrenees (but only just) so you’ll have to excuse the language mash-up. […]
French Poudinage
Moving on from the quartzite theme of the last post, it’s time to celebrate another of the diverse rock types on offer in the Durance: Conglomerate (or Poudinage as the […]
Sarclet – “Pudding” by the seaside
Father Christmas delivered three inspiring books for Rockaroundtheworld this year – the new Costa Blanca guide and Chasing the Ephemeral are both on hold for future trips (for different reasons!) […]
East Coast conglomerate
The recently developed sports climbing on the conglomerate crags around Golspie add a welcome extra dimension to the cragging in the North of Scotland: Easy access, sunny aspect and favourable […]
Seltmans – German pudding!
French climbers have a name for conglomerate: Poudinage vividly captures the random collection of glued-together cobbles, stirred together in ancient rivers or perhaps in some Giant’s mixing bowl. If Spain […]
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