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From Moroccan Anti Atlas, 2023
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From Lundy 2022
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From Vertus, and Champagne!
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From Vallon de Berard
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From Chamonix Renovations
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From Old Man of Stoer
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From Leonidio - under new Covid-19 restrictions ...
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From Scottish West Coast Staycation
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From A Cornish Lockdown Release
Category: Rock Climbing
Climbing rock (aka Free Climbing).
I was last in Morocco three years ago, leaving just days before Morocco (followed by most of the world) locked down to fight Covid-19. So three years on, almost to the week, it was absolutely brilliant to get back to this fantastic climbing area.
Lundy is a special place – an island about three miles long and half a mile wide stuck out in the Bristol Channel about 20 miles off the Devonshire coastline; surrounded on all sides by sea cliffs and a marine wildlife sanctuary; an important sea bird (inc. the eponymous puffin) breeding location; isolated with no …
It was time to leave Chamonix, the weather was poor there for a few days so an early escape from the rain promised sunny dry rock and adventure elsewhere. We plotted a route home via what looked like a very interesting limestone crag in the middle of the flatlands of the beautiful Champagne region…
The best day of weather was reserved for our first passion, rock climbing…
Open fireplaces are not allowed in Chamonix rental apartments any longer so a massive renovation project was planned…
Stoping in Reiff we had an ideal opportunity to try and climb the Old Man of Stoer. However, we had awful weather for most of the week ranging from endless drizzle to full-on downpours! But just when we were losing all hope a single day of blue sky was forecast…
Back in September we got super excited at the prospect of our first foreign travel trip since the Covid pandemic brought travel to its knees, and we’d booked ourselves on our first post-lockdown trip abroad … to the Moroccan Anti-Atlas mountains in early December for 10 days of glorious trad climbing before Xmas. Then, with …
One positive, if such thing makes any sense, from Covid-19 is that many people have discovered just how amazing parts of the UK are! Is there really any need to fly to far flung parts for our holidays every year? Well, I guess climbers always knew this as we spend every weekend, holiday day, etc. …
Well, thanks to Covid 19 it’s a over a year since we’ve managed to get away. But everything comes to an end and true enough a gradual relaxation of lockdown rules has finally allowed us to venture away from our base in the Lakes… Sure, we are fortunate enough to live in the Lake District …
