Portugal – A Destination Guide
When it comes to profile, Portugal is the ‘poor neighbour’ of the Iberian Peninsula. This certainly isn’t for a lack of fabulous climbing, or a stunning backdrop to enjoy it […]
Tag Archives: sports climbing
Dallen’s Rock – a very handy microcrag
Craigallan, The Rucksack Club’s Scottish hut, is a fabulous base for exploring the finest mountain crags in Lochaber (and therefore Britain?) Strategically situated overlooking Loch Linnie, it’s just twenty minutes […]
Costa del Silverdale and Runestones – seaside and slate sport
Heading up to the Lakes for Dave’s 60th, with an iffy forecast for the big hills, it seemed like a good opportunity to sample the newly-developed sports climbing on Morecambe […]
Central Highlands Sports Crags
Diabeig in the stunning sunshine was a hard act to follow, so any cragging ticked on the way home would be more consolation than destination – especially when working around […]
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 […]
Attermire Scar
Who’d have thought it – after dodging showers, high winds and general “belay jacket” weather for trips to Cornwall and Pembroke, we arrive home to a heatwave! Even more remarkable, […]
Yorkshire escape – back on the road!
The 12th April marked the first day of “Overnight Stays” and we’d booked a few nights in a great little campsite in North Yorkshire as soon as the “roadmap” was […]
La Galera – “Go Directly to Jail…”
“The Jail” isn’t a particularly appealing name, but this is a very pleasant crag, if a bit of a hike up hill. All the routes are named after prisons (I […]
Back to Berodia
We visited this great little crag towards the end of our Roca Verde tour in 2016 and enjoyed it then. Berodia It’s the ideal stop off as we head west […]
Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara is a small crag a few miles south of San Sebastian – not a destination venue, but a super-convenient spot nonetheless. Think Witches Quarry or Hartington if you […]
Planeta Zarza
Another toasty day (our last of the trip), another 4 karabiner crag and another approach from above into another narrow N-S Canyon. Actually, into the same narrow Canyon as yesterday, […]
Arico – Arriba y Abajo
Arico is the premier climbing area on Tenerife, at least in terms of numbers of routes (250), and also one of the first to be developed (over 30 years ago). […]
El Rio
Another crag to achieve the acclaim of a 5 karabiners rating in Donde Escalar, El Rio also has sectors that face multiple directions and a range of grades – sounded […]
Tamadaya
Perhaps the biggest weakness to Tenerife as a sunrock destination is the relative lack of easier sports routes – the rock architecture doesn’t seem to lend itself to slabs and […]
Guaria
This crag gets quite a write up in the guidebook and warrants 5 karabiners in Donde Escalar – “a spectacular climbing area with the longest sports routes on the island”. […]
Fasnia
On paper, Fasnia looked to be a good venue for us: a good mix of grades and the option of sun or shade in a fairly handy location. The guide […]
Los Naranjos
Jake and Leah flew in yesterday evening, so now there’s a full team of 4. A sunny morning saw Tash trying out the pool… before breakfast on the back terrace, […]
Back in Blighty
Autumn is definitely showing signs of slipping into winter now we’re home, but a quick flick through our recent bookmarks on weather apps shows how rapid the transition of seasons […]
Rumney – Welcome to New Hampshire
After a glorious drive through the Green Mountains of Vermont we arrived in New Hampshire and the first New England destination of our trip. Rumney ranks somewhere in the Top […]
Third Sister, Gower
The Three Sisters are just some of the landmark bits of rock architecture that decorate the Gower coast between Rhossili and Port Eynon – it’s no accident that this was […]
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