Kalogria
We’ve made our way over to the west coast, on the way to our Patras ferry, and one of the consolations is our first sunset in almost two months (we’ve […]
We’ve made our way over to the west coast, on the way to our Patras ferry, and one of the consolations is our first sunset in almost two months (we’ve […]
After a peaceful night on the beach we opened the door to find ourselves in our own tiny slice of paradise Carlsberg don’t make van stop-overs, but… However, it was […]
We arrived in Leonidio expecting to stay a couple of weeks and fretting slightly whether we’d have enough to do as we eked-out our visit to coincide with the thirty […]
We’d walked past this crag on our way up to King of Thrones on our last trip (moving as quickly as the oppressive heart would allow to reach the sanctuary […]
We’d had a brief foray to Orama (the furthest left sector of Kokkinovrachos, beyond Douvari and RockSpot) at the start of the trip, and I pretty much dismissed it as […]
The highlight of our rest day (beyond the now obligatory cryptic crossword!) was dinner in the kebab shop in town – salad, wine and more chicken souvlaki than you can […]
Another day of unbroken blue skies and temperatures forecast to reach the low 20s resulted in a relaxed start – tired from the last few days. Coffee on the beach […]
It’s scorchio here, so shady Sabaton is the ideal venue. It’s also Sunday, so the place is completely rammed as local climbers, many with young children sensibly donning colourful helmets, […]
Hazy clouds promised decent conditions on the sun-trap of Kokkinovrachos so we made our way up to the Hospital / Red Rocks sectors. Helen had visited with a crag-full of […]
With a tremendous act of self control, I had a proper rest day yesterday, in glorious weather; just chilling at the campsite That’s pretty much a first for me – […]
With the forecast set at 20C for the foreseeable future … we figured we might just take advantage of a hazy day to get away with a trip to Hot […]
With Jim’s departure the team was down to the usual complement of two (though actually we’ve just bumped into Steve who is out with Keith, and Pete is arriving later […]
Yellow Wall is a small sector on the way up to Mad Wall, with less than a dozen routes, but all the ones I’ve done there have been excellent – […]
Dave and Lins kindly picked up Jake at 6.30 this morning for the trip to the airport, and that’s the official end of SunRock 2019 – 36 Rucksack Club members […]
After our last trip to play on the fabulous tufas above the lower tier at Cave of Panagia I’d been pestering Jake to explore further with one of the multi-pitch […]
After a few days of dry and warmth, Jake was keen to see if the tufas at Elona had dried out. I’d already decided that I should probably give my […]
The sun has well and truly got its hat back on now! SunRock indeed 🙂 Troughton team selfie at the campsite ahead of Tash’s last day Back to Twin Caves […]
Warm, sunny intervals and possible showers – a bit of everything today, and teams headed to Panagia, Theos and Mars. After a tough 4 days, Jake was keen for a […]
After three chilly days, normal “Sun Rock service” was finally resumed – just in time to avoid the worst of the mutiny! Big teams at Red Rock and Skiadianiko made […]
Another chilly day, 8C max, but at least it was dry. Reports from Bill and Barbara, back from a foray over the hill, indicated the snowploughs had been out! News […]