St George – Sandstone and Basalt
St George, Utah, lies about a hundred miles east of Las Vegas, Nevada, but by a strange quirk of boundaries, it’s two States away, with the I15 nipping through a […]
Tag Archives: sandstone
Frodsham – Sandstone Highballs in a Gritstone Sandwich
Having commuted to Chester from Manchester every day for three years, not to mention regular pilgrimages to Snowdonia and Gogarth, I reckon I’ve driven past Frodsham at least a thousand […]
Moray Coast – Logie Head and Cummingston
“Scottish climbing” conjures up images of big days on The Ben and huge walk-ins to remote crags, but away from the big hills there’s a whole other dimension – Scotland’s […]
Nesscliffe – Trouble in Toytown
We visited Nesscliffe a couple of years ago, with the focus very much on Jake’s ambition to lead his first E7. That trip turned out well… https://www.google.com/amp/s/rockaroundtheworld.co.uk/2018/06/03/nesscliffe-and-jakes-first-e7/amp/ …and I’d been […]
Porth-y-Ffynnon – a walk on the slabbier side
With the departure of the keen team (a.k.a. Steve and James) we were left to our own devices and took the opportunity to escape the unrelenting steepness of South Pembroke […]
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 – […]
Berdorf – not the red sandstone we were expecting to be climbing on, but not a bad substitute
Regular readers will know that one of my favourite expressions is “Green lights all the way!” and I count myself both a very fortunate and often lucky person. However, our […]
Nesscliffe – and Jake’s first E7
You’ve probably driven past this sandstone crag, immediately above the old A5 just a few miles north of Shrewsbury. Hidden in the trees, it’s a long disused quarry of very […]
More Scugdale
A month on from the chilly visit that Helen and I made (wrapped up in thermals and belay jackets), Jake and I dropped in for an hour to break the […]
Kyloe (Out)
Not a political protest chant – Kyloe Crag (or Collar Heugh as it is marked on the OS map) is colloquially know as “out” to distinguish it from its near […]
Scot Crag Scugdale
Heading up to visit Jake in Newcastle we break the journey at Scugdale at the northern end of the North Yorks Moors. Not an inspiring name but an absolutely lovely […]
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