Toix
With our imminent arrival in Calpe we have a morning ring round of campsites, with growing concern as the first two ‘have some space starting in early March’… Fortunately, we’re […]
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Back on the Road – Morata de Jalon
After 24hrs on the ferry, and an overnight stop in the car park of a wildlife park near Santander (complete with elephants! ) we woke to dazzling sunshine and […]
Post-Christmas outing to Stanage
A sunny forecast and a break in festive get togethers coincided, so Jake and I made a dash for a quick fix at Stanage. Lots of parapenters, boulderers and walkers, […]
Mucha, mucha lluvia
With a couple of inches of rain having fallen overnight, we woke up to driving rain and a forecast of another three inches during the day! However, a lull around […]
Chulilla – Oasis
Friday was forecast for showers – building to torrential downpours overnight and throughout the weekend. The view from “Probably the best toilet in the world”was a pale imitation of the […]
Chulilla – Sex Shop
No, not a dodgy pre-Xmas pressie buying trip – but the name of a sector in the gorge behind the rifugio. Overcast, but dry, the conditions were great for climbing […]
Mini-break Dad & Jake trip – Castellet de Calp
After a 4am start we were in Alicante by 11 and at the crag by 1pm, dropping in for a few quick routes near Calpe on the way to Chulilla. […]
Alquezar
Having bid farewell to Bill and Steve, we reluctantly started our journey westwards towards Bilbao and the ferry home. We had time for one last climbing stopover to break the […]
Baldellou
We’d recced this crag on our drive through Aragon on our accommodation spotting trip – impressive orange wall set in a narrow gorge above a near deserted road. Looked promising…. […]
Ager 300
More Ager climbing, this time at about 1300m and accessed from above via a winding road that heads over the top of the Montsec d’Ares. Fantastic views from up there, […]
Passarellas de congost de Montrebie
We’d seen a tourism leaflet promoting the area which featured some spectacular and unlikely looking stairway weaving through overhanging bands of cliff and leading to a stunning gorge. After a […]
Ager
After being camped in the village of Ager for almost a week, staring up at the miles of limestone ridge of the Montsec d’Ares, we finally got to climb on […]
Back to Os
Warming up nicely, so we decided to show our visitors the delights of Os. What great climbing, and such a photogenic spot. Everyone enjoyed the collection of 6as and bs […]
Cubells
Another groundhog day, revisiting a crag we went to a couple of years ago. Not the greatest crag in Catalunya, but some very fine climbing and great views over the […]
Santa Linya – Footballin
Parked overnight at the Os de B parking, we’re woken up by the arrival of the olive pickers. The van thermometer shows 4C inside and -1C outside! After a few […]
Os de Balaguere
We finally solved the accommodation conundrum by checking into the campsite at Ager, a fairly bustling village at the foot of the Montsec d’Ares. Famed for its hang-gliding and observatory, […]
Zurita – Here’s one you definitely haven’t been to!
After waking up to a glorious morning in Santa Ana, with the crag drying nicely after the monsoon, we had a change of plan… We’d been exploring options for accommodation […]
Las Devotas – Val de Cinca
After a well earned rest day, we needed a venue for a final day of heat-wave before a forecasted break in the weather. Having been scorched off the crag for […]
Olvena – groundhog day
It is a testament to the amount of tremendous rock in northern Spain that after almost 6 weeks and almost 30 crags, this is the first place we’ve revisited from […]
Foradada de Toscar
This crag went a long way to making up for the disappointment of Bielsa – another great find, situated right next to the road, and with a great range of […]
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