Stac Pollaidh – Weather to Fly?
We trundled further north out of Ullapool, temporarily part of the North Coast 500 procession of giant white motorhomes (actually, the circus isn’t really in full swing yet, though most […]
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Ardmair Crags
These extensive sandstone cliffs are set on the sunny north bank of a lively burn, just 10 mins from the coast road, about 3 miles north of Ullapool (hint – […]
Applecross – Sgurr a’ Chaorachain
We figured Skye might be a bit rammed over the weekend, so headed back over the bridge to explore Applecross. Another charming stopover overlooking Loch Carron … and then we […]
Neist Point
It’s a surprisingly long way from Elgol, on Skye’s south western limb, up to Neist Point, which represents the most westerly place on Skye (and therefore the farthest west you […]
Suidhe Biorach – Climbing OVER the Sea ON Skye
The cold snap and prevailing northerlies were forecasted to last for a few days adding bouts of heavy rain into the mix. The usual browsing of weather apps turned up […]
Arrochar Rucksack Club meet
Ros and Rem have kindly (heroically?!) opened up their home to host The Rucksack Club, and what a glorious spot! Set in acres of woodland, with views down to Loch […]
A week in The Peak
Back from Pembroke and Ogmore, what could be a greater contrast than a trip to Windgather? We headed to this friendliest of Peak crags to catch up with Bill and […]
Gogarth – the crag that just keeps giving!
I remember an early Gogarth experience with Paul, over 25 years ago, when we ticked three major 3* classics (Dream, Gogarth and something else – obviously I don’t remember it […]
High Tor
After a few sessions on the grit I figured I’d earned a bit of respite from having my arse kicked, so Helen, Jim and I decided on a visit to […]
Double Grit Rations
Paul’s visit down from The Lakes injected some much needed enthusiasm into a dull and chilly Friday evening, and we headed to Bamford for a first dose of after-work climbing […]
Ticino – Ponte Brolla
We stumbled on Ticino (the southernmost canton in Switzerland) as a climbing area somewhat by accident. There’s a handy campsite (Camping Isola) which is one of the few open all […]
Ticino – Galbisio, sector Movenpick: a very handy crag
With a few hours to kill before our ferry from Patras we decided to check out the Kykao microbrewery on the edge of town. We’d consumed vast quantities of their […]
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 […]
Watermill and a taste of Kyparadiso!
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 […]
Goodbye Leonidio, Hello Kyparissi – Kastraki
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 […]
Leonidio – Dornrochen
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 […]
Orama – a crag for an 80m Skinny
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 […]
More Tufa at Theos
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 […]
Frydi – another shady spot
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 […]
Sabaton in the shade
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, […]
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